Disaster Prevention and Management: Volume 30 Issue 4/5

Obituary – Phil O'Keefe 1948-2020

“I thought I lost my home”: resource loss, distress and recovery after the Manaro Voui volcanic disaster on Ambae Island

Rachel Clissold, Karen Elizabeth McNamara, Ross Westoby, Ladonna Daniel, Elizabeth Raynes, Viviane Licht Obed

This paper builds on existing studies by drawing on Conservation of Resources theory to explore the losses, psychological impacts as well as recovery processes of the 2017/18…

When disaster management agencies create disaster risk: a case study of the US's Federal Emergency Management Agency

Aaron Clark-Ginsberg, Lena C. Easton-Calabria, Sonny S. Patel, Jay Balagna, Leslie A. Payne

Disaster management agencies are mandated to reduce risk for the populations that they serve. Yet, inequities in how they function may result in their activities creating disaster…

Knowledge and implementation gaps in disaster risk reduction and spatial planning: Palu City, Indonesia

Saut Aritua Hasiholan Sagala, Djoko Santoso Abi Suroso, Novi Puspitasari, Avicennia Azzahra Suroso, Khaza Allaya Rizqika

This paper aims to explore the involvement of various actors in the preparation of Palu City's spatial plan before the multi-hazard events of 2018. In addition, it evaluates the…

Interoperability and standardization: lessons from the fruit-bowl

Tony McAleavy

This study hypothesizes the limitations of standardization as an interoperability development tool within emergency management.

Disability inclusiveness of early warning system: a study on flood-prone areas of Bangladesh

Musabber Ali Chisty, Ashrafuzzaman Nazim, Md. Mostafizur Rahman, Syeda Erena Alam Dola, Nesar Ahmed Khan

Persons with disabilities face the impacts of disasters differently. Early warning systems can be one of the powerful tools to reduce the vulnerabilities of persons with…

Graduate certificate in local development planning, land use management and disaster risk management: a knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) evaluation

Juan Pablo Sarmiento, Catalina Sarmiento, Gabriela Hoberman, Meenakshi Chabba

This study aims to assess knowledge retention of the graduates of the online graduate certificate on local development planning, land use management and disaster risk management…

Stop going around in circles: towards a reconceptualisation of disaster risk management phases

Lee Bosher, Ksenia Chmutina, Dewald van Niekerk

The way that disasters are managed, or indeed mis-managed, is often represented diagrammatically as a “disaster cycle”. The cyclical aspects of the disaster (risk) management…

Measuring resilience: by whom and for whom? A case study of people-centred resilience indicators in New Zealand

Loïc Le Dé, Karl Wairama, Monynna Sath, Anthony Petera

Resilience has become a priority of most agendas for disaster risk reduction at different scales leading to an increase demand for measurement of resilience. However, resilience…