... on the History of DRR. Findings This interview highlights how DRR is central to conflict settings as well. Originality/value The interview provides reflections on DRR in conflict settings. Dorothea Hilhorst can be contacted at: hilhorst@iss.nl 16 10 2023 18 10 2023 18 10 2023...

... contexts such as those affected by conflict. Design/methodology/approach The study draws on qualitative data collected during a four-month period in 2017, with a focus on the immediate April 2017 emergency phase which presented the largest diversity of local, national and international actors...

... as an entirely positive and non-conflictual process. The purpose of this paper is to challenge such uncritical views, drawing attention to the conflictual nature of adaptation, and propose a theoretical framework facilitating the identification and analysis of conflicts in adaptation. Design/methodology...

.../risks. As a pilot research, the paper also reveals the shortcomings of the draft index as it does not highlight yet other factors like gender, ethnicity and other sectoral identities. Design/methodology/approach – The pilot municipalities all have a history of violent conflicts or insurgency...

... for co‐operative relationships between political,humanitarian and military actors in complex humanitarian emergencies created by armed conflict. Keeping in mind these principles, the Task Force on Ethical and Legal Issues in Humanitarian Assistance recommends the following. 1 Governments...

... of matching the evolution of a stressful event to specific uses of social support. Considers implications for social work practice. © MCB UP Limited 1995 Conflict Coping Disaster management Israel Social services Stress War Disasters –both natural and man‐made – are stressful events...

...F.C. Cuny; V. Tanner Recent experience in many conflict areas has shown that reconstruction and development assistance can be used to support peace initiatives before a final resolution to conflict is achieved. In itself, spot reconstruction will not bring about peace, but it can make...

..., again causing embarrassment and loss of faith and trust – essential for the success of any reconstruction work in Afghanistan. Moreover UNOCA, which was set up to co‐ordinate other UN agencies, ended up implementing its own rehabilitation projects, creating a bitter conflict between them and some...

... and physical recovery. © MCB UP Limited 1995 Afghanistan Community relations Conflict Disaster recovery Rehabilitation Trust United Nations War In a world increasingly beset by internecine conflict, many of the assumptions that we may make about “acceptable” responses to emergencies...

... parts of the world. This is not merely an ethical issue –although believes that the morality of caring is much in need of an uplift, both in British society and elsewhere – it is a pragmatic and political necessity. Confines discussion to looking at conflicts at the levels where they involve communities...