Institutional and policy networks in disaster management in the Horn of Africa: insights from Kenya [0.03%]
非洲之角灾害管理中的制度和政策网络：肯尼亚的启示
Tahira Mohamed
Tahira Mohamed
Disasters in the Horn of Africa have become more frequent and protracted due to climate change and the compounding factors that restrict resource access, leading to severe food insecurity and livelihood losses. While governmental, internati...
Flood risk perception, awareness, and preparedness behaviours among vulnerable population groups: implications for building community resilience [0.03%]
脆弱人群中的洪水风险感知、意识和准备行为：构建社区韧性的影响
Farida Rachmawati,Connie Susilawati,Melissa Teo et al.
Farida Rachmawati et al.
The frequency and intensity of flood disaster events are increasing. It is well documented that community flood vulnerability and impacts vary depending on household attributes. Nevertheless, vulnerable households in high flood risk areas r...
The mixed resilience outcomes of water interventions in the pastoral drylands of the Horn of Africa [0.03%]
非洲之角牧区干旱地区的水资源利用的混合韧性效果
Jackson Wachira,Masresha Taye,Nancy Balfour et al.
Jackson Wachira et al.
In recent decades, development and humanitarian actors in the Horn of Africa have employed the concept of resilience to design and justify the establishment of diverse water supply systems. The principal aim of these interventions is to enh...
'It's like these scientists own the rains': indigenous knowledge, disaster warnings, and the politics of legitimacy in Malawi [0.03%]
“他们好像拥有雨的专利一样”——马拉维的土著知识、灾害预警和合法性政治
Stern Mwakalimi Kita
Stern Mwakalimi Kita
This study examines the declining use of indigenous knowledge (IK) in early warning systems for climate-related disasters in Malawi, drawing on qualitative data from four disaster-prone districts and national-level institutions. While IK is...
Vulnerable knowledge: responding to the uncertainties of climate change-related disaster [0.03%]
脆弱的知识：应对气候变化相关灾害的不确定性
James M White,Carina Green,Esin Düzel
James M White
This paper uses uncertainty generated by environmental change and climate crisis as a prompt to rethink the concept of vulnerability within disaster studies. Where some have sought to recover a latent political potential in vulnerability, a...
Neoliberal economic policies as a root cause of forced migration from Arab Spring countries: the case of Syria [0.03%]
阿拉伯之春国家被迫移民的根本原因在于新自由主义经济政策——以叙利亚为例
Ahmad Al Ajlan
Ahmad Al Ajlan
This article illustrates the impact of neoliberal economic policies on forced migration from Arab Spring countries. It highlights how these policies, based on the recommendations of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, signif...
From state commodification to local reproduction of vulnerability: ethnographic insights from a Risk Zone Urban Renewal Project in Turkey [0.03%]
从国家商品化到地方脆弱性的再生产：土耳其一个“风险区”城市更新项目的民族志见解
Cansu Civelek
Cansu Civelek
This paper explores how vulnerability is not only defined by the state but also actively reshaped through policy implementation and lived experience. Drawing on ethnographic research in Eskişehir, Turkey, I propose an analytical distinctio...
Bilal Hamamra,Fayez Mahamid
Bilal Hamamra
'Gazacide', following the events of 7 October 2023, has deepened trauma and exacerbated the severe dispossession and exploitation faced by Palestinians. Positive religious coping, particularly within the Islamic faith, and social support ar...
Kristoffer Lidén
Kristoffer Lidén
Given limited legal and political oversight owing to the nature of humanitarian operations, the management of digital data by humanitarian organisations is largely governed through ethical self-regulation. In this paper I assess the perils ...
H Hana Kim,James Cragun,Peter DeScioli
H Hana Kim
Researchers have argued that preventing disasters is more efficient than providing relief. Yet, previous scholarship has found that voters in the United States reward politicians more for relief than for prevention policies. It is unclear, ...