...Khiam Jin Lee; Sanna K. Malinen; Venkataraman Nilakant Purpose This study examines challenges to cross-sector collaboration in disasters. The authors use Malaysian flooding as the context for the study and offer a framework to understand different types of collaborators in disaster settings...

... Competing values framework First responders Police Firefighters Emergency medical technicians (EMT) Coordination Collaboration The organizational cultures of firefighters, law enforcement and emergency medical technicians have each evolved separately to meet the specific, recurring and types...

...Pradytia P. Pertiwi Purpose This paper presents a methodological reflection on the use of socio-cultural activity theory (SCAT) as a framework to understand collaborative action and problem-solving between people with disabilities and non-disabled stakeholders in three disaster risk reduction (DRR...

...Ruiti Aretaake Purpose The purpose of this paper is to report how the encouragement of collaboration between local stakeholders, communities and the government helps slow the great impact of disaster risks and the impacts of climate change on livelihoods and lives. It also describes how promoting...

... The collaborative process has enabled authors to develop and share both the breadth and depth of complex local issues that address emerging vulnerabilities and barriers to community-driven action. Originality/value Encouraging local authors to critically explore their local experience and action has deepened...

...Leif Inge Magnussen; Eric Carlstrøm; Jarle Løwe Sørensen; Glenn-Egil Torgersen; Erlend Fritjof Hagenes; Elsa Kristiansen Purpose This research investigates the perceived collaboration between public, private, and volunteer organisations during maritime crisis work, with an emphasis on learning...

...Min Seok Bang; YunYoung Kim Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the case of the disaster involving the South Korean ferry, Sewol; offer policy implications; and point to the difficulty of collaboration in the functioning of the national disaster management system. Design...

...Peter Rogers; Judy Burnside-Lawry; Jelenko Dragisic; Colleen Mills Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a case study of Participatory Action Research (PAR), reporting on a collaboration, communication and disaster resilience workshop in Sydney, Australia. The goal of the workshop...