DRR pioneers: interview with Ben Wisner
Ben Wisner Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- The transcript provides an overview of the development of the field and changing paradigms in this regard.The transcript was developed in the context of a United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) project on the history of disaster risk reduction (DRR).The transcript traces the initial discussions of how the At Risk book was conceived and presents new dimensions and challenges within the field.The interview highlights the importance of the need to document the transitions, developments and paradigm changes in the f...
Source: Disaster Prevention and Management - May 4, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ben Wisner Source Type: research
Partnerships in the recovery planning process: lessons from Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria and Irma
Partnerships in the recovery planning process: lessons from Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria and Irma Ashlyn Tom, Alice Kim Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- To assess which partnerships were most critical during the recovery planning process following Hurricanes Maria and Irma. We discuss the roles and impact of different types of partners, barriers and facilitators to partnerships and lessons in collaboration during the development of the economic and disaster recovery plan for Puerto Rico.The Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center (HSOAC) was tasked with assisting...
Source: Disaster Prevention and Management - April 15, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ashlyn Tom Alice Kim Source Type: research
Adaptive innovation and ethical dilemmas: a participatory action research study amongst cyclone-impacted households in Tamil Nadu, India
Sunil D. Santha, Devisha Sasidevan, Atul Raman, Khadeeja Naja Ali, Soofiya Yoosuf, Deepankar Panda, Gauri Shenoy Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- This paper showcases how the PAR embedded in posthumanist perspectives enabled us to navigate several complexities in the field through methodological situatedness and pluralism. It also attempts to critically outline the drivers and barriers that shaped our capacities to engage with the PAR.The Tamil Nadu state in the Bay of Bengal along the southeast coast of India is one of the six regions in the world where severe tropical cyc...
Source: Disaster Prevention and Management - March 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Sunil D. Santha Devisha Sasidevan Atul Raman Khadeeja Naja Ali Soofiya Yoosuf Deepankar Panda Gauri Shenoy Source Type: research
Extractivism and the engendering of disasters: disaster risk creation in the era of the Anthropocene
Sarah Bradshaw Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- This paper argues that extractivist logic creates the environmental conditions that produce “natural” hazards and also the human conditions that produce vulnerability, which combined create disasters. Disaster Risk Creation is then built into the current global socio-economic system, as an integral component not accidental by-product.As part of the movement to liberate disasters as discipline, practice and field of enquiry, this paper does not talk disasters per se, but rather its focus is on “extractivism” as a fundam...
Source: Disaster Prevention and Management - March 28, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Sarah Bradshaw Source Type: research
The promises and pitfalls of disaster aid platforms: a case study of Lebanon ’s 3RF
The promises and pitfalls of disaster aid platforms: a case study of Lebanon’s 3RF Mona Harb, Sophie Bloemeke, Sami Atallah, Sami Zoughaib Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- Using critical disaster studies and state theory, we assess the disaster aid platform named Lebanon Reconstruction, Reform and Recovery Framework (3RF) that was put in place by international donors in the aftermath of the Beirut Port Blast in August 2020, in order to examine the effectiveness of its inclusive decision-making architecture, as well as its institutional building and legislative reform effor...
Source: Disaster Prevention and Management - March 25, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Mona Harb Sophie Bloemeke Sami Atallah Sami Zoughaib Source Type: research
Problems and promises of postmodernism in (re)liberating disaster studies
Jake Rom Cadag Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- 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.This paper outlines a conceptual domain through which approaches of postmodernism can be employed to (re)liberate disaster studies.Metanarratives and grand theories frame the scope and focus of disaster studies. But the increasing number and the aggravated impacts of disasters an...
Source: Disaster Prevention and Management - March 16, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jake Rom Cadag Source Type: research
Projects for queering disaster: reciprocal knowledge exchange and practice
A.J. Faas, Jhaid Parreno Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- 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.This is a community science project in which we collaborate with community members to enhance both community and scientific knowledge with the goal of utilizing it to produce a positive change to pressing social issues and their unde...
Source: Disaster Prevention and Management - March 15, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: A.J. Faas Jhaid Parreno Source Type: research
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. Gaillard Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- This conversation highlights the need to rethink how we approach disaster risk reduction in different South Asian contexts.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.The prominent themes emerging from this conversation represents hybridi...
Source: Disaster Prevention and Management - February 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Emmanuel Raju Suchismita Goswami Nishara Fernando Mayeda Rashid Eti Akter Nyima Dorjee Bhotia Aditi Sharan Mihir Bhatt J.C. Gaillard Source Type: research
DRR pioneer interview with Thea Hilhorst
Dorothea Hilhorst Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- The transcript takes you on a journey of the book mapping vulnerability and the developments thereafter.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.This interview highlights how DRR is central to conflict settings as well.The interview provides reflections on DRR in conflict settings. (Source: Disaster Prevention and Management)
Source: Disaster Prevention and Management - February 20, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Dorothea Hilhorst Source Type: research
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-Rangel Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- 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 actors in Colombia regarding DRF. Its goal i...
Source: Disaster Prevention and Management - February 16, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Cristian Camilo Fern ández Lopera Jos é Manuel Mendes Eduardo Jorge Barata Miguel Angel Trejo-Rangel Source Type: research
“Respect existence or expect ?” epistemic reflexivity towards liberated disaster studies
Ricardo Fuentealba Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- 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.Premised on the idea of epistemic reflexivity developed by Pierre Bourdieu, and drawing on previous research, this theoretical article analyses two conceptual biases and shortcomings of disaster studies: how resilience builds on certain agency; and...
Source: Disaster Prevention and Management - February 2, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ricardo Fuentealba Source Type: research
The distribution of Cyclone Idai ’s water impacts in Beira, Mozambique
The distribution of Cyclone Idai’s water impacts in Beira, Mozambique Cameron McCordic, Ines Raimundo, Matthew Judyn, Duncan Willis Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- 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 the distributi...
Source: Disaster Prevention and Management - January 2, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Cameron McCordic Ines Raimundo Matthew Judyn Duncan Willis Source Type: research
DRR Interview with Terry Cannon: disaster studies: why is class being ignored?
Terry Cannon Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- 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 with current DRR approaches.Terry Cannon was interviewed to explain the beginnings of his involvement in disasters research and t...
Source: Disaster Prevention and Management - January 1, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Terry Cannon Source Type: research
Disasters “Through the looking glass”
Jason Von Meding, Carla Brisotto, Haleh Mehdipour, Colin Lasch Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- 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 constructs are constantly shifting.The paper will undertake an analysis of both di...
Source: Disaster Prevention and Management - December 27, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jason Von Meding Carla Brisotto Haleh Mehdipour Colin Lasch Source Type: research
The potential for community-driven ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction in South Asia: a literature review
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 Wickramasinghe Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- 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.The literature review methodology involved several stages. Firstly, the research objective was determined. Secondly keywords for the literature s...
Source: Disaster Prevention and Management - December 23, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Damithri Chathumani Lansakara Loic Le De Michael Petterson Deepthi Wickramasinghe Source Type: research
