...Henry Mensah; Bright Osei Boateng; Robert Lawrence Afutu-Kotey; Eric Kwame Simpeh; Jimmy Nkrumah Purpose Floods generate large volumes of debris that disrupt urban services and endanger public health. Yet, evidence on the drivers and impacts of post-flood waste and on how at-risk communities...

...Theodoros Kyriakides; Elena Constantinou; Iasonas Lamprianou Purpose This paper explores the intersection of governmental disaster management practices and the lived experiences of flood-affected communities in the Republic of Cyprus, with an analytic emphasis on emotions and narratives tied...

... of audio representation can enhance understanding of flooding experiences, challenging the predominant text-based approach within qualitative study. Design/methodology/approach During a series of visits to people who had been flooded in 2019 in the UK, interviews and ambient sounds were recorded...

... 28 05 2020 02 06 2020 02 06 2020 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2020 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Research fatigue disaster policy COVID-19 Research methods Pandemic Flooding Disaster research Willingness to participate National...

... Institute Australian Community Disaster Resilience (CDR) Scorecard in the Malaysian context. Design/methodology/approach A participatory action research approach (done in 2015) encouraged key people involved in managing the 2014 Kelantan floods in Malaysia’s north-east to participate in discussions...

...Emmanuel Mavhura; Andrew Collins; Pathias Paradzayi Bongo Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine vulnerability conditions to flood disasters in Tokwe-Mukorsi community, Zimbabwe and identifies the barriers that constrained the community from relocating to safe sites. Design/methodology...

... be useful for researchers and policymakers wishing to optimize crisis management outcomes and communicate perceived risk of salient events (Douglas and David, 2001). The aim of the present study is to test the reliability of these scales in a third context, flooding, with the goals of generalizing...

...Jeanette Shepherd; Kitty van Vuuren Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present the results of an original research project that explored the experiences and actions of immigrant and refugee communities during the 2011 Brisbane flood. It specifically examines the role of culturally...

...Aaron Mullins; Robby Soetanto Purpose The purpose of this research is to investigate ethnic differences in perceptions of social responsibility, in relation to flooding, for householders, local businesses and policy makers. Design/methodology/approach The data were obtained via a questionnaire...

...Gayan Wedawatta; Bingunath Ingirige Purpose The UK has experienced a number of flood events in recent years, and the intensity and frequency of such events are forecast to further increase in future due to changing climatic conditions. Accordingly, enhancing the resilience of small and medium...

...Jean‐Christophe Gaillard; Pauline Texier; Jean‐Christophe Gaillard; Michael R.M. Pangilinan; Jake Rom Cadag; Virginie Le Masson Purpose The purpose of this paper is to consider people's ways of coping with increasing flooding in a Philippine rural community. Design/methodology/approach...