Interdisciplinary perspectives on the intersections of roads, sustainable development, and disaster resilience

IF 4.5 1区地球科学 Q1 GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

International journal of disaster risk reduction Pub Date : 2025-07-08 DOI:10.1016/j.ijdrr.2025.105691

Ellen B. Robson , Peter McGowran , Hanna A. Ruszczyk , Bruce D. Malamud , Edward Simpson , Alexander L. Densmore , Neil Denton , Natasha Chapplow , Phurwa Gurung , Tilly E. Hall , Rebekah Harries , Jack Jenkins , Apil KC , Richard Kotter , Ashutosh Kumar , Bina Limbu , David Milledge , Gina Porter , Nick Rosser , Faith E. Taylor , Kifle Woldearegay

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Abstract

Natural hazard-influenced disasters, sustainable development, and roads are closely intertwined. Governments and funding agencies worldwide are increasingly focused on delivering disaster-resilient road infrastructure. However, the multifaceted, ubiquitous, and contested nature of road networks means that making them resilient to disasters is a complex task. Efforts to build resilient roads generate trade-offs against other policy goals like climate resilience and sustainable development, and always carry political implications. In this paper, we synthesise discussions that took place during a one-day hybrid workshop on the intersections between roads, development and disaster resilience with 50 practitioners, policymakers, and physical and social scientists from around the world with expertise in relevant fields. Two key themes emerged: (i) the political ecology of the resilience of road networks and (ii) the key players and politics surrounding road construction and maintenance. Through synthesising workshop discussions with contemporary literature, we present working definitions of disaster resilience for these two themes to help shape future interdisciplinary research on road disaster resilience.When thinking through the theme of political ecology, road disaster resilience is understood within the context of uneven power dynamics and the political work done by applying a resilience lens to the research objects in question. When thinking through key road players and politics, road disaster resilience is understood to emerge from the relationships between financers, knowledge holders, and those with ownership over the road. In synthesising key themes, we ultimately develop the concept of “roads-in-relation” as a framing device for future interdisciplinary road disaster resilience research that crosscuts these key themes.

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交叉学科的道路，可持续发展和抗灾能力的交叉观点

自然灾害、可持续发展、道路三者紧密相连。世界各国政府和供资机构越来越重视提供抗灾道路基础设施。然而，道路网络的多面性、无所不在性和竞争性意味着使其具有抗灾能力是一项复杂的任务。建设弹性道路的努力会与气候适应能力和可持续发展等其他政策目标进行权衡，并始终带有政治影响。在本文中，我们综合了在为期一天的混合研讨会上进行的讨论，该研讨会讨论了道路、发展和抗灾能力之间的交叉点，来自世界各地的50名从业人员、政策制定者以及具有相关领域专业知识的物理和社会科学家。出现了两个关键主题：(i)道路网络恢复力的政治生态；（ii）围绕道路建设和维护的关键参与者和政治。通过与当代文献的综合研讨会讨论，我们提出了这两个主题的灾害恢复的工作定义，以帮助塑造未来道路灾害恢复的跨学科研究。在思考政治生态学的主题时，道路灾害复原力是在不平衡的权力动态和通过将复原力镜头应用于相关研究对象所做的政治工作的背景下理解的。在考虑关键的道路参与者和政治因素时，道路灾害恢复能力被理解为来自金融家、知识持有者和道路所有者之间的关系。在综合关键主题的过程中，我们最终发展了“相关道路”的概念，作为未来交叉学科道路灾害恢复研究的框架装置，交叉贯穿这些关键主题。

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International journal of disaster risk reduction GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARYMETEOROLOGY-METEOROLOGY & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES

CiteScore

8.70

自引率

18.00%

发文量

688

审稿时长

79 days

期刊介绍： The International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (IJDRR) is the journal for researchers, policymakers and practitioners across diverse disciplines: earth sciences and their implications; environmental sciences; engineering; urban studies; geography; and the social sciences. IJDRR publishes fundamental and applied research, critical reviews, policy papers and case studies with a particular focus on multi-disciplinary research that aims to reduce the impact of natural, technological, social and intentional disasters. IJDRR stimulates exchange of ideas and knowledge transfer on disaster research, mitigation, adaptation, prevention and risk reduction at all geographical scales: local, national and international. Key topics:- -multifaceted disaster and cascading disasters -the development of disaster risk reduction strategies and techniques -discussion and development of effective warning and educational systems for risk management at all levels -disasters associated with climate change -vulnerability analysis and vulnerability trends -emerging risks -resilience against disasters. The journal particularly encourages papers that approach risk from a multi-disciplinary perspective.