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Learning from the history of disaster vulnerability and resilience research and practice for climate change

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ID23387751
AuthorsI Kelman (0000-0002-4191-6969, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, corresponding author), J C Gaillard (University of Auckland), James Lewis (0000-0002-8603-2761), Jessica Mercer
Year2016
Volume82
IssueS1
Pages129-143
Publication date2016-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueNatural Hazards (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0921-030X • E-ISSN: 1573-0840
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/s11069-016-2294-0
OpenAlexW2309839112
LanguageEN
Citations received81
References cited65

Humanity has long sought to explain and understand why environmental processes and phenomena contribute to and interfere with development processes, frequently through the terms and concepts of ‘vulnerability’ and ‘resilience’. Many proven ideas and approaches from development and disaster risk reduction literature are not fully considered by contemporary climate change work. This chapter describes the importance of older vulnerability and resilience research for contemporary investigations involving climate change, suggesting ways forward without disciplinary blinkers. Vulnerability and resilience as processes are explored alongside critiques of the post-disaster ‘return to normal’ paradigm. The importance of learning from already existing literature and experience is demonstrated for ensuring that complete vulnerability and resilience processes are accounted for by placing climate change within other contemporary development concerns.

Climate change · Computer security · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Geography · Meteorology · Natural hazard · Resilience (materials science) · Vulnerability (computing) · Climate change impacts on agriculture · Computer Science · Disaster Management and Resilience · Environmental Science · Flood Risk Assessment and Management · Geology · Oceanography

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