Local knowledge as the basis of disaster management and humanitarian assistance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4776401 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Miwa Hirono (0000-0002-2265-3542, College of Global Liberal Arts, Ritsumeikan University Japan), Muhammad Riza Nurdin (0000-0002-4754-8458, Asia‐Japan Research Institute, Ritsumeikan University Japan) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | S1 |
| Pages | e12634-e12634 |
| Publication date | 2024-07-01 |
| 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.12634 |
| PMID | 38888061 |
| OpenAlex | W4399783352 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 21 |
Recent policy discourse on the localisation of disaster management and humanitarian assistance lacks attention to the culture, history, and traditions of the Global South. This special issue of Disasters argues that it is imperative to recognise the dynamic, interactive, contested, and negotiated nature of local knowledge. Such local knowledge saves lives by enabling responders to situate ad hoc, one-off events such as disasters in the broader and deeper context of community relationships, thereby providing more appropriate and more effective aid. Through the cases of China, Japan, Indonesia, and the Philippines, this special issue examines such dynamic local knowledge using an analytical framework consisting of three manifestations of local knowledge, namely: social capital; contextual historical memories; and adaptation to new ideas. These three manifestations show the ways in which local knowledge creates local capacity, via which local, national, and international disaster respondents can centre their response coordination, and in turn, demonstrate how local capacity reformulates local knowledge
Adaptation (eye · China · Context (archaeology · Emergency management · Geography · Knowledge management · Local community · Political science · Public relations · Social capital · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Disaster Management and Resilience · Law · Psychology
Scientific and Local Knowledge in Donor Anti-Corruption Efforts
Traditional ecological knowledge in volcanic risk governance
Rural Risk and Disaster Management from a Relational Approach
Self-Organization Response in a Crisis
Geçici barınma alanlarında sosyo-demografik ve kültürel yapının etkileri
Representations of foreign nationals in Japanese disaster risk reduction policy
Evolving international disaster law and gender-inclusive approach
Acts of God
Do No Harm
Process for integrating local and indigenous knowledge with science for hydro-meteorological disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in coastal and small island communities
Meaning Making in the Context of Disasters
Role of social capital in local knowledge evolution and transfer in a network of rural communities coping with landslide disasters in Sri Lanka
Civilizing Missions
The role of religious beliefs and practices in disaster
Reconstructing Local Knowledge
Social Capital and Civil Society
Memories of State
After the Tsunami
Dismantling the Divide Between Indigenous and Scientific Knowledge
| Citations per year | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |