Abstract
AbstractCrises and disasters are windows of opportunity to learn and transform toward enhancing disaster risk reduction (DRR) and resilience. However, a poor understanding of community resilience and the social dimensions of risk, the lack of a methodology to engage and empower resilience in society, and business‐as‐usual together limit the implementation of effective DRR and resilience‐building strategies. In this reflection paper, we discuss the main elements of the DRR and resilience paradigm. By analyzing the failures in disaster management, we identified the cultural and political barriers to enhancing DRR and community resilience as being: a paternalistic social protection culture; and the command‐and‐control approach to knowledge and resources for risk reduction. We reflect on the implications of this for sustainable development and argue that building a glocal culture of community wellbeing and resilience and a socially sustainable risk governance is needed to overcome the cultural and political barriers to DRR and sustainable development.
Highlights
The risk of disasters is increasing in terms of their extent, intensity, and frequency, disproportionately affecting the regions and people who are most vulnerable (UNDRR, 2019; Wallemacq & House, 2018)
Drawing on the disaster risk reduction (DRR) and resilience paradigm, and on our analysis of the failures of traditional top-down approaches in disaster management practice, in this paper, we argued that, to overcome these barriers, a paradigm shift from “assessing the impacts” to “reducing the risks and building resilience” must occur, in disaster management, and in development thinking and practice
This paradigm shift will only occur if there would be changes in the knowledge concerning the multiple dimensions of risk and resilience, and in the governance strategies typically used by states to conceive, decide, design, and implement planned interventions
Summary
Conceptualizing community resilience and the social dimensions of risk to overcome barriers to disaster risk reduction and sustainable development Imperiale, Angelo Jonas; Vanclay, Frank. Conceptualizing community resilience and the social dimensions of risk to overcome barriers to disaster risk reduction and sustainable development. More information can be found on the University of Groningen website: https://www.rug.nl/library/open-access/self-archiving-pure/taverneamendment. Take-down policy If you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim. For technical reasons the number of authors shown on this cover page is limited to 10 maximum
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