Disaster Prevention and Management: Volume 33 Issue 4

Partnerships in the recovery planning process: lessons from Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria and Irma

Ashlyn Tom, Alice Kim

To assess which partnerships were most critical during the recovery planning process following Hurricanes Maria and Irma. We discuss the roles and impact of different types of…

Disasters and gender in Japanese anime films: Makoto Shinkai’s Your Name and Weathering with You

Zhizi Li

This article focuses on the representations of natural hazards, disasters, gender roles and norms in Makoto Shinkai’s disaster-themed anime films Your Name (2016) and Weathering…

Environmental disasters and the elusiveness of prevention

Peter Royston Mulvihill

Environmental disasters are preventable, but this remains a complicated and elusive prospect. This article discusses factors that combine to limit and undermine environmental…

Assessing the accountability mechanisms in the 2015 Nepal earthquakes housing reconstruction: a case study of Bungamati, Lalitpur Metropolitan city, Nepal

Govind Bahadur Rimal, Werapong Koedsin, Kuaanan Techato, Naresh N. Rimal

This research examined the accountability measures put into practice during the housing reconstruction following the 2015 Nepal earthquakes. Additionally, it aimed to identify…

Urban planning approaches to support community-based flood adaptation in North Jakarta Kampungs

Adam Madigliani Prana, Angela Curl, Maria Rita Dionisio, Christopher Gomez, Deirdre Hart, Heri Apriyanto, Hermawan Prasetya

The ineffectiveness of flood control in climate-impacted majority-world cities like Jakarta highlights the need for policies that integrate local knowledge and embrace water…

Comparative analysis of urban and rural housing reconstruction post 9.21 Chi-Chi and 5.12 Wenchuan earthquakes: complexity, challenges and policy exploration

Qiushan Li, Kabilijiang Umaier, Yun Chen, Osamu Koide

Due to significant differences between urban and rural areas in terms of geographical environment, building scale, resident culture, social organization and other aspects, the…

A conceptual exploration of researcher positionality and critical reflexivity in disaster research through the lens of Bourdieu

Shinya Uekusa

The purpose of this paper is to deconstruct the current discourse on researcher positionality in disaster research and it aims to enhance disaster researchers’ reflexivity, using…

Disaster risk reduction in the wicked problems framework

David Oliver Kasdan

Applying the wicked problems framework to disaster risk reduction makes for a more appropriate understanding of the modern challenges of mitigation that may inform better…