Towards understanding enabling environments for good practices in disaster risk management

An analysis of critical junctures in Manizales, Colombia

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12242572
AutoresJulia Wesely (0000-0003-1691-9620, autor de correspondencia)
Año2021
Volumen33
Número2
Páginas599-615
Fecha de publicación2021-04-29
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEnvironment and Urbanization (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0956-2478 • E-ISSN: 1746-0301
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/09562478211008873
OpenAlexW3157331775
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas23

The city of Manizales in Colombia has been widely recognized as a good practice case in disaster risk management (DRM). Previous research has sought to amplify learning from Manizales through examining the characteristics of its innovative practices. These are championed by an inter-institutional alliance that includes academia, the local government, the regional environmental authority and service providers. This paper argues that this learning needs to be accompanied by a nuanced understanding of the historical trajectories that have allowed Manizales to create and consolidate its current enabling environment for DRM. The argument derives from an analysis of fieldwork data, including semi-structured interviews, participant observation and secondary data, through a critical juncture approach. Focusing on the critical juncture of seasonal heavy rains in 2003, the paper illustrates how institutional changes configured cultural–cognitive, regulatory and normative conditions for the emergence of one of Manizales’ most recognized good practices, the Guardians of the Slope programme

Alliance · Argument (complex analysis · Government (linguistics · Juncture · Normative · Participant observation · Political science · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Disaster Management and Resilience · Engineering · Flood Risk Assessment and Management · Infrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability Analysis · Law · Public Administration