Katie Oven
Biographic Data
| ID | 1405319 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Katie Oven |
| GIVEN NAMES | Katie |
| FAMILY NAME | Oven |
| SIGNATURE | OVEN K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Durham University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3363-8604 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 90 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Circular resettlement and ongoing risk
Circular resettlement” can be a sustainable livelihood strategy for disaster-displaced communities. • Community members’ perception of risk in both old/new settlements can contribute to decision-making and governance. • Contemporary resettlement policies are a product of regional political histories, as well as donor-driven intervention. • Resettlement is both a temporal and spatial process. • “Integrated” resettlement policies should proactively…
Needs and uses of scientific information for earthquake and monsoon contingency planning by humanitarian clusters in Nepal
Embedding scientific knowledge in policy and practice is crucial for effective disaster risk reduction and planning, but key barriers remain in using science effectively for these purposes. In countries like Nepal, subjected to frequent multi-hazards like earthquakes and landslides, science is acutely needed but not always utilized for risk planning. Here we explore the current uses and requirements for science-based risk information in earthquak…
Working with communities on disaster risk research
The neglected country(side)
While increasing resilience to earthquakes in the global South has become a major research and policy goal, the focus has largely been on rapidly expanding urban areas. Rural areas are often neglected despite the fact that rural residents make up a significant proportion of the population exposed to earthquakes in many low and middle-income countries. Central Asia is a case in point. Drawing on empirical research undertaken in the Central Asian R…
What happened to the Second World? Earthquakes and postsocialism in Kazakhstan
There is an assumption that with the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the Second World ceased to exist. Yet the demise of the Communist bloc as a geopolitical reality did not mean that it stopped exerting a defining influence over how people think and behave. This article examines how the postsocialist state in Kazakhstan deals with potential crises such as earthquakes and the extent to which the Soviet legacy still shapes intellectual debates…
From nomadic communitarianism to civil socialism
This article explores the environmental, historical and cultural factors that influence civic engagement among rural communities in contemporary Kazakhstan. It traces how forms of nomadic communitarianism as a response to the vicissitudes of life on the open Steppe merged with the imposed collectivism of Soviet society in such a manner that the two were able to coexist together in both policy and practice. Drawing on fieldwork among a number of v…
Climate Change and Health
Expert bodies such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC 2013) report increases in prevailing average temperatures as well as likely increases in the frequency of extreme weather‐related events such as heat waves and floods associated with climate change. These changes have implications for physical and mental health, the outcomes of which will depend on processes of mitigation, adaptation, and resilience. Important research in h…
Adaptation to extreme weather events in complex health and social care systems
Our findings contribute to a growing international literature on how conceptual models from complexity theory may be relevant to inform planning in health and social care systems, helping to adapt and improve preparedness and resilience to extreme weather events. We focus on findings from two case studies in England and their relationship to national policy for adaptation. Complexity theory helped to frame strategies for planning for events that …
Between a rock and a hard place
Building liberal resilience? A critical review from developing rural Asia
The Best of Intentions
Drawing on research on landslide risk reduction in Nepal and the impacts of the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 in southern Thailand, this paper considers how risk, in the context of natural hazards, is produced by processes of social and economic transformation; understood and experienced by vulnerable groups; and framed by governments and experts. In so doing, we propose an agenda for more effective disaster risk management. We open the discussion…
Governance struggles and policy processes in disaster risk reduction
In the neo-liberal climate of reduced responsibility for the state, alongside global platforms established to implement the Hyogo Framework for Action, a new arena opens for a multitude of stakeholders to engage in disaster risk reduction (DRR). The key role that the state can play in instituting effective DRR tends to receive little attention, yet in situations where the state apparatus is weak, such as in Nepal, it becomes evident that integrat…
Geographies of health and climate change
Climate change presents significant challenges for human health and well-being and geography is contributing a growing field of knowledge relating to these processes. We outline here key dimensions of the debate, pointing to areas where human geographers can make a particularly strong contribution. These include: issues of adaptation and resilience; sustainability; environmental justice and socially unequal impacts of climate change; and psycholo…
The Roles of Children and Youth in Communicating Disaster Risk
Disaster management is dominated by top-down relief efforts that assume children and youth are passive victims with no role in communicating risks or preventing and responding to disasters. This article challenges these assumptions and critically assesses prevailing theoretical models of risk communication using two case studies that highlight the unique needs and potential roles of children and youth as resources or receivers of disaster managem…
Between a rock and a hard place
Governance struggles and policy processes in disaster risk reduction
In the neo-liberal climate of reduced responsibility for the state, alongside global platforms established to implement the Hyogo Framework for Action, a new arena opens for a multitude of stakeholders to engage in disaster risk reduction (DRR). The key role that the state can play in instituting effective DRR tends to receive little attention, yet in situations where the state apparatus is weak, such as in Nepal, it becomes evident that integrat…
Geographies of health and climate change
Climate change presents significant challenges for human health and well-being and geography is contributing a growing field of knowledge relating to these processes. We outline here key dimensions of the debate, pointing to areas where human geographers can make a particularly strong contribution. These include: issues of adaptation and resilience; sustainability; environmental justice and socially unequal impacts of climate change; and psycholo…
The neglected country(side)
While increasing resilience to earthquakes in the global South has become a major research and policy goal, the focus has largely been on rapidly expanding urban areas. Rural areas are often neglected despite the fact that rural residents make up a significant proportion of the population exposed to earthquakes in many low and middle-income countries. Central Asia is a case in point. Drawing on empirical research undertaken in the Central Asian R…
From nomadic communitarianism to civil socialism
This article explores the environmental, historical and cultural factors that influence civic engagement among rural communities in contemporary Kazakhstan. It traces how forms of nomadic communitarianism as a response to the vicissitudes of life on the open Steppe merged with the imposed collectivism of Soviet society in such a manner that the two were able to coexist together in both policy and practice. Drawing on fieldwork among a number of v…
What happened to the Second World? Earthquakes and postsocialism in Kazakhstan
There is an assumption that with the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the Second World ceased to exist. Yet the demise of the Communist bloc as a geopolitical reality did not mean that it stopped exerting a defining influence over how people think and behave. This article examines how the postsocialist state in Kazakhstan deals with potential crises such as earthquakes and the extent to which the Soviet legacy still shapes intellectual debates…
The Roles of Children and Youth in Communicating Disaster Risk
Disaster management is dominated by top-down relief efforts that assume children and youth are passive victims with no role in communicating risks or preventing and responding to disasters. This article challenges these assumptions and critically assesses prevailing theoretical models of risk communication using two case studies that highlight the unique needs and potential roles of children and youth as resources or receivers of disaster managem…
Geographies of health and climate change
Climate change presents significant challenges for human health and well-being and geography is contributing a growing field of knowledge relating to these processes. We outline here key dimensions of the debate, pointing to areas where human geographers can make a particularly strong contribution. These include: issues of adaptation and resilience; sustainability; environmental justice and socially unequal impacts of climate change; and psycholo…
Governance struggles and policy processes in disaster risk reduction
In the neo-liberal climate of reduced responsibility for the state, alongside global platforms established to implement the Hyogo Framework for Action, a new arena opens for a multitude of stakeholders to engage in disaster risk reduction (DRR). The key role that the state can play in instituting effective DRR tends to receive little attention, yet in situations where the state apparatus is weak, such as in Nepal, it becomes evident that integrat…
Building liberal resilience? A critical review from developing rural Asia
The Best of Intentions
Drawing on research on landslide risk reduction in Nepal and the impacts of the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 in southern Thailand, this paper considers how risk, in the context of natural hazards, is produced by processes of social and economic transformation; understood and experienced by vulnerable groups; and framed by governments and experts. In so doing, we propose an agenda for more effective disaster risk management. We open the discussion…
Between a rock and a hard place
Climate Change and Health
Expert bodies such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC 2013) report increases in prevailing average temperatures as well as likely increases in the frequency of extreme weather‐related events such as heat waves and floods associated with climate change. These changes have implications for physical and mental health, the outcomes of which will depend on processes of mitigation, adaptation, and resilience. Important research in h…
Adaptation to extreme weather events in complex health and social care systems
Our findings contribute to a growing international literature on how conceptual models from complexity theory may be relevant to inform planning in health and social care systems, helping to adapt and improve preparedness and resilience to extreme weather events. We focus on findings from two case studies in England and their relationship to national policy for adaptation. Complexity theory helped to frame strategies for planning for events that …
From nomadic communitarianism to civil socialism
This article explores the environmental, historical and cultural factors that influence civic engagement among rural communities in contemporary Kazakhstan. It traces how forms of nomadic communitarianism as a response to the vicissitudes of life on the open Steppe merged with the imposed collectivism of Soviet society in such a manner that the two were able to coexist together in both policy and practice. Drawing on fieldwork among a number of v…
The neglected country(side)
While increasing resilience to earthquakes in the global South has become a major research and policy goal, the focus has largely been on rapidly expanding urban areas. Rural areas are often neglected despite the fact that rural residents make up a significant proportion of the population exposed to earthquakes in many low and middle-income countries. Central Asia is a case in point. Drawing on empirical research undertaken in the Central Asian R…
What happened to the Second World? Earthquakes and postsocialism in Kazakhstan
There is an assumption that with the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the Second World ceased to exist. Yet the demise of the Communist bloc as a geopolitical reality did not mean that it stopped exerting a defining influence over how people think and behave. This article examines how the postsocialist state in Kazakhstan deals with potential crises such as earthquakes and the extent to which the Soviet legacy still shapes intellectual debates…
Working with communities on disaster risk research
Needs and uses of scientific information for earthquake and monsoon contingency planning by humanitarian clusters in Nepal
Embedding scientific knowledge in policy and practice is crucial for effective disaster risk reduction and planning, but key barriers remain in using science effectively for these purposes. In countries like Nepal, subjected to frequent multi-hazards like earthquakes and landslides, science is acutely needed but not always utilized for risk planning. Here we explore the current uses and requirements for science-based risk information in earthquak…
Circular resettlement and ongoing risk
Circular resettlement” can be a sustainable livelihood strategy for disaster-displaced communities. • Community members’ perception of risk in both old/new settlements can contribute to decision-making and governance. • Contemporary resettlement policies are a product of regional political histories, as well as donor-driven intervention. • Resettlement is both a temporal and spatial process. • “Integrated” resettlement policies should proactively…
Political science (9 works) · Disaster Management and Resilience (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Economics (7 works) · Geography (7 works) · Environmental planning (6 works) · Context (archaeology (5 works) · Psychological resilience (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Business (4 works)