...Tomas Wörlund Rylenius; Mo Hamza Purpose This paper aims to challenge the view of Sweden’s climate leadership by problematizing its domestic climate adaptation governance and highlighting the need for a more holistic view of adaptation. The paper highlights aspects that are troublesome...

...Yiwen Shao; Yao Sun Purpose The politically laden nature of postdisaster recovery calls for more research on its governance, especially at the micro-scale. Apart from engineering-oriented frameworks, researchers need new theoretical underpinnings. This paper aims to review the development...

... of the Standard is important as it moves away from a hazard-centric approach and, instead, permits to shed light on the socio-political processes of risk creation and to adopt a more nuanced and sensitive understanding of urban characteristics and governance mechanisms. Ksenia Chmutina can be contacted...

... and regional governments have taken measures to reduce their vulnerability to multiple hazards that may be exacerbated by climate change rather than focusing on a single risk. Nevertheless, 23% of the articles focused on the single issue of flooding or extreme precipitation leading to flooding. Very few...

... policymakers, the academe and other relevant stakeholders to reevaluate and amend the current urban flood risk reduction measures and governance. The present study attempts to evaluate and compare the post-2011 Thailand flood disaster strategy and master plans, policies and reports that directly and indirectly...

... unaddressed issues in areas such as governance; communication of technical agencies; evacuation and shelters; and response of the community. Originality/value This paper has identified key areas that need attention in the process of enhancing the use of social media for disaster communication. More use...

...H. Unnathi S. Samaraweera Purpose This paper aims to engage with the concept of resilience as theorized by David Chandler in his book Resilience: The Governance of Complexity by drawing from the theory of governmentality presented by Michel Foucault and Jonathan Joseph. Design...

... undertaken by various governments. Findings Understanding disaster risks is a precondition to improving the mitigation of impacts of existing risks and preventing new risks. Effective risk reduction relies on a solid understanding of losses resulting from events to inform future actions...

...Tej Kumar Karki Purpose This paper asks what was the state of building-code enforcement and citizen – government collaboration in disaster preparedness when an earthquake hit Kathmandu metropolitan city (KMC) in 2015? It reviewed government documents, analyzed media reports, interviewed building...

...)] and reconstruction planning. Governance Knowledge management Vulnerability Built environment Earthquakes Restoration Only on the occasion of disastrous seismic events do we find this question exhumed, and the need is reiterated for the economic, physical, structural and, obviously, cultural...

... as the various factors necessary to achieve effective social-spatial-temporal resilience in response to current and future environmental challenges. This model shows that the processes of resilience interventions should include: urban governance, urban planning and urban design. The next section presents...

... dynamic recovery governance models that can promote socially just allocated redundancy in housing actions, which could be seen as a key to incubating resilience. Design/methodology/approach This is a conceptual paper that mobilizes theories of urban political ecology, social innovation and housing...

... vulnerability. The study concludes with a first look on the new Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and how it aims to connect with adaptation and development. Risk reduction Governance United Nations Natural disasters Vulnerability Climate change Efforts to reduce disaster risks...

.... The purpose of this study is to understand correlation between multi-risk approach and urban resilience. Design/methodology/approach To increase urban resilience, MRA should also include multi-risk governance, which is based on understanding how existing institutional and governance structures, individual...

.... Research limitations/implications – A prescriptive environmental protection model based on human accident behavior would generalize to all levels of government for policy planning, and it would be relevant to environmental protection groups in any region with a large population of humans using oil...

... the work of the facilities of by the government has caused dissatisfaction among the citizens who feel that they have not been well informed about the rebuilding on the city. Originality/value – The study can represent an indication concerning the facilities and assistance provided by politicians...

...Helena Molin Valdés; Yuki Matsuoka; Yukiko Takeuchi; Rajib Shaw Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review the challenges for disaster risk reduction (DRR) by local governments and local implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) as the global DRR guideline. Design/methodology...