The concept of resilience is a complex, multidisciplinary, and multidimensional
phenomenon. It is now being increasingly used in the fields of disaster and climate change …

Action toward strengthened disaster risk reduction (DRR) ideally builds from evidence-
based policymaking to inform decisions and priorities. This is a guiding principle for the …

This theoretical contribution argues that the domination of Western knowledge in disaster
scholarship has allowed normative policies and practices of disaster risk reduction to be …

Participatory research has been shown to affect change in participants, but limited attention
has been paid to impact pathways beyond traditional research subjects. This critical gap in …

Purpose Debates on the ethics of disaster and humanitarian studies concern unequal
relations in research (among research institutes/researchers/stakeholders); the physical and …

This article explores how rural communities in the lower Limpopo River basin in
Mozambique are vulnerable to floods and discerns the extent to which vulnerability changes …

This paper reviews the use of narrative inquiry in disaster research and explores how
narrative inquiry could benefit the field of disaster science, inform policy, and plan for …

Recently, disaster scholars have started to take a critical stance toward how disaster
research is conducted and the extent to which disaster studies are inclusive toward research …

The text offers a comprehensive and unique perspective on disaster risk associated with
natural hazards. It covers a wide range of topics, reflecting the most recent debates but also …

As Ciências mudam e evoluem constantemente seus processos. Dentre eles, destaca-se o
movimento de abertura, o qual se distingue em face da pressão maciça da Tecnologia da …