Cool Ground for Aid Providers
Towards Better Security Management in Aid Agencies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3156207 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Koenraad Van Brabant (Overseas Development Institute, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 109-125 |
| Publication date | 1998-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Disasters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0361-3666 • E-ISSN: 1467-7717 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-7717.00080 |
| PMID | 9654811 |
| OpenAlex | W2168160314 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
Although full statistics are lacking, there is an impression that aid personnel are increasingly at risk from random, criminal and even at times targeted violence. The argument here is that the current tendency to reduce an agency's vulnerability mainly through the use of protective procedures and devices may be necessary but is insufficient. Better practice in the management of security is an urgent need. Reducing vulnerability to attack is only one approach; deterring the threat of violence by counter-threat, or seeking increased acceptance for the agency's work and presence are two other approaches. Major skill development is required in the areas of conflict analysis and monitoring, threat assessment and incident analysis, since together these form the basis for appropriate security management. Improved analysis can then inform a conscious choice about which mixture of approaches is most appropriate in a specific context. The paper explores in some detail the factors that influence acceptance, but not the methods and basic principles in the use of counter-threat
Agency (philosophy · Argument (complex analysis · Business · Computer security · Context (archaeology · Internet privacy · Medical emergency · Poison control · Political science · Public relations · Risk analysis (engineering · Risk management · Sociology · Vulnerability (computing · Vulnerability assessment · Work (physics · Computer Science · Engineering · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Medicine · Peacebuilding and International Security · Psychology · Social Psychology
Overcoming Dilemmas Created by the 21st Century Mercenaries
Regulating Humanitarian Governance
Risk-Management and the Fortified Aid Compound
The Impact of Economic Crises on NGOs
Humanitarian NGO Security Networks and Organisational Learning
From immersion to simulation
Turkey in Somalia
Conflict, state fragility and aid effectiveness
Characteristics, context and risk
The vulnerable do-gooders
In acceptance we trust? Conceptualising acceptance as a viable approach to NGO security management
| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,52 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2020 (16) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |