Integrating the Disaster Cycle Model Into Traditional Disaster Diplomacy Concepts

Abstract

<jats:title>ABSTRACT</jats:title><jats:p>Disaster diplomacy is an evolving contemporary model that examines how disaster response strategies can facilitate cooperation between parties in conflict. The concept of disaster diplomacy has emerged during the past decade to address how disaster response can be leveraged to promote peace, facilitate communication, promote human rights, and strengthen intercommunity ties in the increasingly multipolar modern world. Historically, the concept has evolved through two camps, one that focuses on the interactions between national governments in conflict and another that emphasizes the grassroots movements that can promote change. The two divergent approaches can be reconciled and disaster diplomacy further matured by contextualizing the concept within the disaster cycle, a model well established within the disaster risk management community. In particular, access to available health care, especially for the most vulnerable populations, may need to be negotiated. As such, disaster response professionals, including emergency medicine specialists, can play an important role in the development and implementation of disaster diplomacy concepts.</jats:p><jats:p>(<jats:italic>Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness</jats:italic>. 2012;6:53–59)</jats:p>

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“…There is a demand for evolving shared models of cultural interaction, especially locally, and how this knowledge impacts the nationstate, the region, and the manner in which outside relief and aid is put into practice. 1,49 The Disaster Management Cycle The disaster management cycle is an appropriate common language framework that is universally known and one with which most countries and cultures understand and identify ( Figure 3). 50 While many countries and emergency service organizations identify their roles in the response and recovery phases, it has been acknowledged for decades that management to realize long-term solutions must focus more on mitigation (prevention) and preparedness.…”

“…50 While many countries and emergency service organizations identify their roles in the response and recovery phases, it has been acknowledged for decades that management to realize long-term solutions must focus more on mitigation (prevention) and preparedness. The cycle illustrates the ongoing process and framework by which governments, businesses, and civil society plan and reduce the impact of crises 49 . The cycle also shapes public policies and plans that modify the cause or mitigate the effects on people, property, and infrastructure.

Figure 3 The Traditional Disaster Management Cycle

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“…The cycle illustrates the ongoing process and framework by which governments, businesses, and civil society plan and reduce the impact of crises. 49 The cycle also shapes public policies and plans that modify the cause or mitigate the effects on people, property, and infrastructure.…”