Revealing resilience features
Analyzing informal solutions adopted in emergency situations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22029081 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sahar Elkady (0000-0002-5125-8138, Universidad de Navarra), Josune Hernantes (0000-0002-9307-9787, Universidad de Navarra), Eulalia Gómez (Universidad de Navarra), Leire Labaka (0000-0002-1721-0624, Universidad de Navarra, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 101 |
| Pages | 104267 |
| Publication date | 2024-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2212-4209 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2024.104267 |
| OpenAlex | W4390707893 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 29 |
Emergency organizations have pre-established plans and procedures to handle disaster situations, but these formal solutions may not always work due to the unpredictable and complex nature of disasters. In such cases, emergency personnel improvise and adapt to new situations, adopting informal disaster response mechanisms/actions without being certain of their effectiveness. Therefore, beyond plans and procedures (formal solutions) it is crucial to prepare and train emergency responders by strengthening their improvisation and adaptation skills to implement informal solutions when unexpected situations arise. This paper aims to analyze how knowledge gained from implementing informal solutions can be used to enhance planning and preparedness for future events. To do so, semi-structured interviews with emergency experts from emergency organizations and authorities, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), and the private sector were conducted. As a result, this paper first identifies four critical factors that contribute to the adoption and implementation of informal solutions in emergency response: uncertainty, legal framework, stakeholders, and bureaucratic delay. Secondly, this paper proposes a formalization framework to better leverage the benefits of informal solutions for emergency preparedness. The framework consists of three components: 1) Informality drivers that push toward the emergence of informal solutions, 2) Formalization enablers that facilitate the formalization process, and 3) formalization barriers that impede the transformation of informal into formal solutions
Bureaucracy · Business · Economics · Emergency management · Improvisation · Knowledge management · Management · Political science · Preparedness · Process management · Computer Science · Disaster Management and Resilience · Disaster Response and Management · Engineering · Infrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability Analysis
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Thematic Analysis
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |