The changing meaning of disaster

Furedi, Frank

doi:10.1111/j.1475-4762.2007.00764.x

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“…The idea that our climate is changing as a result of anthropogenic activities -thereafter referred to as the climate change idea -has been, and still is, perceived as new by many (Rogers, 1995, p. 11, see also Furedi, 2007). As such, I argue that the idea should diffuse as an innovation.…”

Section: Research Aims and Contributionsmentioning

confidence: 93%

Climate change diffusion: While the world tips, business schools lag

Patenaude

2011

Global Environmental Change

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Section: Research Aims and Contributionsmentioning

confidence: 93%

Climate change diffusion: While the world tips, business schools lag

Patenaude

2011

Global Environmental Change

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“…The number of relatives living overseas and their level of income, as well as more exogenous factors such as the impact of the global crisis, are different elements influencing the capacity of migrants to remit. Nonetheless, the effectiveness of remittances largely contrasts with the mainstream discourse on disaster and vulnerability that portrays local communities as helpless 'victims' in needs of external help (Bankoff 2001;Furedi 2007;Heijmans 2004).…”

Section: Remittances As Powerful Mechanism To Face Disastersmentioning

confidence: 95%

Remittances in the face of disasters: a case study of rural Samoa

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Gaillard

Friesen

et al. 2014

Environ Dev Sustain

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In Samoa, like in most Small Island Developing States, remittances are important to sustain people's daily livelihood and become even more significant in the face of disasters. This study investigates the role of remittances in households' response to disasters. The focus is on Samoa, where participatory activities and interviews were carried out in coastal communities affected by the tsunami of 2009, and some of which were further hit by cyclone Evan in 2012. It is found that remittances are very fast in reaching those affected and remain high in the long term in order to cope with and recover from disaster. Moreover, remittances interact with external aid since remittances increase when external aid is low and decrease when external aid is higher. Households receiving remittances were able to deal more easily with immediate security needs and recovered more quickly than those with no or limited access to this resource. However, remittances also benefit the wider community, economically, socially, and culturally, for example in perpetuating local tradition. We conclude that governments and aid agencies should take into account remittances in their relief actions and recovery programs.

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“…Historically, disaster paradigms have gone through three important phases: Acts of God, Acts of Nature and Acts of Men and Women (Furedi, 2007). From time immemorial disasters were perceived to be caused by supernatural forces as Acts of God and were unpreventable.…”

Section: Overview Of Disaster Theory and Disaster Legislationsmentioning

confidence: 99%