Enhancing earthquake resilience of communities: an action by women ’s groups in Nepal
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, Ahead of Print. Purpose Nepal is exposed to frequent earthquakes. There is a felt need for promoting disaster risk reduction action at community level, promoting existing community cohesion for use in disaster preparedness and replication of positive experiences. Involvement of women has been identified as one of the effective ways to motivate and mobilize communities to reduce disaster risks and enhance disaster preparedness. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach Frontline program was implemented in the four communities of Chandr...
Source: Disaster Prevention and Management - September 7, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Making communities disaster resilient
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, Ahead of Print. Purpose Understanding bottom-up approaches including local coping mechanisms, recognizing them and strengthening community capacities is important in the process of disaster risk reduction. The purpose of this paper is to address the questions: to what extent existing disaster policies in Nepal support and enable community-based disaster resilience? and what challenges and prospects do the communities have in responding to disaster risk for making communities resilient? Design/methodology/approach This paper is based on policy and academic lite...
Source: Disaster Prevention and Management - September 7, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Enhancing earthquake resilience of communities: an action by women ’s groups in Nepal
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, Ahead of Print. Purpose Nepal is exposed to frequent earthquakes. There is a felt need for promoting disaster risk reduction action at community level, promoting existing community cohesion for use in disaster preparedness and replication of positive experiences. Involvement of women has been identified as one of the effective ways to motivate and mobilize communities to reduce disaster risks and enhance disaster preparedness. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach Frontline program was implemented in the four communities of Chandr...
Source: Disaster Prevention and Management - September 7, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Making communities disaster resilient
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, Ahead of Print. Purpose Understanding bottom-up approaches including local coping mechanisms, recognizing them and strengthening community capacities is important in the process of disaster risk reduction. The purpose of this paper is to address the questions: to what extent existing disaster policies in Nepal support and enable community-based disaster resilience? and what challenges and prospects do the communities have in responding to disaster risk for making communities resilient? Design/methodology/approach This paper is based on policy and academic lite...
Source: Disaster Prevention and Management - September 7, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
The power of localism during the long-term disaster recovery process
This study recommends the need to identify who is talking about the importance of local and how localism has been framed in policy and action. It is important to empower localism in order to provide ways for local people sharin g what is going on in the frontline. But it is also essential to provide funding and means of implementation for local initiatives regarding advocating, researching and proposing disaster recovery interventions led by people. (Source: Disaster Prevention and Management)
Source: Disaster Prevention and Management - September 5, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
The power of localism during the long-term disaster recovery process
This study recommends the need to identify who is talking about the importance of local and how localism has been framed in policy and action. It is important to empower localism in order to provide ways for local people sharin g what is going on in the frontline. But it is also essential to provide funding and means of implementation for local initiatives regarding advocating, researching and proposing disaster recovery interventions led by people. (Source: Disaster Prevention and Management)
Source: Disaster Prevention and Management - September 5, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Inter-organisational learning in public safety management system
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, Ahead of Print. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to recognition and understanding of the inter-organisational learning processes in the public safety management system. Design/methodology/approach The findings presented in this paper are based on empirical data including: first, desk research in the scope of inter-organisational learning; second, participant observation conducted in the Provincial Headquarters of the State Fire Service in the Silesia Province in the years 2013 –2014; third, hermeneutic process within a focus group of scholars conducted i...
Source: Disaster Prevention and Management - August 30, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Experiences of a prolonged coal-mine fire
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal,Volume 27, Issue 5, Page 534-545, November 2018. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the perspectives of local residents regarding the impact of the long-duration Hazelwood open cut coal mine fire in rural Australia. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative approach was undertaken involving 27 in-depth interviews with adults who lived in the town of Morwell, immediately adjacent to the coal mine fire. Findings Participant concerns focussed upon fear and confusion during the event, the perceived health effects of the smoke, anger towards authoritie...
Source: Disaster Prevention and Management - August 24, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
The economics of disaster risks and impacts in the Pacific
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal,Volume 27, Issue 5, Page 478-494, November 2018. Purpose The Pacific islands face the highest disaster risk globally in per capita terms. Countries in the region have been affected by several recent catastrophic events, as well as by frequent natural hazards of smaller magnitude. The purpose of this paper is to quantify total disaster risk faced by Pacific island countries (PICs). Design/methodology/approach The paper evaluates the three main sources of data for quantifying risk in the region —the International Emergency Database (EMDAT), DesInventar and the ...
Source: Disaster Prevention and Management - August 24, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Experiences of a prolonged coal-mine fire
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, Ahead of Print. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the perspectives of local residents regarding the impact of the long-duration Hazelwood open cut coal mine fire in rural Australia. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative approach was undertaken involving 27 in-depth interviews with adults who lived in the town of Morwell, immediately adjacent to the coal mine fire. Findings Participant concerns focussed upon fear and confusion during the event, the perceived health effects of the smoke, anger towards authorities and loss of a sense of communi...
Source: Disaster Prevention and Management - August 24, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
The economics of disaster risks and impacts in the Pacific
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, Ahead of Print. Purpose The Pacific islands face the highest disaster risk globally in per capita terms. Countries in the region have been affected by several recent catastrophic events, as well as by frequent natural hazards of smaller magnitude. The purpose of this paper is to quantify total disaster risk faced by Pacific island countries (PICs). Design/methodology/approach The paper evaluates the three main sources of data for quantifying risk in the region —the International Emergency Database (EMDAT), DesInventar and the Pacific Catastrophe Risk Assessm...
Source: Disaster Prevention and Management - August 24, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Using a Luhmannian perspective for earthquake resilience
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, Ahead of Print. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to interpret Luhmann ’s Social Systems Theory to discuss disaster resilience, and use its “functional method” for creating “local organizational inventories” to support the trend of integration in Turkey’s disaster management system. For this, the authors used a case study from Düzce province in 2013, inves tigating the organizational aftermath of two major earthquakes in 1999. Design/methodology/approach A purposive sample of local associations in city center of Düzce province was used. The lo...
Source: Disaster Prevention and Management - August 20, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Social and economic inequality limits disaster prevention amongst the most vulnerable in Vietnam
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, Ahead of Print. Purpose Vietnam is historically hit by extensive disasters. However, the most vulnerable populations are far from being backed by national/local programmes to reduce disaster impacts on their well-being. In practice, political and socio-economic top-down organisation, channels efforts and limited resources into wealthier parts of the country. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach Learning from 30 years work in Vietnam, this paper presents how “horizontal” solidarity and networking should be promoted and reinfor...
Source: Disaster Prevention and Management - August 20, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Enhancing resilience against floods in the Lower Motowoh community, Limbe, Southwest Cameroon
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, Ahead of Print. Purpose Floods and landslide threats were addressed under the Frontline process in the city of Limbe, Southwestern Cameroon. The purpose of this paper is to present actions undertaken through building local community resilience to floods which are a major threat in the city, with impacts on the local community ranging from death to complete destruction of services and livelihoods. Design/methodology/approach The actions carried out were informed by the GNDR-supported Frontline survey conducted in 2015 in which the Lower Motowoh community rated ...
Source: Disaster Prevention and Management - August 20, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
