... with creativity. Research limitations/implications Citing references arguing for or against the value of documenting survivor methods to serve as a testimony for the improvement of DRR programming. Practical implications DRR and DRM must integrate local populations and knowledge into DRR planning...

...Richard Shaw Argues that there are real misunderstandings about survivors’ reactions and their abilities to act rationally and altruistically immediately in the aftermath of a disaster. Illustrates, with case histories from the Thorpe Park fire, a BA jumbo incident, the Paddington rail crash...