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...
View ArticleFool’s gold? A critical assessment of sources of data on heritage crime
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, Ahead of Print. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore critically various sources of data available on heritage crime, and...
View ArticleReflections on the L’Aquila trial and the social dimensions of disaster risk
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, Ahead of Print. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to reflect on what can be learned about disaster risk reduction (DRR) from the...
View ArticleWhy 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...
View ArticlePost-disaster redevelopment and the “knowledge city”: limitations of an urban...
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...
View ArticleAppraisal of fire safety interventions and strategies for informal...
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...
View ArticleAn 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...
View ArticleEffects of the classification system in international SAR
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, Ahead of Print. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse if the classification system introduced by International Search and Rescue...
View ArticleDisaster relief trials: perceptions of a disaster-themed bicycling event
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, Ahead of Print. Purpose Bicycling enthusiasts have been organizing community events in US cities to demonstrate how bicycles may be of use...
View ArticleEvaluation of an organization-based psychological first aid intervention
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, Ahead of Print. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop and assess an organizational intervention consisting of psychological first...
View ArticleUtilizing co-design approach to identify various stakeholders’ roles in the...
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, Ahead of Print. Purpose The protection of traditional grassroots place-making knowledge and skills that comprise valuable intangible...
View ArticleChallenges of disaster training: implication for federal and state university...
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, Ahead of Print. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the challenges affecting disaster training in federal and state university...
View ArticleConflicts in adaptation: case studies from Nepal and the Maldives
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, Ahead of Print. Purpose Adaptation appears to be regarded as a panacea in policy circles to reduce the risk of impending crises resulting...
View ArticleUnderstanding gender dimensions of climate-smart agriculture adoption in...
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, Ahead of Print. Purpose Through the application of traditional and contemporary feminist theories in gender mainstreaming, the purpose of...
View ArticleResilient cultural heritage: from global to national levels – the case of Bhutan
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, Ahead of Print. Purpose Cultural heritage is about people, their history and their identity. Protecting cultural heritage from natural...
View ArticleSinabung volcano: how culture shapes community resilience
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, Ahead of Print. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore how culture, including traditions and social structures, can influence...
View ArticleDisaster recovery and violence in neoliberal times: community and spatial...
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, Ahead of Print. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the disruption and reconfiguration of the territorial organisation of the...
View ArticleProgress, traditions and future directions in research on disasters involving...
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, Ahead of Print. Purpose The importance of onset speed has been stressed by disaster researchers and inter-governmental bodies for some...
View ArticleEffectiveness of seismic strengthening to repeated earthquakes in historic...
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, Ahead of Print. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss the dynamics of the evolution of damage to the residential buildings within...
View ArticleA spatial and integrated flood risk diagnosis
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, Ahead of Print. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify vulnerable areas for flood hazard and to analyze stakes exposed in...
View ArticleResilience in Talcahuano, Chile: appraising local disaster response
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, Ahead of Print. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present the findings of a qualitative and exploratory study aimed at learning more...
View ArticleThe fluidity of risk
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, Ahead of Print. Purpose Considered alone, risk is static; the purpose of this paper is to illustrate risk not as static but as a fluid...
View ArticleDesigning a Cultural Heritage Articulated Warning System (CHAWS) strategy to...
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, Ahead of Print. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study an articulated warning system that provides information about the heritage at...
View ArticleSensemaking questions in crisis response teams
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, Ahead of Print. Purpose When a crisis strikes, responders need to make sense of it to gain an understanding of its origins, nature and...
View ArticlePublic perceptions of pre-incident information campaign materials for the...
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, Ahead of Print. Purpose In the event of a hazardous chemical release incident in the UK, affected members of the public would undergo...
View ArticleThe Ecovillage of Pescomaggiore (L’Aquila)
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, Ahead of Print. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to aim at exploring the relationship between community building and the changes...
View ArticleDichotomies of disaster management: a reflection on the politics of efficient...
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, Ahead of Print. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the variety of dichotomies related to disaster management with an objective...
View ArticleResilience and resisting resilience: ethnographies in neoliberal L’Aquila...
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, Ahead of Print. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the relationships between neoliberal institutional management of the 2009...
View ArticleThe concept of trust in disasters: the Slovenian experience
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, Ahead of Print. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the level of public trust in disaster response actors, i.e. the...
View ArticleStudy on the application of government affairs micro-blog in the disclosure...
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, Ahead of Print. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate how government affairs micro-blog (also referred to as GAM) are applied...
View ArticleConsideration of issues and solutions related to the coexistence of cultural...
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, Ahead of Print. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to organize the issues that arise during repair processes when the cultural heritage...
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