Community resilience (CR)—ability to withstand and recover from a disaster—is a national
policy expectation that challenges health departments to merge disaster preparedness and …

A significant part of urban theory now engages with southern cities. In this paper, we
synthesize the various theoretical propositions and influential concepts that have shaped the …

Abstract The roles of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in disaster management has
been increasing due to the growing complexity of the catastrophe, which has become …

This paper discusses disaster risk reduction (DRR) in the context of emerging geographical
ideas about topologies and assemblages. It focuses on the role of expert advice in DRR and …

Develo** countries are disproportionately affected by climate-related disasters. These
disasters often result in costly catastrophic levels of destruction, which derails a country's …

Local people's perceptions of recovery are commonly overlooked, even though they should
be at the centre of the recovery process. This paper aims to understand the ways in which …

Humanitarian crises–resulting from conflict, natural disaster or political collapse–are usually
perceived as a complete break from normality, spurring special emergency policies and …

Despite some 50 years of research, relatively little is known about how disasters in conflict
areas are created and discursively framed, and how information on them is publicly …

Purpose 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 …

Post-disaster reconstruction relies on, and is shaped by, the good intentions of states, non-
governmental organizations, and donors. These intentions, however, are inescapably …