‘Building back better’ (BBB) has become one of the most common expressions in disaster risk reduction. Disasters offer an opportunity to encourage improvements not only in the structural safety of buildings and infrastructure, but also in addressing structural inequalities and injustice. Consequently, they are an opportunity to make things ‘better’. However, in the context of neoliberalism, the definition of ‘better’ does not always mean ‘good for all’. We argue here that BBB allows for widely varied definitions of what is and what is not a risk, who is and is not responsible, and what forms of action are to be taken in response to these dangers. This serves as a designation for capacity to make ‘better’, but not actively change, social and political systems that initially create risk. Disasters and its terminology, therefore, are not ideologically neutral and should thus be deliberately unpacked and critically evaluated rather than accepted unquestioned.

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“重建得更好”是新自由主义的灾后重建

“重建得更好”（BBB）已成为减灾领域最常见的表达方式之一。灾害提供了一个机会，不仅可以鼓励改善建筑物和基础设施的结构安全，还可以解决结构性不平等和不公正问题。因此，它们是使事情“变得更好”的机会。然而，在新自由主义的语境中，“更好”的定义并不总是意味着“对所有人都有好处”。我们在这里争辩说，BBB 允许对什么是风险和什么不是风险、谁负责和不负责以及应对这些危险采取什么形式的行动进行广泛不同的定义。这是对“更好”但不积极改变最初会产生风险的社会和政治系统的能力的指定。因此，灾害及其术语，