Disaster Prevention and Management: Volume 26 Issue 1

Media attention and corporate disaster relief: evidence from China

Zhe Ouyang, Jiuchang Wei, Yu Xiao, Fei Wang

The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of media attention on corporate disaster relief.

Improving community disaster resilience through scorecard self-testing

Salizar Mohamed Ludin, Paul Andrew Arbon

The purpose of this paper is to develop government and community-level critical thinking, planning, and action for improving community disaster resilience by reporting a study…

Do framing messages increase support for earthquake legislation?

Lauren Jennifer Vinnell, John McClure, Taciano Lemos Milfont

The purpose of this paper is to understand how framing messages about earthquake risk affect judgements about legislation requiring the strengthening of earthquake-prone buildings.

Flood vulnerability and relocation readiness in Zimbabwe

Emmanuel Mavhura, Andrew Collins, Pathias Paradzayi Bongo

The purpose of this paper is to examine vulnerability conditions to flood disasters in Tokwe-Mukorsi community, Zimbabwe and identifies the barriers that constrained the community…

Altitude illness: A risk factor for humanitarian aid workers that are deployed to high-altitude disaster scenarios

Roman G. Bayer

Altitude illness can be a severe to even life-threatening condition for individuals ascending to altitudes higher than 2,500 m without proper acclimatization, a process that…

Post-disaster resettlement and livelihood vulnerability in rural China

Yong Chen, Yan Tan, Yong Luo

Livelihood recovery is a top priority to sustain resettled communities. The purpose of this paper is to assess livelihood vulnerability of those displaced and resettled in the…

Community rebuilding processes in a disaster-damaged area through community currency: The pilot project of Domo in Kamaishi, Japan

Hiromi Nakazato, Seunghoo Lim

Community currency (CC) is used as a tool for reviving local communities by promoting economic growth and facilitating the formation of social capital. Although the Japanese CC…

Legislation for building back better of horizontal infrastructure

Mark Bassett, Suzanne Wilkinson, Sandeeka Mannakkara

The purpose of this paper is to determine how post-disaster legislation can be used to support building back better (BBB) in the horizontal infrastructure sector (roading, water…

Disability through an inclusive lens: disaster risk reduction in schools

Steve Ronoh

The purpose of this paper is to use an inclusive lens to explore pathways and considers, through the voices of children and adult participants, the complexities in implementing…