Disaster Prevention and Management: Volume 31 Issue 4

Editorial: On priorities, values and relationships in practice: a new road for disaster scholarly publishing

J.C. Gaillard, Emmanuel Raju

Social learning for enhancing social-ecological resilience to disaster-shocks: a policy Delphi approach

C. Emdad Haque, Fikret Berkes, Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares, Helen Ross, F. Stuart Chapin III, Brent Doberstein, Maureen G. Reed, Nirupama Agrawal, Prateep K. Nayak, David Etkin, Michel Doré, David Hutton

The plethora of contributions to social learning has resulted in a wide range of interpretations, meanings and applications of social learning, both within and across disciplines…

Governance quality, administrative values and disaster risk management

David Oliver Kasdan

This study explores the relationships between governance quality and disaster risk in respect to the pillar values of public administration. The objective is to strengthen the…

Managing disasters integrating traditional knowledge and scientific knowledge systems: a study from Narayani basin, Nepal

Chandra Lal Pandey, Anoj Basnet

Managing disasters using modern science and traditional knowledge systems in silos has several prospects and limitations. Despite the catalyst role of the traditional knowledge in…

Clashes of cultures during crises: coordinating firefighter, police and paramedic interactions

James R. Van Scotter, Karen Moustafa Leonard

The purpose is to expand our understanding of different organizational group interactions in crises and extend the Competing Values Framework of organizational culture into three…

“Critique is not a verb”: is peer review stifling the dialogue in disaster scholarship?

Ksenia Chmutina, Wesley Cheek, Jason von Meding

In this position piece, the authors will reflect on some of their recent experiences with the peer-review process in disaster studies and show how debate can so easily be stifled…

Emergency health in the aftermath of disasters: a post-Hurricane Matthew skin outbreak in rural Haiti

Toni Cela, Louis Herns Marcelin, Nadia Lise Fleurantin, Shesly Jean Louis

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the context of the emergence of a skin infection outbreak in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew in Haiti and detail the role of…

Aging queer in a pandemic: intersectionalities and perceptions

A.J. Faas, Simon Jarrar, Noémie Gonzalez Bautista

The purpose of this study is to highlight the experiences and issues of an overlooked demographic: older LGBTQ + adults in the US, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. This…

Social capital and institutional complexity in Svalbard: the case of avalanche disaster management

Rachel Gjelsvik Tiller, Ashley D. Ross, Elizabeth Nyman

Resilience can be understood as the ability of communities to adapt to disturbances in a way that reduces chronic vulnerability and promotes growth. Disaster scholars assert that…

Inaction, silencing, and ignorance in disaster prevention: the case of Rıza Bey Apartment collapse in the earthquake in Turkey

Ebru Tekin Bilbil

This article examines the inaction, silencing and ignorance in ex ante disasters whilst conducting a case study analysis of the Izmir/Samos earthquake, a 6.6 Mw (moment magnitude…

A conceptual model for marine oil spills management in South Africa

Phindile Tiyiselani Zanele Sabela-Rikhotso, Dewald van Niekerk, Livhuwani David Nemakonde

Traditionally, management of disasters, particularly those emanating from environmental hazards, have been reactive with efforts focussed on technical response issues. Drawing…

Factors influencing preparedness self-efficacy among Hispanics and Latinos in the United States

Jason D. Rivera

Currently there is a lack of information regarding factors that influence individuals' disaster preparedness self-efficacy among various minority groups in the US. This research…