Introduction to climate, disasters and international development

Kelman, Ilan

doi:10.1002/jid.1674

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“…Participants appeared to be aware of long-term solutions that could address the direct and indirect impacts of climate shocks hitting their communities. This is in line with a large body of literature showing communities that are highly attuned to long-term changes, and that understand and appreciate longer-term potential solutions using local culture and knowledge (Barnett & Campbell, 2010;Kelman, 2010;Lata & Nunn, 2012;Mortreux & Barnett, 2009). This includes the need to build a better water management system, comprising drip irrigation in the fields to cope with extended periods of drought and more robust pipes and better drainage to cope with floods.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 68%

Extreme weather events in Small Island Developing States: barriers to climate change adaptation among coastal communities in a remote island of Fiji

Moncada¹,

Bambrick²

2019

Dealing With Climate Change on Small Islands: Towards Effective and Sustainable Adaptation

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 68%

Extreme weather events in Small Island Developing States: barriers to climate change adaptation among coastal communities in a remote island of Fiji

Moncada¹,

Bambrick²

2019

Dealing With Climate Change on Small Islands: Towards Effective and Sustainable Adaptation

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“…Calls for this integration have been extensively discussed by various scholars and organisations, focusing on the rationale, similarities, differences, and how the two can contribute to each other (Sperling and Szekely, 2005; Thomalla et al , 2009; Mitchell and van Aalst, 2008; Venton and La‐Trobe, 2008; Schipper, 2009; Birkmann et al , 2009; Mercer, 2010; Mitchell et al , 2010). Others discuss the integration with development (Schipper and Pelling, 2006; CCCD, 2008; Ireland, 2010; Kelman, 2010), social protection (Davies et al , 2009), and human security (O'Brien et al , 2008). There are also increasing contributions to developing tools and methods for integration (McBean and Rodgers, 2010; Mercer and Dominey‐Howes, 2007; Birkmann et al , 2009, 2011; Collier et al , 2009; Mercer et al , 2009; Prabhakar et al , 2009), and analysing how integration could take place in developing or developed countries (Djalante et al , 2010; Gero et al , 2010; Prabhakar, 2010; Setiadi et al , 2010).…”

Section: Drr and Cca Integration: Theoretical Concepts And Global Progressmentioning

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Disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in Indonesia

Djalante

Thomalla

2012

International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine how past experiences in implementing disaster risk reduction (DRR) activities can be harnessed to conceptualise effective and appropriate climate change adaptation (CCA) programs in Indonesia. The authors propose a conceptual framework for integrating DRR and CCA in managing climate‐related risks and explain the need for joint implementation.Design/methodology/approachThe study is conducted through review and analysis of academic, government and non‐government literature to determine the Indonesian experience in integrating DRR and CCA. Interviews were conducted with 26 DRR and CCA stakeholders in Indonesia.FindingsThe authors make three propositions in this paper. First, there needs to be a re‐orientation of the institutional arrangements for DRR and CCA, to increase the effectiveness of planning and implementation. Second, DRR and CCA activities needed to be stronger supported at the local level, with a specific aim to reduce the underlying causes of vulnerability of communities at risk. Third, non‐government organisations play a very important role in integrating DRR and CCA through community‐based initiatives.Research limitations/implicationsWhile this paper focuses specifically on Indonesia, the findings are relevant to other countries with similar geographical and socio‐economic conditions, as they are likely to face similar challenges.Practical implicationsThe paper provides practical suggestions on what steps government actors, at all political levels, can do to support the integration of DRR and CCA planning and implementation activities in Indonesia.Originality/valueThe paper is one of the first to document progress in integrating DRR and CCA in Indonesia.

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“…For instance, Howitt et al, (2012) critique the dominant, racialized discourses of superiority and power that dominate disaster management, which overlooks colonisation in the creation of vulnerability. In a similar vein, 7 dominant discourses of disasters have drawn on or reinforced a hierarchy of credibility, in which social issues and local voices are marginalised in favour of legal and scientific discourses, which possess strong legitimizing potential and can lead to further marginalisation of those already most marginalised (Kelman, 2010).…”

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Disasters and indigenous peoples: A critical discourse analysis of the expert news media

Mosurska

Clark‐Ginsberg

Sallu³

et al. 2022

Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space

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Attempts to shift the ways disasters have traditionally been managed away from authoritarian, top-down approaches toward more bottom-up and inclusive processes often involve incorporating viewpoints from marginalised and vulnerable groups. Recently as part of this process, there have been calls for greater inclusion of Indigenous peoples in disaster management. In theory, this also suggests a shift in power structures, towards recognising Indigenous peoples as experts in disaster management. However, in popular imagination and policy Indigenous peoples often appear to be caricatured and misrepresented, for instance through tropes of Indigenous peoples as custodians of the environment or especially vulnerable to environmental change. These framings matter because they can result in disaster management policies and practices that do not capture Indigenous peoples’ complex realities. However, these framings have not been analysed in the context of disasters. In this article, we aim to better understand these framings through a critical discourse analysis of how Indigenous peoples in disasters are represented in the expert news media. We identify five discourses, including a dominant one of disasters as natural phenomena to be addressed through humanitarianism and technocratic interventions. Such discourses render Indigenous peoples helpless, depoliticize disasters and are justified by framing governments and NGOs as caring for Indigenous peoples. However, we also identify competing discourses that focus on systems of oppression and self-determination in disaster management. These discourse recognise disasters as political and include discussion of the role of colonialism in disaster creation. As care emerged as a means through which intervention was justified, we conclude by asking questions of who is cared for/about in disasters and how that care is performed.

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Introduction to climate, disasters and international development

Cited by 11 publications

References 26 publications

Extreme weather events in Small Island Developing States: barriers to climate change adaptation among coastal communities in a remote island of Fiji

Extreme weather events in Small Island Developing States: barriers to climate change adaptation among coastal communities in a remote island of Fiji

Disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in Indonesia

Disasters and indigenous peoples: A critical discourse analysis of the expert news media

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