Disaster Prevention and Management: Volume 29 Issue 5

Guest editorial

Marc Gordon

Re-emergency of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo: synergizing the preparedness and response measures with the sustainable development goals

Joseph Kimuli Balikuddembe

This paper attempts to discuss the synergies between the sustainable development goals (SDGs) and Ebola preparedness and response – with a specific outlook about how the five (5…

Strengthening risk-informed decision-making: scenarios for human vulnerability and exposure to extreme events

Joern Birkmann, Holger Sauter, Ali Jamshed, Linda Sorg, Mark Fleischhauer, Simone Sandholz, Mia Wannewitz, Stefan Greiving, Bjoern Bueter, Melanie Schneider, Matthias Garschagen

Enhancing the resilience of cities and strengthening risk-informed decision-making are defined as key within the Global Agenda 2030. Implementing risk-informed decision-making…

Identifying the underlying risk factors of local communities in Chile

Natalia Silva, Cristobal Mena

The purpose of the instrument is to favour and strengthen, in a timely and relevant manner, the processes of design, planning, investment, execution and evaluation of various…

How does government discourse make people vulnerable?

Romulo Delarmente Tagalo

This paper develops a model of social vulnerability. Specifically, it aims to (1) determine the factors of social vulnerability to flood risks and (2) interrogate the discursive…

Disaster risk governance: institutional vulnerability assessment with emphasis on non-structural measures in the municipality of Jaboatão dos Guararapes, Pernambuco (PE), Brazil

Roberto Quental Coutinho, Rejane Lucena, Hugo Manoel Henrique

Climate change has had serious consequences at the global and local levels, which has required more effective scientific studies and management measures for disaster risk…

A neglected issue: informal settlements, urban development, and disaster risk reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean

Vicente Sandoval, Juan Pablo Sarmiento

This paper introduces the state of informal settlements in Latin America and the Caribbean, and it explores potential relationships between informal settlements and national…

Fire risk reduction on the margins of an urbanizing world

David Rush, Greg Bankoff, Sarah-Jane Cooper-Knock, Lesley Gibson, Laura Hirst, Steve Jordan, Graham Spinardi, John Twigg, Richard Shaun Walls

Globally, over 95% of fire related deaths and injuries occur in low- and middle-income countries. Within informal settlements, the risk of fire resulting in injury or death is…

Multisector exposure and vulnerability to climate change in India: Case of National Capital Territory of Delhi, India

Mahak Agrawal

The idea is to propagate the concept of climate resilience in India beyond international mandates and bold statements, enabled through utilization of open data. The research…

How can a municipal government continue operations during megadisasters? An analysis of preparedness using complex adaptive systems

Masahiko Haraguchi

This paper aims to examine how government continuity planning contributes to strengthening the public sector's emergency preparedness, resulting in enhanced resilience of the…

The #weResilient strategy for downscaling local resilience and sustainable development: the Potenza province and municipalities of Potenza and Pignola case

Alessandro Attolico, Rosalia Smaldone

The purpose of this paper is to assess the progresses made by the Potenza province in implementing #weResilient strategy, a risk-informed sustainable development policy-making…

Mainstreaming DRM into subnational development policies in Mexico

Valeria Maurizi, Adelfo Santis de la Torre, Luis Mauricio Escalante Solís, Ana Luisa Quezadas Barahona, Gontrán Villalobos Sánchez, Felipe de Jesús Colorado González, Xavier Moya García

The present study proposes the analysis of DRM strategies that had been implemented into subnational development plans and public policy instruments in the States of Chiapas and…