This chapter traces the development of the Critical Disaster Studies (CDS) paradigm from its
emergence in the 1970s onwards. The CDS paradigm spatially broadened and temporally …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to understand the meaning of social constructivism
and objectivism within the context of disaster risk from which disaster risk policy can be …

Risk management indicators are used to mitigate the potentially dramatic effects of natural
hazards. Local authorities and managers use them in elaborating rescue and urbanism …

Recientemente, se ha problematizado cómo la Gestión de Riesgo de Desastres, o GRD,
conceptualiza la resiliencia y los desastres en asentamiento informales. Mediante un …

The application and provision of prehospital care in disasters and mass-casualty incident
response in Europe is currently being explored for opportunities to improve practice. The …

Natural disasters occur when environmental systems have a disruptive effect on the socio-
economic system. In recent years, particular unreasonable human behaviours have …

The occurrence of floods has always represented a challenge to cities, with long-term
impacts that are usually neglected, such as the degradation of the urban environment and …

The governance of natural hazards in Chile involves how different actors participate in all
stages of managing natural hazards and their impacts. This includes monitoring and early …

Large-scale displacement takes place in the context of disaster because the threat or
occurrence of hazard onset makes the region of residence of a population uninhabitable …

The analysis across spatial, temporal and governance scales shows an inequitable
distribution of risk across Canada's Metro Vancouver region. For First Nation communities in …