Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal最新文献

Assessing the accountability mechanisms in the 2015 Nepal earthquakes housing reconstruction: a case study of Bungamati, Lalitpur Metropolitan city, Nepal 评估 2015 年尼泊尔地震住房重建中的问责机制：尼泊尔拉利特普尔大都会邦加马蒂案例研究

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal Pub Date : 2024-06-11 DOI: 10.1108/dpm-01-2024-0011

Govind Bahadur Rimal, Werapong Koedsin, K. Techato, Naresh N. Rimal

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Organisational vulnerability: exploring the pathways 组织脆弱性：探索途径

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal Pub Date : 2024-06-07 DOI: 10.1108/dpm-03-2024-0065

Paul Chipangura, Dewald van Niekerk, Fortune Mangara, Annegrace Zembe

{"title":"Organisational vulnerability: exploring the pathways","authors":"Paul Chipangura, Dewald van Niekerk, Fortune Mangara, Annegrace Zembe","doi":"10.1108/dpm-03-2024-0065","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/dpm-03-2024-0065","url":null,"abstract":"PurposeThis study aimed to address the underexplored domain of organisational vulnerability, with a specific focus on understanding how vulnerability is understood in organisations and the underlying pathways leading to vulnerability.Design/methodology/approachThis study utilised a narrative literature review methodology, using Google Scholar as the primary source, to analyse the concepts of organisational vulnerability in the context of disaster risk studies. The review focused on relevant documents published between the years 2000 and 2022.FindingsThe analysis highlights the multifaceted nature of organisational vulnerability, which arises from both inherent weaknesses within the organisation and external risks that expose it to potential hazards. The inherent weaknesses are rooted in internal vulnerability pathways such as organisational culture, managerial ignorance, human resources, and communication weaknesses that compromise the organisation’s resilience. The external dimension of vulnerability is found in cascading vulnerability pathways, e.g. critical infrastructure, supply chains, and customer relationships.Originality/valueAs the frequency and severity of disasters continue to increase, organisations of all sizes face heightened vulnerability to unforeseen disruptions and potential destruction. Acknowledging and comprehending organisational vulnerability is a crucial initial step towards enhancing risk management effectiveness, fostering resilience, and promoting sustainable success in an interconnected global environment and an evolving disaster landscape.","PeriodicalId":401385,"journal":{"name":"Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal","volume":" 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141371908","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Challenges in construction material supply for post-disaster transport infrastructure recovery: a case study of the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake in New Zealand 灾后交通基础设施恢复所面临的建筑材料供应挑战：2016 年新西兰 Kaikōura 地震案例研究

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal Pub Date : 2024-05-17 DOI: 10.1108/dpm-10-2023-0259

Kenan Liu, A. Chang-Richards, Seosamh B. Costello, Cecile L'Hermitte, Nadia M. Trent, Nan Li

{"title":"Challenges in construction material supply for post-disaster transport infrastructure recovery: a case study of the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake in New Zealand","authors":"Kenan Liu, A. Chang-Richards, Seosamh B. Costello, Cecile L'Hermitte, Nadia M. Trent, Nan Li","doi":"10.1108/dpm-10-2023-0259","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/dpm-10-2023-0259","url":null,"abstract":"PurposeThis paper aims to investigate the challenges faced by the transport infrastructure sector in its civil construction material supply processes, following the 2016 Kaikoura earthquake in New Zealand.Design/methodology/approachA case study approach was adopted, which included on-site observations, semi-structured interviews and literature-based desktop reviews.FindingsThe research findings show that there were supply problems for aggregates, concrete, stormwater pipes and some specialised products for the repair and rebuild of transport facilities. Those supply problems were largely caused by (1) difficulty in predicting material requirements, (2) constrained supply capability, (3) inadequate local freight capacity, (4) legal, cultural and/or environmental considerations on resource exploitation and utilisation, (5) impacts of COVID-19 and (6) ineffective communication and coordination.Research limitations/implicationsFor future research, it is recommended that a comparative analysis of multiple disaster cases be undertaken to further explore the generalisability of the research findings.Originality/valueThe research findings will inform the development of post-earthquake recovery policies and material supply chain operation strategies, in order to expedite the recovery of transport networks if a future earthquake strikes.","PeriodicalId":401385,"journal":{"name":"Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal","volume":"11 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140963663","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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A stranger with your door key: are we mistaking alienation for place attachment? 拿着门钥匙的陌生人：我们是否将疏离误认为是对地方的依恋？

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal Pub Date : 2024-05-13 DOI: 10.1108/dpm-05-2023-0116

Wesley Cheek

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Adaptive innovation and ethical dilemmas: a participatory action research study amongst cyclone-impacted households in Tamil Nadu, India 适应性创新与道德困境：印度泰米尔纳德邦受气旋影响家庭的参与式行动研究

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal Pub Date : 2024-04-01 DOI: 10.1108/dpm-12-2023-0331

Sunil D. Santha, D. Sasidevan, Atul Raman, Khadeeja Naja Ali, Soofiya Yoosuf, Deepankar Panda, Gauri Shenoy

{"title":"Adaptive innovation and ethical dilemmas: a participatory action research study amongst cyclone-impacted households in Tamil Nadu, India","authors":"Sunil D. Santha, D. Sasidevan, Atul Raman, Khadeeja Naja Ali, Soofiya Yoosuf, Deepankar Panda, Gauri Shenoy","doi":"10.1108/dpm-12-2023-0331","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/dpm-12-2023-0331","url":null,"abstract":"PurposeThis 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.Design/methodology/approachThe 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 cyclones originate throughout the year. Storm surges in this region are well known for their destructive potential due to strong winds and heavy rainfall. This paper describes our participatory action research (PAR) journey towards strengthening grassroots action by providing access to safe and affordable housing for cyclone-impacted households (CIHs) in the Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu, India. The PAR was guided by an adaptive innovation model (AIM) that draws inspiration from posthumanism, action research and reflective practice traditions.FindingsThe insights from the PAR insist that we must recognise and work with diverse knowledge systems and situated practices to develop meaningful disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate adaptation strategies. Our approach has to be rooted in the lived experiences of various vulnerable groups, their entanglements with nature and their everyday struggles of interacting with a complex social-ecological system.Originality/valueThis paper is an outcome of a PAR in a cyclone-impacted village in Tamil Nadu, India. The discussions and findings of the paper are original in nature and have not been published elsewhere.","PeriodicalId":401385,"journal":{"name":"Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal","volume":"58 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140356305","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Learning to manage the unexpected: applying Weick and Sutcliffe’s HRO principles to oil tanker accidents 学会管理意外事故：将魏克和苏克里夫的人力资源管理原则应用于油轮事故

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal Pub Date : 2023-12-25 DOI: 10.1108/dpm-03-2023-0065

Bianca Amici, M. Farnese

{"title":"Learning to manage the unexpected: applying Weick and Sutcliffe’s HRO principles to oil tanker accidents","authors":"Bianca Amici, M. Farnese","doi":"10.1108/dpm-03-2023-0065","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/dpm-03-2023-0065","url":null,"abstract":"PurposeWeick and Sutcliffe identified five principles that enable high-reliability organizations (HROs) to address environmental complexity and manage unexpected events. The current study aims to adopt this sensemaking perspective to analyze accidents within a typical HRO sector, namely maritime transport.Design/methodology/approachThrough a retrospective case study analysis, this study focused on seven oil tanker accidents, using them as illustrative examples.FindingsFindings show how the five principles contributed to the accidents' occurrence, explaining how failures in sensemaking affected the crew's capability to both prevent errors and cope with their consequences, thus leading to disasters.Research limitations/implicationsOverall, the study offers an applicative contribution showing how this model may provide a reliable framework for analyzing the psychosocial factors affecting an accident. This approach deepens the understanding of how latent factors are enacted and how the prevention and error management phases interrelate within a comprehensive flow of the entire accident sequence. Furthermore, the study emphasizes consistent patterns that emerge across multiple accidents within the same sector, in order to learn valuable lessons to improve safety measures in the future.Originality/valueThis study constitutes an exemplary application in support of how Weick and Sutcliffe’s model is valuable for investigating HROs. It offers a second-order interpretative framework to understand accidents and underscores the interplay among these factors during the dynamic development of an accident.","PeriodicalId":401385,"journal":{"name":"Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal","volume":"53 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138943626","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Temperatures on the rise: adapting to heat extremes in South Asia. Conversation on the Nordic Asia Podcast 气温上升:适应南亚的极端高温。北欧亚洲播客对话

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal Pub Date : 2023-08-29 DOI: 10.1108/dpm-08-2023-0185

E. Raju, C. Singh, Hanna Geschewski

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Trust in disaster resilience 对灾难恢复能力的信任

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal Pub Date : 2023-07-11 DOI: 10.1108/dpm-04-2022-0082

E. Fornalé, M. Armiero, L. Odasso

{"title":"Trust in disaster resilience","authors":"E. Fornalé, M. Armiero, L. Odasso","doi":"10.1108/dpm-04-2022-0082","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/dpm-04-2022-0082","url":null,"abstract":"PurposeThe erosion of ‘trust’ (among citizens as well as within and between institutional levels) is a worrying aspect of these turbulent times in Europe and beyond. Trust (between citizens and institutions, citizens and experts, policymakers and experts, and among different levels of governance) is crucial in all dimensions of disaster resilience. Risk perceptions stem from a complex web of feedback between individuals, communities, institutions, and experts. Sometimes, institutions and experts are slow or even resistant to accepting signals and knowledge about risks coming from the grassroots. Or, it is the other way around, and citizens are skeptical about the information coming from institutions and experts. Thus, trust must work in all directions (from citizens to institutions, from experts to citizens, etc.) to build a cooperative framework for action.Design/methodology/approachOur article aims to explore the construction of trust and distrust in communities dealing with historical, actual, or potential disasters by putting forward a three-dimensional approach (societal, cooperative, and institutional). We convey the idea that less tangible aspects such as culture, contextual history, knowledge, and habits shape the perception of risk, the degree of preparedness and, ultimately, the impacts of environmental changes.FindingsThese elements affect cooperative behaviors, and it is expected that the institutional environment – which will vary across domestic, national, and regional contexts – will play a significant role in nurturing trust or distrust in relation to disaster risk.Originality/valueThis article will offer valuable insights by developing a new conceptual framework that can be translated and validated by future research.","PeriodicalId":401385,"journal":{"name":"Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal","volume":"22 12","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132736930","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Guest editorial: GAR 2022 special issue: addressing systemic risk – the future of risk governance 嘉宾评论:GAR 2022特刊:应对系统性风险——风险治理的未来

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal Pub Date : 2023-06-14 DOI: 10.1108/DPM-02-2023-421

Rhea Katsanakis

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Viewing humanitarian project closure through the lens of an ethics of the temporary 从临时伦理的角度看人道主义项目的终止

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal Pub Date : 2023-05-09 DOI: 10.1108/dpm-11-2022-0226

L. Eckenwiler, M. Hunt, Jan Joy Louise G. Crismo, Elyse Conde, Shelley-Rose Hyppolite, Mayfourth Luneta, Isabel Munoz-Beaulieu, Handreen Mohammed Saeed, L. Schwartz

{"title":"Viewing humanitarian project closure through the lens of an ethics of the temporary","authors":"L. Eckenwiler, M. Hunt, Jan Joy Louise G. Crismo, Elyse Conde, Shelley-Rose Hyppolite, Mayfourth Luneta, Isabel Munoz-Beaulieu, Handreen Mohammed Saeed, L. Schwartz","doi":"10.1108/dpm-11-2022-0226","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/dpm-11-2022-0226","url":null,"abstract":"PurposeIn this paper, the authors propose a new lens to examine international humanitarian organizations' responsibilities in the context of project closure, what authors call “an ethics of the temporary”. The authors offer this as an orienting ethical ideal to facilitate the moral imagination of humanitarian planners, practitioners and stakeholders.Design/methodology/approachThe authors drew on recent philosophical work on responsibilities for global justice to analyze an ethical concern inherent to humanitarian practice, the proper scope of responsibility in the context of closure of humanitarian projects.FindingsThe ethics of the temporary includes four elements: situating humanitarian action temporally with attention to the past and how it shapes a current crisis and crisis response, focusing attention on anticipating and seeking to mitigate potential harm, promoting sustainability and greater equity going forward and emphasizing inclusive, collaborative approaches. The authors propose a set of questions that can foster discussion and reflection about the scope of humanitarian responsibilities at project closure.Practical implicationsAlthough the authors' work is primarily conceptual, it has many practical implications for humanitarian policy and practice. It can support critical reflection and offers a process for considering the scope of responsibility at project closure and decisions around how to close a given intervention in a manner that avoids causing harm and advances equity.Originality/valueVery little work has been done on ethical closure of humanitarian projects. Most literature offers critiques. This essay contributes a new approach to closure, the ethical ideal and practice of an ethics of the temporary.","PeriodicalId":401385,"journal":{"name":"Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal","volume":"93 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127134451","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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