Complementary Case Studies

As part of the programme of work we invited contributions from three researchers and practitioners, exploring aspects of local level learning in their own contexts. These offer striking and helpful ideas which are considered alongside those in the other case studies in the comparative discussion of case studies  

“Local responses to disasters: recent lessons from zero-order responders” Fernando Briones Ryan Vachon and Michael Glantz  (Peru and Puerto Rico).  

Discusses the nature of local, immediate and innovative responses to disasters by local populations, arguing that these innate capacities should be recognised alongside those of external “first responders”.

Fernando Briones, Ryan Vachon, Michael Glantz, (2019) “Local responses to disasters: recent lessons from zero-order responders”, Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, Vol. 28 Issue: 1, pp.119-125, https://doi.org/10.1108/DPM-05-2018-0151

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“The power of localism during the long-term disaster recovery process. ” Victor Marchezini.

Examines the nature of localism in post-disaster reconstruction, taking the case of flooding in a Brazilian town and highlighting the necessity for understanding and dialogue to harmonise local capacities and local culture with external interventions through emergency services.

Victor Marchezini, (2019) “The power of localism during the long-term disaster recovery process”, Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, Vol. 28 Issue: 1, pp.143-152, https://doi.org/10.1108/DPM-05-2018-0150

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“Making communities disaster resilient: challenges and prospects for community engagement in Nepal” . Chandra Lal Pandey.

Addresses the questions: to what extent existing disaster policies in Nepal support and enable disaster resilience of communities? And what challenges and prospects do the communities have in responding to disaster risk for making communities resilient? Based on field work among communities affected by the 2015 Gorkha earthquake.

Chandra Lal Pandey, (2019) “Making communities disaster resilient: Challenges and prospects for community engagement in Nepal”, Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, Vol. 28 Issue: 1, pp.106-118, https://doi.org/10.1108/DPM-05-2018-0156

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