Disaster risk reduction legislations: Is there a move from events to processes?

Manyena, Bernard; Mavhura, Emmanuel; Muzenda, Chipo; Mabaso, Elias

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“…documented by Gaillard and Mercer, 2013) has been extremely productive for human geographical understanding of disasters, but is still not as effective as it might be in many practical applications (e.g. as noted by Manyena et al, 2013;Gaillard and Mercer, 2013;Weichselgartner and Kelman, 2015;Hewitt, 2015): the hazard paradigm often dominates in governments and in the physical sciences -and often retains a positivistic epistemology (Gaillard and Mercer, 2013;Hewitt, 2000Hewitt, , 2013Porter and Davoudi, 2012). Human geography has tended to focus on 'bottom-up' approaches, and linking these with governmental 'top-down' approaches has proved challenging (e.g.…”

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2016

Progress in Human Geography

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3 This paper discusses disaster risk reduction (DRR) in the context of emerging geographical ideas 4 about topologies and assemblages. It focusses on the role of expert advice in DRR and the resulting 5 political and epistemological issues. The critical geography of disasters still struggles to communicate 6 with persistent scientific technical-rational approaches to hazard assessment. Furthermore, recent 7 studies have shown the potential for expert advice to be (mis)used for political purposes. 8Assemblage theory might be useful in opening up this hybrid area of research, as it allows a nuanced 9 view of disasters and DRR that can incorporate complex human-environmental relationships and 10 diverse knowledges. 11 are often present in human-versus-physical approaches to disasters (e.g. Gaillard and Mercer, 2013; 20 Hewitt, 1983 20 Hewitt, , 2013. Furthermore, the increased emphasis on scientific advice in the Sendai 21Framework for DRR 2015-2030 provides an important opportunity for geographers to interrogate 22 the interface between science and policy in disasters, alongside human geographical approaches to 23 vulnerability and transformation (e.g. Pelling, 2003(e.g. Pelling, , 2010Cutter, 2003). 24 This paper is highly interdisciplinary and is necessarily broad as a result. It does not aim to explore in 25 detail all of the issues that it raises, but to provide an overview of emerging themes across a range of 26 geographical literature. It is necessarily synoptic and theoretical in its approach. Initially, the paper 27 discusses recent debates in DRR research and places them in a critical geographical context related 28 to broad ideas of risk, knowledge and power. The following sections establish the theoretical 29 framework within which the paper works, elucidating first assemblage theory and then geopower. 30Finally, six interlocking dimensions of the DRR assemblage are examined, to illustrate the human-31 natural flows of power and knowledge (geopower) that reverberate through the DRR assemblage, 32 and to provide a broad framework for future research. 33 II Challenges, controversies and categories in DRR 34Disaster risk reduction (DRR) research has explicitly distanced itself from a "technical-rational" 35 model of disasters (White, 1945;Hewitt, 1983;Wisner et al., 2004Wisner et al., , 2012. It has applied the concepts 36 of vulnerability, adaptation and resilience to provide insights into the process of disaster risk 37 reduction -and produced many critiques of these concepts (e.g.

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2016

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“…Shinn, 2016). Finally, it remains uncertain under what conditions governments shift from conventional governance systems to more adaptive ones (Manyena, Mavhura, Muzenda, & Mabaso, 2013). This article addresses these three gaps in previous research using empirical evidence from Odisha, a state in India that has adopted many principles of adaptive governance and which is considered as a success case in terms of DRR and climate change adaptation (World Bank, 2013).…”

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Adaptive governance in the developing world: disaster risk reduction in the State of Odisha, India

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2018

Climate and Development

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Under what conditions do governments turn to adaptive governance systems? This paper explores a success case of adaptive governance in a non-western country and tries to understand what factors lead to the adoption of this type of governance. Adaptive governance is considered most efficient to address the many challenges of climate change and natural disasters because it embraces uncertainty by focusing on collaboration, flexibility and learning. Yet, the concept remains underdeveloped and the conditions under which governments decide to embrace adaptive governance are not clear. The paper argues that two main factors are crucial for governments to turn to adaptive governance. First, a traumatic shock is likely to stimulate a reconsideration of the manner in which governance is thought and applied. The shock by involving considerable economic and human cost creates a momentum for governance rethinking. Second, a committed political leadership is essential to make use of that momentum to reform previous governance practices to create a more resilient system. These arguments are explored in the case of Odisha, an Indian state that was able to adopt adaptive governance and that became a successful example of disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation.

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“…Also the impact on farmers and their livelihoods is discussed (Schouten/Opdam/Polman et al 2013). The results of our analysis also show a novel interest in analyzing normative and indicative frameworks beyond disaster, including climate change strategies and environmental policies (Roberts 2010;Benson/Garmestani 2011;Manyena/ Mavhura/Muzenda et al 2013).…”

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Müller

2018

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Resilience ranks high on the environmentally oriented research agenda on sustainable urban and regional development. The annual “Global Forum on Urban Resilience and Adaptation” has become a meeting point for academia and practice. The United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development uses the term in two of their 17 Sustainable Development Goals, i.e., in Goal No. 9 on infrastructure as a basis for economic development and No. 11 on cities and human settlements. Moreover, resilience has become a prominent topic in the New Urban Agenda. Against this background, the article provides an overview of recent discussion on resilience. It scrutinizes how the concept has been used by different researchers from diverse disciplines with special reference to urban, regional and environmental studies. A systematic literature review on resilience was carried out in order to shed light on recent developments of thought and practice. All in all, 650 articles were reviewed. Following an introduction into the topic and description of the applied methodological approach, different facets of the debate on resilience are presented, and conclusions are drawn. It can be seen that the discussion of resilience needs more specificity, transdisciplinary approaches, and regional contextualization, especially in urban and regional development studies in the countries of the global south.

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Disaster risk reduction legislations: Is there a move from events to processes?

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