Disaster Prevention and Management
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DRR pioneer interview with Thea Hilhorst
Dorothea HilhorstThe transcript takes you on a journey of the book mapping vulnerability and the developments thereafter.
Disaster risk reduction (DRR) pioneers interview with Charlotte Benson [1]
Charlotte BensonThis transcript provides a historical overview of the discussions on economics in disaster risk reduction.
DRR pioneers' interview [1]
Zenaida Delica-WillisonThe transcript talks about early days of disaster risk reduction from a community based perspective all the way from the 70s.
Projects for queering disaster: reciprocal knowledge exchange and practice
A.J. Faas, Jhaid ParrenoThe 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…
Problems and promises of postmodernism in (re)liberating disaster studies
Jake Rom CadagThis 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…
Community and governmental perspectives on climate disaster risk finance instruments in Colombia
Cristian Camilo Fernández Lopera, José Manuel Mendes, Eduardo Jorge Barata, Miguel Angel Trejo-RangelAt the global level, disaster risk finance (DRF) is playing an increasingly prominent role in the international agendas for climate change adaptation. However, before implementing…
A conversation towards post-colonial futures for disaster risk reduction in South Asia
Emmanuel Raju, Suchismita Goswami, Nishara Fernando, Mayeda Rashid, Eti Akter, Nyima Dorjee Bhotia, Aditi Sharan, Mihir Bhatt, J.C. GaillardThis conversation highlights the need to rethink how we approach disaster risk reduction in different South Asian contexts.
“Respect existence or expect … resilience?” epistemic reflexivity towards liberated disaster studies
Ricardo FuentealbaThis 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…
DRR Interview with Terry Cannon: disaster studies: why is class being ignored?
Terry CannonThe 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…
Learning to manage the unexpected: applying Weick and Sutcliffe’s HRO principles to oil tanker accidents
Bianca Amici, Maria Luisa FarneseWeick and Sutcliffe identified five principles that enable high-reliability organizations (HROs) to address environmental complexity and manage unexpected events. The current…
The potential for community-driven ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction in South Asia: a literature review
Damithri Chathumani Lansakara, Loic Le De, Michael Petterson, Deepthi WickramasingheThe 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…
Disasters “Through the looking glass”
Jason Von Meding, Carla Brisotto, Haleh Mehdipour, Colin LaschThis paper will challenge normative disaster studies and practice by arguing that thriving communities require the pursuit of imperfection and solidarity. The authors use Lewis…
The distribution of Cyclone Idai’s water impacts in Beira, Mozambique
Cameron McCordic, Ines Raimundo, Matthew Judyn, Duncan WillisClimate 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…
DRR pioneers interview with Andrew Maskrey and Allan Lavell
Andrew Maskrey, Allan LavellThe interview traces the early discussions in the context of disasters as developmental failures.
Categorising potential non-disasters
Brady Podloski, Ilan KelmanThis 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…
Interview between Bruno Haghebaert and Ian Davis concerning the early days of disaster risk reduction 1970–2000
Ian DavisThe interview documents early days in the field of disaster risk reduction.
Pacific methodologies in critical disaster studies
Maria Koreti Sang Yum, Roger C. BaarsResearch in critical disaster studies stresses the urgency to explore alternative ontological framings (Gaillard and Raju, 2022) that encourages researchers and practitioners…
Why are you in disaster studies? Liberating future scholars from oppressive disaster science
Victor MarcheziniThe 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…
Assembling fire: beyond engineering solutions
Sandra Vaiciulyte, Helen Underhill, Elizabeth ReddyFires 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…
Co-production revisited: from knowledge plurality to action for disaster risk reduction
Minh Tran, Dayoon KimThe 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…
Development of disaster risk reduction policy in Thailand
Kaori KitagawaThis exploratory study discusses the policy learning process of the development of disaster risk reduction (DRR) policy.
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Dr JC Gaillard
- Dr Emmanuel Raju