Disaster Prevention and Management: Volume 30 Issue 3

Obituary

Briony Towers, Marla Petal

Rethinking capacity development for disaster risk reduction: lessons from bottom up

Mihir Bhatt, Mehul Pandya

Editorial

Ziqiang Han, Marla Petal, Qiang Zhang

The storm after the storm: the long-term lingering impacts of hurricanes on schools

Cassandra R. Davis, Sarah R. Cannon, Sarah C. Fuller

The purpose of this paper is to identify and describe the long-term impacts of hurricanes on schools and discuss approaches to improving recovery efforts.

Educational experiences of children and youth with disabilities impacted by wildfires

Elizabeth McAdams Ducy, Laura M. Stough

This paper describes the educational experiences of children and youth (aged 3–20) with disabilities during school closures resulting from the 2017 Northern California wildfires…

Participatory child-centered disaster risk reduction education: an innovative Chinese NGO program

Yi Lu, Lai Wei, Binxin Cao, Jianqiang Li

Disaster risk reduction (DRR) researchers and practitioners have found that schools can play a critical role in DRR education, with many Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs…

Participatory 3D model to promote intergenerational engagement for disaster risk reduction in São Luiz do Paraitinga, Brazil

Miguel Angel Trejo-Rangel, Victor Marchezini, Daniel Adres Rodriguez, Melissa da Silva Oliveira

The objective of this study was to investigate how participatory 3D mapping can promote local intergenerational engagement for disaster risk reduction.

Facilitators and barriers to developing firefighter resilience

Rebecca Rose Conway, Sara Waring

Developing resilience is vital for firefighters and other practitioners exposed to trauma as part of their day-to-day work in maintaining physical and mental resilience. However…

Consequences of post-disaster policies and relocation approaches: two communities from rural China

Yong Chen, Lulu He, Dan Zhou

Post-disaster population resettlement is a complicated process, during which the restoration of livelihood and lifestyle plays a critical role in achieving a successful…

Disaster governance as the governance of decentralized systems: the case of the 2003 Bam earthquake in Iran

Armita Farzadnia, Mahmood Fayazi

This study aims to yield significant insight into decentralized Disaster Governance (DG), explaining the passage from selecting actors and defining actions to determining outcomes…

The disaster return-entry process: a discussion of issues, strategies and future research

Laura K. Siebeneck, Thomas J. Cova

Return-entry is understudied in the disaster science literature. This paper provides an overview of the return-entry process, identifies key factors informing the selection of…

The role of “not for profits” (NFPs) in disaster preparedness in Aotearoa New Zealand

Sharon Torstonson, Denise Blake, Darrin Hodgetts, David M. Johnston

The purpose of this research is to highlight the role of not-for-profit (NFP) organisations in enhancing disaster preparedness. The authors set out to understand their…

Learning in municipalities after disasters

Tore Betten, Kristian Vian Pettersen, Eirik Albrechtsen

Learning at the local level is an important contributor to safe and resilient communities. The purpose of this article is therefore to explore what motivates municipalities in…

Emotional and behavioural responses to the 19 September 2017 earthquake: the case of the occupants of three multi-storey buildings

Jaime Santos-Reyes, Tatiana Gouzeva

Studies on human behaviour during a seismic emergency in tall buildings are scant. During such emergencies, occupants need to reach a safe place. The purpose of this paper is to…