Alternatives for Sustained Disaster Risk Reduction

Gaillard, Jean‐Christophe; Wisner, Ben; Benouar, Djillali; Cannon, Terry; Créton-Cazanave, Laurence; Dekens, Julie; Fordham, Maureen; Gilbert, Claude; Hewitt, Kenneth; Kelman, Ilan; Lavell, Allan; Morin, Julie; Abdoulaye, N'Diaye; O’Keefe, Phil; Oliver‐Smith, Anthony; Cecile, Quesada; Revet, Sandrine; Sudmeier-Rieux, Karen; Texier, Pauline; Vallette, Cloé

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“…These disasters reveal the limitations of traditional warning systems, leading countries to reform their warning systems and equip themselves with more powerful tools. This, in turn, conditions hazard-centred systems rather than people-centred ones (Gaillard et al 2010). The race for technological innovation must not boil down to a race for technical performance but must, on the contrary, put the individual back at the heart of the system.…”

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January 2021

2021

AJEM

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The Australian Journal of Emergency Management is Australia's premier journal in emergency management. Its format and content are developed with reference to peak emergency management organisations and the emergency management sectors-nationally and internationally. The journal focuses on both the academic and practitioner reader. Its aim is to strengthen capabilities in the sector by documenting, growing and disseminating an emergency management body of knowledge. The journal strongly supports the role of the Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience as a national centre of excellence for knowledge and skills development in the emergency management sector. Papers are published in all areas of emergency management. The journal encourages empirical reports but may include specialised theoretical, methodological, case study and review papers and opinion pieces. The views in the journal are not necessarily the views of the Australian Government, Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience or its partners.Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are advised that this publication may contain images of deceased people.

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“…Nevertheless, these studies are mostly conducted by foreign Western scientists, which is a limit from the point of view of the selfdetermination of local actors in the production of ideas. The major problem is structural, Peru does not have university structures as important as in the West in the field of volcanology, which implies an important transfer of knowledge from North to South (Gaillard et al, 2010). However, scientists have also promoted the learning of Peruvian actors by allowing them to study in France in master's degree programs, which has considerably increased local know-how, skills and development of observatories in volcanology.…”

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“…We could also integrate other elements of the apparatus, such as the doctrines of institutions, and the logics of power between actors in further work as proposed by Donovan (2017). We are aware that such a conceptualization implies rather top-down structural logics of knowledge transfer between North and South (Bankoff, 2004;Gaillard et al, 2010). However, the theoretical framework could be the creation of local stakeholders that will organize themselves around a singular idea to defend, which could be the first link towards the realization of community activities based on its own decisions to build a common meaning.…”

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Volcanic risk management practice evolution between vulnerability and resilience: The case of Arequipa in Peru

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This paper proposes a new way of understanding the debate between vulnerability and resilience. We mobilize on the theoretical level the notion of “paradigm” in the sense of Kuhn and, on the methodological level, Foucault’s notion of “apparatus” to understand volcanic risk management practices. Through an interdisciplinary approach, combining management, geography and Earth sciences, we study the evolution of volcanic risk management practice in Arequipa (Peru) from the 1990s to the present. To do this, we look at the history of volcanic risk management in Arequipa, using a qualitative interview methodology based on six in-depth centered interviews from the main actors of this history, supported by a 2-month ethnography which allowed access to large institutional documentation (reports, studies, archives, maps, pictures...). Management practices in Arequipa appear to be centered on the paradigm of vulnerability since the 1990s. Some operations since 2015 named as resilient emerge but they are still inscribed in the vulnerability paradigm. The results show the relevance of the theoretical and methodological framework chosen for Arequipa but also the possibility of using it in a more general way.

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“…Media reports are filled with images of catastrophic natural events which suggests the earth is now more dangerous and active place. Despite advances and investments in science and technology in disaster resilience, many communities in developed and developing countries are still facing challenges to disaster reduction [1].…”

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Can Building Codes Stop the Vicious Cycle of Recurrent Disaster?

Bendito¹,

Guitérrez²

2015

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Despite advances and large amounts of money invested in science and technology to reduce disasters, many communities in developed and developing countries are still facing challenges to disaster reduction. Although we recognize the diversity of risk vulnerabilities, the focus of this paper will be on what we consider a fundamental vulnerability in urban and rural environments, namely, nonexistent or outdated building codes. We will review for different countries and contexts, the pre- and post-disaster building performance and building codes to understand what the main problems are, what we could be doing better, and what we can do to stop the vicious cycle of recurrent disasters.

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Alternatives for Sustained Disaster Risk Reduction

Cited by 32 publications

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January 2021

January 2021

Volcanic risk management practice evolution between vulnerability and resilience: The case of Arequipa in Peru

Can Building Codes Stop the Vicious Cycle of Recurrent Disaster?

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