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Problems and promises of postmodernism in (re)liberating disaster studies Disaster Prevention And Management (IF 1.813) Pub Date : 2024-03-19 Jake Rom Cadag
Purpose This paper is a critique of Western modernity and the problems and promises of postmodernism in (re)liberating disaster studies. It criticizes metanarratives and grand theories of Western discourses to advance postmodern discourses in disaster studies. Design/methodology/approach This paper outlines a conceptual domain through which approaches of postmodernism can be employed to (re)liberate
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Projects for queering disaster: reciprocal knowledge exchange and practice Disaster Prevention And Management (IF 1.813) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 A.J. Faas, Jhaid Parreno
Purpose The purpose of this study is to identify LGBTQ+ perceptions of and experiences with hazards, vulnerabilities and disasters in the San Francisco Bay Area in the USA and to co-develop applied projects to “queer” disaster knowledge production and risk reduction activities in the region. Design/methodology/approach This is a community science project in which we collaborate with community members
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DRR pioneer interview with Thea Hilhorst Disaster Prevention And Management (IF 1.813) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Dorothea Hilhorst
Purpose The transcript takes you on a journey of the book mapping vulnerability and the developments thereafter. Design/methodology/approach The transcript and video was developed in the context of a United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) project on the History of DRR. Findings This interview highlights how DRR is central to conflict settings as well. Originality/value The interview
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A conversation towards post-colonial futures for disaster risk reduction in South Asia Disaster Prevention And Management (IF 1.813) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Emmanuel Raju, Suchismita Goswami, Nishara Fernando, Mayeda Rashid, Eti Akter, Nyima Dorjee Bhotia, Aditi Sharan, Mihir Bhatt, J.C. Gaillard
Purpose This conversation highlights the need to rethink how we approach disaster risk reduction in different South Asian contexts. Design/methodology/approach This paper is based on the webinar held as part of Asia Week at the University of Copenhagen which was organised by Asian Dynamics Initiative and Copenhagen Centre for Disaster Research on the September 12, 2023. Findings The prominent themes
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Community and governmental perspectives on climate disaster risk finance instruments in Colombia Disaster Prevention And Management (IF 1.813) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Cristian Camilo Fernández Lopera, José Manuel Mendes, Eduardo Jorge Barata, Miguel Angel Trejo-Rangel
Purpose At the global level, disaster risk finance (DRF) is playing an increasingly prominent role in the international agendas for climate change adaptation. However, before implementing such agendas, it is essential to understand the needs and limitations of DRF in the subnational context where they need to impact. This research aims to gain insights into the perspectives of community and governmental
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“Respect existence or expect … resilience?” epistemic reflexivity towards liberated disaster studies Disaster Prevention And Management (IF 1.813) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Ricardo Fuentealba
Purpose This paper proposes a way of reflexing on how we think within critical disaster studies. It focuses on the biases and unthought dimensions of two concepts – resilience and development – and reflects on the relationship between theory and practice in critical disaster studies. Design/methodology/approach Premised on the idea of epistemic reflexivity developed by Pierre Bourdieu, and drawing
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The distribution of Cyclone Idai’s water impacts in Beira, Mozambique Disaster Prevention And Management (IF 1.813) Pub Date : 2024-01-03 Cameron McCordic, Ines Raimundo, Matthew Judyn, Duncan Willis
Purpose Climate hazards in the form of cyclones are projected to become more intense under the pressures of future climate change. These changes represent a growing hazard to low lying coastal cities like Beira, Mozambique. In 2019, Beira experienced the devastating impact of Cyclone Idai. One of the many impacts resulting from this Cyclone was disrupted drinking water access. This investigation explores
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DRR Interview with Terry Cannon: disaster studies: why is class being ignored? Disaster Prevention And Management (IF 1.813) Pub Date : 2024-01-02 Terry Cannon
Purpose The transcript is of one from a number of interviews with disaster risk reduction (DRR) “pioneers” carried out in 2022 as a part of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) project to record the history of the field. It aims to enable one of the “pioneers” to explain his role in the emergence of disaster studies and provide critical commentary on what he considers is wrong
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Disasters “Through the looking glass” Disaster Prevention And Management (IF 1.813) Pub Date : 2023-12-29 Jason Von Meding, Carla Brisotto, Haleh Mehdipour, Colin Lasch
Purpose This paper will challenge normative disaster studies and practice by arguing that thriving communities require the pursuit of imperfection and solidarity. The authors use Lewis Carroll’s Looking-Glass World as a lens to critique both how disasters are understood, and how disaster researchers and practitioners operate, within a climate-change affected world where cultural, political and historical
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The potential for community-driven ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction in South Asia: a literature review Disaster Prevention And Management (IF 1.813) Pub Date : 2023-12-26 Damithri Chathumani Lansakara, Loic Le De, Michael Petterson, Deepthi Wickramasinghe
Purpose The paper reviews existing literature on South Asian ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction (DRR) and identifies how community participation can be used to plan and implement ecosystem-based DRR approaches. Design/methodology/approach The literature review methodology involved several stages. Firstly, the research objective was determined. Secondly keywords for the literature search were determined
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Learning to manage the unexpected: applying Weick and Sutcliffe’s HRO principles to oil tanker accidents Disaster Prevention And Management (IF 1.813) Pub Date : 2023-12-25 Bianca Amici, Maria Luisa Farnese
Purpose Weick and Sutcliffe identified five principles that enable high-reliability organizations (HROs) to address environmental complexity and manage unexpected events. The current study aims to adopt this sensemaking perspective to analyze accidents within a typical HRO sector, namely maritime transport. Design/methodology/approach Through a retrospective case study analysis, this study focused
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Disaster risk reduction (DRR) pioneers interview with Charlotte Benson [1] Disaster Prevention And Management (IF 1.813) Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Charlotte Benson
Purpose This transcript provides a historical overview of the discussions on economics in disaster risk reduction. Design/methodology/approach The transcript and video was developed in the context of a United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) project on the History of DRR. Findings The transcript discusses how the work on the economic impacts of disasters started and evolved over time
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Interview between Bruno Haghebaert and Ian Davis concerning the early days of disaster risk reduction 1970–2000 Disaster Prevention And Management (IF 1.813) Pub Date : 2023-12-20 Ian Davis
Purpose The interview documents early days in the field of disaster risk reduction. Design/methodology/approach The transcript and video were developed in the context of a United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) project on the History of DRR. Findings The transcript presents important developments during the 1980s with valuable lessons about risk reduction. Originality/value It takes
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Assembling fire: beyond engineering solutions Disaster Prevention And Management (IF 1.813) Pub Date : 2023-12-19 Sandra Vaiciulyte, Helen Underhill, Elizabeth Reddy
Purpose Fires have the potential to destroy, resulting in the loss of property and livelihoods, as well as injury, death and repeated trauma for those who are already vulnerable. However, fire as a hazard has been treated rigidly and un-critically, a model that has influenced how it is perceived by policy makers, first responders, engineers and academics and subsequently approaches to implementing
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DRR pioneers' interview [1] Disaster Prevention And Management (IF 1.813) Pub Date : 2023-12-19 Zenaida Delica-Willison
Purpose The transcript talks about early days of disaster risk reduction from a community based perspective all the way from the 70s. Design/methodology/approach The transcript and video was developed in the context of a UNDRR project on the History of DRR. Findings The transcript presents learnings from past experiences using citizenry-based development-oriented disaster management. Originality/value
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DRR pioneers interview with Andrew Maskrey and Allan Lavell Disaster Prevention And Management (IF 1.813) Pub Date : 2023-12-07 Andrew Maskrey, Allan Lavell
Purpose The interview traces the early discussions in the context of disasters as developmental failures. Design/methodology/approach The transcript and video was developed in the context of a United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) project on the history of DRR. Findings The interview traces the development of disaster risk reduction discussions in different contexts such as “LA
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Co-production revisited: from knowledge plurality to action for disaster risk reduction Disaster Prevention And Management (IF 1.813) Pub Date : 2023-12-05 Minh Tran, Dayoon Kim
Purpose The authors revisit the notion of co-production, highlight more critical and re-politicized forms of co-production and introduce three principles for its operationalization. The paper’s viewpoint aims to find entry points for enabling more equitable disaster research and actions via co-production. Design/methodology/approach The authors draw insights from the authors’ reflections as climate
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Categorising potential non-disasters Disaster Prevention And Management (IF 1.813) Pub Date : 2023-12-05 Brady Podloski, Ilan Kelman
Purpose This short paper builds on and critiques work presenting potential non-disasters: disasters that did not seem to happen despite a major hazard. Previous work does not differentiate among different types of potential non-disasters. This short paper uses local information to propose three categories according to reasons for vulnerability being low or absent. These proposed categories are used
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Assessing equity in disaster risk governance in Brazil and Colombia Disaster Prevention And Management (IF 1.813) Pub Date : 2023-11-29 Philipp Ulbrich, André Vinicius Leal Sobral, Luis Alejandro Rivera-Flórez, Edna Margarita Rodríguez-Gaviria, Jon Coaffee, Victor Marchezini, João Porto de Albuquerque
Purpose Disasters continue to be most prevalent and severe for marginalised communities. To reach those furthest behind first, as the global community pledges in the 2030 Agenda, a critical assessment of equity in disaster risk governance is necessary. Yet, the understanding of factors that mediate the capacity of the governance processes to achieve equity ambitions is limited. This paper addresses
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Why are you in disaster studies? Liberating future scholars from oppressive disaster science Disaster Prevention And Management (IF 1.813) Pub Date : 2023-11-21 Victor Marchezini
Purpose The question of “why we are in disaster studies” can be essential to reflect on discourses and practices – as students, researchers and professors – in constituting an oppressive disaster science and finding ways to liberate from it. Design/methodology/approach This paper is based on autobiographical research and institutional ethnography to observe and analyze the discourses and practices
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Pacific methodologies in critical disaster studies Disaster Prevention And Management (IF 1.813) Pub Date : 2023-11-14 Maria Koreti Sang Yum, Roger C. Baars
Purpose Research in critical disaster studies stresses the urgency to explore alternative ontological framings (Gaillard and Raju, 2022) that encourages researchers and practitioners, especially Indigenous communities, to nurture spaces where Indigenous voices are well represented. It is imperative that research in the Pacific should be guided by Pacific research methodologies to maximize positive
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Drivers of disaster planning among African-American households Disaster Prevention And Management (IF 1.813) Pub Date : 2023-11-10 Jason M. Pudlo, William Curtis Ellis, Ernest B. McGowen
Purpose The paper seeks to explore the drivers of disaster planning in African-American households. While the paper is exploratory, the authors attempt to dialogue with substantial theoretical and applied research around vulnerability and disaster. Race, ethnicity and vulnerability are issues deeply entangled with American disaster preparedness and response. In this study, the authors hope to illuminate
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Interorganizational networks in response to the critical infrastructure breakdown: case of the 2018 KT network blackout Disaster Prevention And Management (IF 1.813) Pub Date : 2023-11-14 NakHyeok Choi, KyungWoo Kim
Purpose This study aims to demonstrate how governmental authorities can take interorganizational network responses to address unexpected situations developed by the breakdown of critical infrastructure, such as communication failure in a hyperconnected society. Design/methodology/approach This study uses social network analysis to investigate the performance of interorganizational response networks
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Advancing “no natural disasters” with care: risks and strategies to address disasters as political phenomena in conflict zones Disaster Prevention And Management (IF 1.813) Pub Date : 2023-11-07 Rodrigo Mena
Purpose The notion that disasters are not natural is longstanding, leading to a growing number of campaigns aimed at countering the use of the term “natural disaster.” Whilst these efforts are crucial, critical perspectives regarding the potential risks associated with this process are lacking, particularly in places affected by violent conflict. This paper aims to present a critical analysis of these
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The C-word: how critical cartography, critical GIS and critical data studies can repoliticise disaster-related maps Disaster Prevention And Management (IF 1.813) Pub Date : 2023-10-26 Valentina Carraro
Purpose Mapping and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are widely used in disaster research and practice. While, in some cases, these practices incorporate methods inspired by critical cartography and critical GIS, they rarely engage with the theoretical discussions that animate those fields. Design/methodology/approach In this commentary, the author considers three such discussions, and draws out
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The reproduction of vulnerability: the incarceration and homelessness transcript for the Disasters: Deconstructed livestream on 31 March 2022 Disaster Prevention And Management (IF 1.813) Pub Date : 2023-09-12 Zulema Álvarez, Tristia Bauman, Amite Dominick, Tony Messenger, Carlee Purdam, Jamie Vickery
Purpose This conversation focuses on the reproduction of vulnerability incarceration and homelessness and presents the reflections of scholars, writers, activists and practitioners. Design/methodology/approach This paper is based on the conversations that took place on Disasters: Deconstructed Podcast livestream on the 31st of March 2022. Findings The prominent themes in this conversation include homelessness
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Temperatures on the rise: adapting to heat extremes in South Asia. Conversation on the Nordic Asia Podcast Disaster Prevention And Management (IF 1.813) Pub Date : 2023-08-29 Emmanuel Raju, Chandni Singh, Hanna Geschewski
Purpose This conversation presents reflections on heatwaves, vulnerability and adaptation in South Asia. Design/methodology/approach This is based on the Nordic Asia Podcast on Temperatures on the Rise: Adapting to Heat Extremes in South Asia. Findings Main themes discussed in this conversation include vulnerability and adaptation, livelihoods and cascading disasters. Originality/value This conversations
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Trust in disaster resilience Disaster Prevention And Management (IF 1.813) Pub Date : 2023-07-11 Elisa Fornalé, Marco Armiero, Laura Odasso
Purpose The erosion of ‘trust’ (among citizens as well as within and between institutional levels) is a worrying aspect of these turbulent times in Europe and beyond. Trust (between citizens and institutions, citizens and experts, policymakers and experts, and among different levels of governance) is crucial in all dimensions of disaster resilience. Risk perceptions stem from a complex web of feedback
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From labelling weakness to liberatory praxis: a new theory of vulnerability for disaster studies Disaster Prevention And Management (IF 1.813) Pub Date : 2023-05-09 Jason von Meding, Ksenia Chmutina
Purpose Vulnerability is a label and a concept that is widely used in disaster studies. To date the meaning has been quite limited and implied “weakness”, with criticisms arising periodically but not halting vulnerability's reproduction. In this paper, the authors offer a new theory of vulnerability for the field, suggesting that complicating the concept can create space for liberatory discourse and
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Viewing humanitarian project closure through the lens of an ethics of the temporary Disaster Prevention And Management (IF 1.813) Pub Date : 2023-05-09 Lisa Eckenwiler, Matthew R. Hunt, Jan Joy Louise G. Crismo, Elyse Conde, Shelley-Rose Hyppolite, Mayfourth Luneta, Isabel Munoz-Beaulieu, Handreen Mohammed Saeed, Lisa Schwartz
Purpose In this paper, the authors propose a new lens to examine international humanitarian organizations' responsibilities in the context of project closure, what authors call “an ethics of the temporary”. The authors offer this as an orienting ethical ideal to facilitate the moral imagination of humanitarian planners, practitioners and stakeholders. Design/methodology/approach The authors drew on
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The blame game: disaster, queerness and prejudice Disaster Prevention And Management (IF 1.813) Pub Date : 2023-05-02 Ashleigh Rushton, Jazmin Scarlett
Purpose The purpose of this article is to draw attention to how harmful and inaccurate discourses pertaining to disaster responsibility is produced, the negative implications such narratives pose and the role of the media in the ways in which discourses about queerness and disaster are reported. Design/methodology/approach Throughout this paper, the authors detail examples of media reporting on discourses
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Integrating indigenous knowledge and state-of-the-art Earth observation solutions for the Sendai framework implementation Disaster Prevention And Management (IF 1.813) Pub Date : 2023-05-01 Milind Pimprikar, Myrna Cunningham, Shirish Ravan, Simon Lambert
Purpose Indigenous peoples represent one of the most vulnerable groups and need access as well as hands-on experience in the use of emerging Earth observations (EO)-based DRR solutions at the community level, while balancing this learning with traditional indigenous knowledge (IK). However, complicating any engagement between EO and IK is the reality that IKs are diverse and dynamic, with location-specific
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The social construction of systemic risk: towards an actionable framework for risk governance Disaster Prevention And Management (IF 1.813) Pub Date : 2023-04-18 Andrew Maskrey, Garima Jain, Allan Lavell
Purpose This paper explores the building blocks of risk governance systems that are equipped to manage systemic risk in the 21st century. Whilst approaches to risk governance have been evolving for more than a decade, recent disasters have shown that conventional risk management solutions need to be complemented with a multidimensional risk approach to govern complex risks and prevent major, often
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The dynamics of cross-sector collaboration in disasters Disaster Prevention And Management (IF 1.813) Pub Date : 2023-04-07 Khiam Jin Lee, Sanna K. Malinen, Venkataraman Nilakant
Purpose This study examines challenges to cross-sector collaboration in disasters. The authors use Malaysian flooding as the context for the study and offer a framework to understand different types of collaborators in disaster settings. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected with semi-structured interviews, complemented with secondary data from government documents and news reports. The authors
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Earth observations into action: the systemic integration of earth observation applications into national risk reduction decision structures Disaster Prevention And Management (IF 1.813) Pub Date : 2023-04-05 David Eley Borges, Steven Ramage, David Green, Christina Justice, Catherine Nakalembe, Alyssa Whitcraft, Brian Barker, Inbal Becker-Reshef, Charles Balagizi, Stefano Salvi, Vincent Ambrosia, Jesus San-Miguel-Ayanz, Luigi Boschetti, Robert Field, Louis Giglio, Laila Kuhle, Fabian Low, Albert Kettner, Guy Schumann, G. Robert Brakenridge, Robert Adler, Haris Kontoes, Helene De Boissezon, Andrew Eddy,
Purpose As stated in the United Nations Global Assessment Report 2022 Concept Note, decision-makers everywhere need data and statistics that are accurate, timely, sufficiently disaggregated, relevant, accessible and easy to use. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate scalable and replicable methods to advance and integrate the use of earth observation (EO), specifically ongoing efforts within
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20 years of Radical Disaster Interpretations: reflections and aspirations (RADIX @ 20!). Conversation on disasters: deconstructed on 13 October 2021 Disaster Prevention And Management (IF 1.813) Pub Date : 2023-03-28 Bob Alexander, Maureen Fordham, Rohit Jigyasu, Mayfourth Luneta, Ben Wisner
Purpose This conversation presents the reflections from five prominent disaster scholars and practitioners on the purpose of Radix – the Radical Disaster Interpretations network – as the authors celebrate its 20th anniversary. Design/methodology/approach This paper is based on the conversations that took place on Disasters: Deconstructed Podcast livestream on the 13th October 2021. Findings The conversation
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Gender and leadership in the wake of the 2010 earthquake and tsunami in Chile Disaster Prevention And Management (IF 1.813) Pub Date : 2023-03-22 Ana Gabriela Fernández Saavedra, Rosario González Arias, Sandra Dema Moreno, Virginia Cocina Díaz
Purpose The aim of this article is to reveal the extent to which a disaster situation contributed to fostering leadership in the population affected in terms of gender. Design/methodology/approach For this article, four focus groups were conducted, all of them composed of people directly involved in the earthquake and tsunami in Chile on February 27, 2010, two of them made up of women and the other
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Post-disaster research: challenges and opportunities conversation on disasters: deconstructed on 11th of June 2021 Disaster Prevention And Management (IF 1.813) Pub Date : 2023-03-15 Sarah Beaven, Djillali Benouar, Mihir Bhatt, Terry Gibson, Lori Peek
Purpose This conversation presents the reflections from five prominent disaster scholars and practitioners on the opportunities and challenges associated with research following disasters and explores the importance of ethics in disaster research. Design/methodology/approach This paper is based on the conversations that took place on Disasters: Deconstructed Podcast livestream on the 11th of June 2021
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Disaster capitalism in times of COVID-19 conversation on disasters: deconstructed on September 15, 2020 Disaster Prevention And Management (IF 1.813) Pub Date : 2023-03-10 Wesley Cheek, Claudia Gonzalez-Muzzio, Victor Marchezini, Holmes Páez, Mittul Vahanvati, Dewald van Niekerk
Purpose This conversation presents the reflections from six international disaster scholars on how disaster capitalism manifested in very different ways in different countries, including Japan, Chile, Brazil, Colombia, India and South Africa, during the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of this paper is to address this issue. Design/methodology/approach This paper is based on the conversations that took
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Reflexivity, habitus and vulnerability: Vietnamese farmers' attribution of responsibility in a post-disaster context Disaster Prevention And Management (IF 1.813) Pub Date : 2023-01-03 Kien Nguyen-Trung
Purpose This article examines how farmers' assignment of responsibility for the disaster in late 2015 – early 2016 connects with reflexivity, habitus and local vulnerability. Design/methodology/approach This article uses semi-structured interviews with 28 disaster-affected households in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta to answer the question. Findings This article finds out that Vietnamese farmers actively
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Post-disaster neoliberal normalization in the 1985, 2010 and 2015 Chilean earthquakes Disaster Prevention And Management (IF 1.813) Pub Date : 2023-01-03 Juan Saavedra, Catalina Alvarado-Cañuta
Purpose This article analyzes biopolitical strategies for the recovery of neoliberal normality in urban areas affected by earthquakes in 1985, 2010 and 2015 in Chile (intensity >8.0Mw). Design/methodology/approach This is a qualitative design research. In total, 198 semi-structured interviews were conducted with seven focus groups. The data were processed in search of discursive threads, guided by
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Post-disaster research: inspirational early career scholars transcript for the disasters: deconstructed livestream on 15 September 2021 Disaster Prevention And Management (IF 1.813) Pub Date : 2022-12-26 Kaira Zoe Alburo-Cañete, Nnenia Campbell, Shefali Juneja Lakhina, Loïc Le Dé, María N. Rodríguez Alarcón
Purpose This conversation presents the reflections from four inspirational early career disaster scholars on the opportunities and challenges associated with post-disaster research and disaster studies in general. Design/methodology/approach This paper is based on the conversations that took place on Disasters: Deconstructed Podcast livestream on the 15th September 2021. Findings The prominent themes
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Toward development of comprehensive national disaster response plans: an evaluation of Nigeria's national disaster response plan, 2002 Disaster Prevention And Management (IF 1.813) Pub Date : 2022-12-21 Sani Mashi, Kabir Idris, Isa Abubakar Yakubu Kazaure
Purpose Development of a disaster response plan at a national level is regarded as the best way to undertake country-level disaster management in a well-coordinated manner, involving all stakeholders in well-built networks. Where developed national disaster response plans (NDRPs) are to be subjected to evaluative assessments from time to time to establish their strengths and weaknesses in disaster
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Intersectoral approaches: the key to mitigating psychosocial and health consequences of disasters and systemic risks Disaster Prevention And Management (IF 1.813) Pub Date : 2022-12-15 Anne-Sophie Gousse-Lessard, Philippe Gachon, Lily Lessard, Valérie Vermeulen, Maxime Boivin, Danielle Maltais, Elsa Landaverde, Mélissa Généreux, Bernard Motulsky, Julien Le Beller
Purpose The current pandemic and ongoing climate risks highlight the limited capacity of various systems, including health and social ones, to respond to population-scale and long-term threats. Practices to reduce the impacts on the health and well-being of populations must evolve from a reactive mode to preventive, proactive and concerted actions beginning at individual and community levels. Experiences
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Toward a critical technical practice in disaster risk management: lessons from designing collaboration initiatives Disaster Prevention And Management (IF 1.813) Pub Date : 2022-10-10 David Lallemant, Rebecca Bicksler, Karen Barns, Perrine Hamel, Robert Soden, Steph Bannister
Purpose Despite decades of social science research into disasters, practice in the field continues to be informed largely from a technical perspective. The outcome is often a perpetuation of vulnerability, as narrowly defined technical interventions fail to address or recognize the ethical, historical, political and structural complexities of real-world community vulnerability and its causes. The authors
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Addressing the interplay of the Sendai Framework with sustainable development goals in Latin America and the Caribbean: moving forward or going backwards? Disaster Prevention And Management (IF 1.813) Pub Date : 2022-10-07 Simone Lucatello, Irasema Alcántara-Ayala
Purpose The 2030 agenda for sustainable development and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR) constitute an overarching global milestone for creating a better sustainable future worldwide. The risk component of the agenda under the SFDRR must be better embedded into the sustainable development goals (SDGs) and integrating disaster risk management policy with broader development objectives
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Reforming Australia's approach to hazards and disaster risk: national leadership, systems thinking, and inclusive conversations about vulnerability Disaster Prevention And Management (IF 1.813) Pub Date : 2022-10-04 Monica Buchtmann, Russell Wise, Deborah O'Connell, Mark Crosweller, Jillian Edwards
Purpose There are many pragmatic challenges and complex interactions in the reduction of systemic disaster risk. No single agency has the mandate, authority, legitimacy or resources to fully address the deeper socio-economic, cultural, regulatory or political forces that often drive the creation and transfer of risk. National leadership and co-ordination are key enablers. This paper shares Australia's
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Macroeconomic co-benefits of DRR investment: assessment using the Dynamic Model of Multi-hazard Mitigation CoBenefits (DYNAMMICs) model Disaster Prevention And Management (IF 1.813) Pub Date : 2022-09-20 Muneta Yokomatsu, Junko Mochizuki, Julian Joseph, Peter Burek, Taher Kahil
Purpose The authors present a dynamic macroeconomic model for assessment of disaster risk reduction (DRR) policies under multiple hazards. The model can be used to analyze and compare various potential policies in terms of their economic consequences. The decomposition of these effects into multiple benefits helps policy makers and other stakeholders better understand the ex ante and ex-post advantages
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Managing systemic risk in emergency management, organizational resilience and climate change adaptation Disaster Prevention And Management (IF 1.813) Pub Date : 2022-09-20 Gianluca Pescaroli, Kristen Guida, Jeremy Reynolds, Roger S. Pulwarty, Igor Linkov, David E. Alexander
Purpose This paper applies the theory of cascading, interconnected and compound risk to the practice of preparing for, managing, and responding to threats and hazards. Our goal is to propose a consistent approach for managing major risk in urban systems by bringing together emergency management, organisational resilience, and climate change adaptation. Design/methodology/approach We develop a theory-building
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Design and implementation of a relational model of risk communication Disaster Prevention And Management (IF 1.813) Pub Date : 2022-08-30 Raul P. Lejano, Ahmadul Haque, Laila Kabir, Muhammad Saidur Rahman, Miah Maye Pormon, Eulito Casas
Purpose The intent of the work is to go beyond the conventional model of disaster risk prevention, where community residents are objects of risk communication initiatives, and develop and implement a relational model of risk communication wherein they are active agents of knowledge transfer. Design/methodology/approach The relational model of risk communication translates risk knowledge into narrative
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Governing systemic and cascading disaster risk in Indonesia: where do we stand and future outlook Disaster Prevention And Management (IF 1.813) Pub Date : 2022-08-22 Annisa Triyanti, Gusti Ayu Ketut Surtiari, Jonatan Lassa, Irina Rafliana, Nuraini Rahma Hanifa, Mohamad Isnaeni Muhidin, Riyanti Djalante
Purpose This paper aims to identify key factors for a contextualised Systemic Risk Governance (SRG) framework and subsequently explore how systemic risks can be managed and how local institutional mechanisms can be tweaked to deal with the complex Indonesian risk landscape. Design/methodology/approach Using a case study from Palu triple-disasters in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, the authors demonstrate
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Flood risk governance in Brazil and the UK: facilitating knowledge exchange through research gaps and the potential of citizen-generated data Disaster Prevention And Management (IF 1.813) Pub Date : 2022-07-11 Victor Marchezini, Joao Porto de Albuquerque, Vangelis Pitidis, Conrado de Moraes Rudorff, Fernanda Lima-Silva, Carolin Klonner, Mário Henrique da Mata Martins
Purpose The study aims to identify the gaps and the potentialities of citizen-generated data in four axes of warning system: (1) risk knowledge, (2) flood forecasting and monitoring, (3) risk communication and (4) flood risk governance. Design/methodology/approach Research inputs for this work were gathered during an international virtual dialogue that engaged 40 public servants, practitioners, academics
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Towards a liberatory pedagogy of disaster risk reduction among built environment educators Disaster Prevention And Management (IF 1.813) Pub Date : 2022-04-29 Ksenia Chmutina,Jason von Meding
PurposeThis paper aims to enhance the understanding of what is being taught – and how – to future built environment (BE) professionals in higher education (HE) BE curricular in the context of disaster risk reduction (DRR).Design/methodology/approachReflecting on the results of an extensive survey carried out among 21 BE educators representing 14 countries, the pedagogies used to educate tomorrow’s
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Guest editorial: Exploring inclusive publishing practices with early career disaster-studies researchers Disaster Prevention And Management (IF 1.813) Pub Date : 2022-04-22 Eefje Hendriks,Laura Marlene Kmoch,Femke Mulder,Ricardo Fuentealba
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Factors influencing preparedness self-efficacy among Hispanics and Latinos in the United States Disaster Prevention And Management (IF 1.813) Pub Date : 2022-04-19 Jason D. Rivera
PurposeCurrently there is a lack of information regarding factors that influence individuals' disaster preparedness self-efficacy among various minority groups in the US. This research seeks to start filling this gap of knowledge by exploring potential factors among Hispanics and Latinos.Design/methodology/approachThis research uses disaggregated data from the 2020 FEMA National Household Survey to
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Social capital and institutional complexity in Svalbard: the case of avalanche disaster management Disaster Prevention And Management (IF 1.813) Pub Date : 2022-04-08 Rachel Gjelsvik Tiller,Ashley D. Ross,Elizabeth Nyman
PurposeResilience can be understood as the ability of communities to adapt to disturbances in a way that reduces chronic vulnerability and promotes growth. Disaster scholars assert that resilience is developed through a set of adaptive capacities across multiple domains, including society, the economy, the built and natural environments, and sociopolitical institutions. These adaptive capacities have
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A conceptual model for marine oil spills management in South Africa Disaster Prevention And Management (IF 1.813) Pub Date : 2022-04-06 Phindile Tiyiselani Zanele Sabela-Rikhotso,Dewald van Niekerk,Livhuwani David Nemakonde
PurposeTraditionally, management of disasters, particularly those emanating from environmental hazards, have been reactive with efforts focussed on technical response issues. Drawing from incident command system (ICS) theory, this paper proposes a conceptual model for managing marine oil spills in South Africa.Design/methodology/approachA qualitative biased sequential mixed-based research method was
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Child participation in disaster resilience education: potential impact on child mental well-being Disaster Prevention And Management (IF 1.813) Pub Date : 2022-03-25 Revathi Nuggehalli Krishna,Caroline Spencer,Kevin Ronan,Eva Alisic
PurposeChildren can play an active and valuable role to minimise disaster risks and vulnerabilities. Yet, peer-reviewed literature on child participation in Disaster Resilience Education (DRE) is lacking. This knowledge gap is larger in low- and middle-income countries, especially related to vulnerable communities. The current study explores how child participation in developing and delivering a DRE
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Social vulnerability and disasters: development and evaluation of a CONVERGE training module for researchers and practitioners Disaster Prevention And Management (IF 1.813) Pub Date : 2022-03-25 Rachel Marie Adams, Candace Evans, Amy Wolkin, Tracy Thomas, Lori Peek
Purpose Social vulnerability in the context of disaster management refers to the sociodemographic characteristics of a population and the physical, social, economic, and environmental factors that increase their susceptibility to adverse disaster outcomes and capacity to anticipate, cope with, resist, and recover from disaster events. Because disasters do not impact people equally, researchers, public
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Considerations for creating equitable and inclusive communication campaigns associated with ShakeAlert, the earthquake early warning system for the West Coast of the USA Disaster Prevention And Management (IF 1.813) Pub Date : 2022-03-14 Mariah R. Jenkins,Sara K. McBride,Meredith Morgoch,Hollie Smith
PurposeThe 2019 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR) cites earthquakes as the most damaging natural hazard globally, causing billions of dollars of damage and killing thousands of people. Earthquakes have the potential to drastically impact physical, social and economic landscapes; to reduce this risk, earthquake early warning (EEW) systems have been developed. However, these technical