Nature-Based Solutions for Disaster Risk Reduction and Involvement of Women in Mitigating the Disaster Impacts

In a background where natural hazards are alarmingly reported around the globe, a question has arisen on the effectiveness of the conventional methods of disaster mitigation. As a result, the experts in Disaster Risk Reduction have identified Nature-Based Solutions as a more productive way to minimize the disaster impacts. The Ecosystem-Based Disaster Risk Reduction, which is an approach within the Nature-Based Solutions, uses the ecosystem services for mitigating the disaster risk. As a highly impacted group, women are faced with a greater vulnerability due to natural hazards, and their victimized status has empowered them eventually to engage in processes related to Ecosystem-Based Disaster Risk Reduction. This review studies deeply on the concept of Nature-Based Solutions and investigates on how women have contributed towards disaster mitigation especially under the approach of Nature-Based Solutions and Ecosystem-Based Disaster Risk Reduction.