Abstract
This paper questions whether disaster risk management is moving from reducing the risk to communities to reducing the risk to governments and emergency managers, that is, the risk to professional standing and reputation that often comes with a catastrophic disaster. It is argued that the modern rhetoric around ‘shared responsibility’ may be a way to shift ownership of residual risk in order to avoid blame rather than to protect vulnerable communities. Suggestions are made for reforms that could remove the need to find blame post disaster.
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