Abstract:The long, open-ended period of recovery from a disaster event is the phase of a disaster that the interdisciplinary field of disaster studies struggles to understand. In the process of rebuilding, places do not simply reset -they transform, often in ways that confound any reduction of disaster risk, instead making people and settings more vulnerable to future hazard events.Reducing disaster risk is regarded as a global priority, but policies intended to reduce disaster risk have been largely ineffective. This … Show more
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