Disaster Prevention and Management: Volume 29 Issue 4

Editorial

Emmanuel Raju

Disaster preparedness and well-being among Cambodian– and Laotian–Americans

Sarah E. DeYoung, Denise C. Lewis, Desiree M. Seponski, Danielle A. Augustine, Monysakada Phal

Using two main research questions, the purpose of this paper is to examine well-being and preparedness among Cambodian and Laotian immigrants living near the Gulf Coast of the…

Research fatigue in COVID-19 pandemic and post-disaster research: causes, consequences and recommendations

Sonny S. Patel, Rebecca K. Webster, Neil Greenberg, Dale Weston, Samantha K. Brooks

Research fatigue occurs when an individual or population of interest tires of engaging with research, consequently avoiding further participation. This paper considers research…

Building national and local capacity for disaster risk management in Cameroon

Richard E.A. Ashu, Dewald Van Niekerk

A new framework to support the national and local capacity building plan for disaster risk management (DRM) in Cameroon is presented. For the past 30 years, after the general…

Arctic humanitarianism for post-disaster settlement and shelter

Ilan Kelman

This paper explores Arctic post-disaster situations by focusing on settlement and shelter in Arctic humanitarian contexts.

Mythopolitics of “community”: an unstable but necessary category

A.J. Faas, Elizabeth K. Marino

The authors engage a set of critical discussions on key concepts in disaster studies with attention to recent critiques of the concept “community,” which decry the term's…

Addressing capacities of local communities in a changing context in Nepal

Morten Rolsted, Emmanuel Raju

The field study aimed at exploring how capacities are influenced by external factors in the context of community-based disaster risk reduction (CBDRR).

Home buyouts: a tool for mitigation or recovery?

Sherri Brokopp Binder, Alex Greer, Elyse Zavar

Home buyout programs are typically funded by the federal government and implemented by local agencies. How these agencies design and implement buyouts has considerable impacts on…

Short note on the Taal eruption, Philippines

Zenaida Delica-Willison

Editorial

Annabelle Moatty

Gaps in post-disaster community changes in “building back better” in Ayeyarwaddy, Myanmar

Yunjeong Yang

The purpose of this paper is to assess the effectiveness of disaster risk reduction (DRR) projects carried out by a Korean NGO in Ayeyarwaddy, Myanmar. The paper discusses project…

Top-down reconstruction and the failure to “build back better” resilient communities after disaster: lessons from the 2009 L'Aquila Italy earthquake

Angelo Jonas Imperiale, Frank Vanclay

We consider what happened in the initial reconstruction interventions following the 6 April 2009 earthquake in L'Aquila (Italy). Using the disaster risk reduction and resilience…

Structural analysis of how place attachment and risk perceptions affect the willingness to live in an earthquake-prone area

Tzu-Ling Chen

The purpose of this paper is to explore the effects of place attachment and risk perception with bounded rationality on the willingness to live in a high-earthquake-risk area.

Understanding informal volunteer behavior for fast and resilient disaster recovery: an application of entrepreneurial effectuation theory

Javier Monllor, Ignacio Pavez, Stefania Pareti

Examine and understand how an informal volunteer’s goals and actions develop from the moment they first learn about a disaster.

Prioritizing psychosocial services for children, youth and families postdisaster

Amy Elizabeth Fulton, Julie Drolet, Nasreen Lalani, Erin Smith

This article explores the community recovery and resilience element of “building back better” (BBB) through the perspectives and experiences of community influencers who provided…

Promoting School’s Recovery and Resilience after the Chi-Chi earthquake

Jieh-Jiuh Wang

In the current study, the researchers tracked the steps that were taken (in the past 20 years after the occurrence of the 921 earthquake) to enhance the safety of students and…

Humanitarian WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) technologies: exploring recovery after recurring disasters in Assam, India

Sneha Krishnan

This paper develops a theoretical understanding of learning during recovery from recurring disasters when humanitarian organizations deploy WASH technologies using examples from…