...Louis J. Durrant; Atish N. Vadher; Jacques Teller Purpose Community is hard to define, but understanding what constitutes a community is crucial for effective decision-making. This article presents the idea of the community mosaic model. The model offers a flexible and operative tool...

...Maria Koreti Sang Yum; Roger C. Baars Purpose Research in critical disaster studies stresses the urgency to explore alternative ontological framings (Gaillard and Raju, 2022) that encourages researchers and practitioners, especially Indigenous communities, to nurture spaces where Indigenous voices...

...A.J. Faas; Elizabeth K. Marino Purpose The authors engage a set of critical discussions on key concepts in disaster studies with attention to recent critiques of the concept “community,” which decry the term's imprecision and problematic insinuation of consensus. The authors’ objective...

...Osamuede Odiase; Suzanne Wilkinson; Andreas Neef Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the resilience of the South African community in Auckland to a potential hazard event. Design/methodology/approach The research collected data from both primary and secondary sources...

... is lost due to disaster, the damaged portion of routes is changed to a diversionary channel. This type of transition has been repeated; the Pilgrimage routes have continued for approximately 1,200 years (Igarashi et al., 2016). These facts indicate the following: the local community...

...Isabella Tomassi; Giuseppe Forino Purpose The purpose of this paper is to aim at exploring the relationship between community building and the changes occurred in the context of a post-disaster self-built ecovillage (EcoVillaggio Autocostruito (EVA)), spontaneously born after the L’Aquila...

...Nisha Shrestha; Surya Narayan Shrestha; Bhubaneswari Parajuli; Amod Mani Dixit; Bijay Krishna Upadhyay; Om Kala Khanal; Khadga Sen Oli Purpose Nepal is exposed to frequent earthquakes. There is a felt need for promoting disaster risk reduction action at community level, promoting existing...

...Shihui Feng; Liaquat Hossain; Douglas Paton Purpose Disaster education is considered as a newly emerging area of research and practice, which promotes community-based educational approaches for building resilience. Given the atypical nature of these disturbances, people and communities need...

... about the risks bats pose, especially to people living close to bat roosts. Through a series of case studies undertaken in three communities, the purpose of this paper is to explore the various ways in which framings and perceptions of bats can influence a potential spillover of bat-borne viruses...

... island in the north of Fiji, during 2012. Interviews with community members on this island looked at their experiences and perceptions of disaster response and aid, and their expectations for the future. The perspectives of government and aid organisations involved in disaster response were compared...

... with, and leading, post-quake services to offer disaster relief. Finally, a third role is in working in a range of ways to engage with and beautify communities and improve their lives. Practical implications – Women's work is often unseen in the post-earthquake environment. But this lack of visibility should...