The mechanism of disaster capitalism and the failure to build community resilience
Learning from the 2009 earthquake in L'Aquila, Italy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3898326 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Angelo Jonas Imperiale (0000-0002-9801-1693, Lecturer, Urban and Regional Studies Institute, Faculty of Spatial Sciences University of Groningen The Netherlands, corresponding author), Frank Vanclay (0000-0002-9945-6432, Director, Urban and Regional Studies Institute Faculty of Spatial Sciences, University of Groningen The Netherlands, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 555-576 |
| Publication date | 2021-07-01 |
| 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/disa.12431 |
| PMID | 31981235 |
| OpenAlex | W3000895223 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 26 |
| References cited | 37 |
This paper reflects on what materialised during recovery operations following the earthquake in L'Aquila, Italy, on 6 April 2009. Previous critiques have focused on the actions of the Government of Italy and the Department of Civil Protection (Protezione Civile), with little attention paid to the role of local authorities. This analysis sheds light on how the latter used emergency powers, the command-and-control approach, and top-down planning to manage the disaster context, especially in terms of removal of rubble, implementing safety measures, and allocating temporary accommodation. It discusses how these arrangements constituted the mechanism via which 'disaster capitalism' took hold at the local and national level, and how it violated human rights, produced environmental and social impacts, hindered local communities from learning, transforming, and building resilience, and facilitated disaster capitalism and corruption. To make the disaster risk reduction and resilience paradigm more effective, a shift from centralised civil protection to decentralised, inclusive community empowerment systems is needed
Business · Capitalism · Civil society · Community resilience · Context (archaeology · Emergency management · Empowerment · Environmental planning · Geography · Government (linguistics · Political science · Politics · Resilience (materials science · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration · Disaster Management and Resilience · Disaster Response and Management · Engineering · Law · Public Administration
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| Citations per year | 4,33 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 26 |