Post-disaster redevelopment and the “knowledge city”: limitations of an urban imaginary in L’Aquila
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, Ahead of Print. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to critically examine the “knowledge city” spatial socio-economic imaginary used in the post-earthquake city of L’Aquila, Italy, to promote its socio-economic redevelopment. Design/methodology/approach The paper counters primary and secondary data with the expected qualities of a knowledge city. The analysis is suppo rted by the literature review on knowledge-cities and post-disaster redevelopment, local and national documentation review, on-site observations and an inquiry of the case of the Gran Sass...
Source: Disaster Prevention and Management - February 28, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Appraisal of fire safety interventions and strategies for informal settlements in South Africa
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, Ahead of Print. Purpose Informal settlements are inherently unstructured in nature, lack adequate services, regularly have high population densities and can experience social problems. Thus, fires can easily propagate rapidly through such areas, leaving thousands homeless in a single fire. The purpose of this paper is to present an appraisal of various interventions and strategies to improve fire safety in informal settlements in South Africa (globally, similar settlements are known as slums, ghettos, favelas, shantytowns, etc.), considering aspects of both tec...
Source: Disaster Prevention and Management - February 28, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
An evidence-based urban DRR strategy for informal settlements
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, Ahead of Print. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the evidence-based research strategy (EBRS) used to evaluate eight projects that applied the neighborhood approach for disaster risk reduction (NA-DRR) in informal urban settlements in Colombia, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica and Peru, between 2012 and 2017. Design/methodology/approach The study covers the first five of the seven EBRS stages: first, identify relevant interventions; second, prepare evaluation questions; third, select evidence sources and implement a search strategy; fourth, ap...
Source: Disaster Prevention and Management - February 28, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Post-disaster redevelopment and the “knowledge city”: limitations of an urban imaginary in L’Aquila
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, Ahead of Print. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to critically examine the “knowledge city” spatial socio-economic imaginary used in the post-earthquake city of L’Aquila, Italy, to promote its socio-economic redevelopment. Design/methodology/approach The paper counters primary and secondary data with the expected qualities of a knowledge city. The analysis is suppo rted by the literature review on knowledge-cities and post-disaster redevelopment, local and national documentation review, on-site observations and an inquiry of the case of the Gran Sass...
Source: Disaster Prevention and Management - February 28, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Appraisal of fire safety interventions and strategies for informal settlements in South Africa
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, Ahead of Print. Purpose Informal settlements are inherently unstructured in nature, lack adequate services, regularly have high population densities and can experience social problems. Thus, fires can easily propagate rapidly through such areas, leaving thousands homeless in a single fire. The purpose of this paper is to present an appraisal of various interventions and strategies to improve fire safety in informal settlements in South Africa (globally, similar settlements are known as slums, ghettos, favelas, shantytowns, etc.), considering aspects of both tec...
Source: Disaster Prevention and Management - February 28, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
An evidence-based urban DRR strategy for informal settlements
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, Ahead of Print. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the evidence-based research strategy (EBRS) used to evaluate eight projects that applied the neighborhood approach for disaster risk reduction (NA-DRR) in informal urban settlements in Colombia, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica and Peru, between 2012 and 2017. Design/methodology/approach The study covers the first five of the seven EBRS stages: first, identify relevant interventions; second, prepare evaluation questions; third, select evidence sources and implement a search strategy; fourth, ap...
Source: Disaster Prevention and Management - February 28, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Introduction to disaster prevention: doing it differently by rethinking the nature of knowledge and learning
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal,Volume 28, Issue 1, Page 2-5, February 2019. (Source: Disaster Prevention and Management)
Source: Disaster Prevention and Management - January 22, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Why and how to build back better in shrinking territories?
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, Ahead of Print. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the concept of build back better (BBB) in contexts affected by depopulation and shrinking economies discussing how and if its principles are able to drive the recovery pattern toward a sustainability re-development path. Design/methodology/approach BBB principles ’ usefulness in driving toward a sustainable post-disaster recovery has been tested in L’Aquila’s area (Italy) – severely affected by an earthquake in 2009 – through interviews and analyses of reconstruction plans and policies. ...
Source: Disaster Prevention and Management - January 15, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Institutional foundations of disaster risk reduction policy
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, Ahead of Print. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore and elaborate on how institutional conditions work to the advantage and disadvantage of disaster risk reduction (DRR) policies on different levels in two countries. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative case study design is used to study empirically two countries with very different traditions when it comes to political-administrative institutions: Argentina and Sweden. Findings As expected, the institutional foundations of DRR policy in Sweden are shown to be more consistent and stable than ...
Source: Disaster Prevention and Management - January 9, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Examining inter-organizational roles in Philippine post-disaster MHPSS delivery
This study provided rich empirical data from key organizational actors involved in MHPSS provision in disaster-stricken communities. (Source: Disaster Prevention and Management)
Source: Disaster Prevention and Management - January 9, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Gaining public input on natural hazard risk and land-use planning
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, Ahead of Print. Purpose Risk-based land-use planning is a major tool for reducing risks and enabling communities to design for and mitigate against natural hazard events. Moving towards a risk-based approach to land-use planning involves changes in planning and public communication practice for local government agencies. However, talking to people about how decisions made in the present may increase risk in the future is notoriously hard and requires carefully crafted public discussion. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach This p...
Source: Disaster Prevention and Management - January 9, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Institutional foundations of disaster risk reduction policy
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, Ahead of Print. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore and elaborate on how institutional conditions work to the advantage and disadvantage of disaster risk reduction (DRR) policies on different levels in two countries. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative case study design is used to study empirically two countries with very different traditions when it comes to political-administrative institutions: Argentina and Sweden. Findings As expected, the institutional foundations of DRR policy in Sweden are shown to be more consistent and stable than ...
Source: Disaster Prevention and Management - January 9, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Examining inter-organizational roles in Philippine post-disaster MHPSS delivery
This study provided rich empirical data from key organizational actors involved in MHPSS provision in disaster-stricken communities. (Source: Disaster Prevention and Management)
Source: Disaster Prevention and Management - January 9, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
