Grasping the hydra: The need for a holistic and systematic approach to disaster risk reduction

Summary, in English

This article stresses the significance of recognising interdependencies between factors determining

disaster risk in any attempts to integrate disaster risk reduction in international

development cooperation. It bases its arguments on the case studies of four past projects

in Sri Lanka and Tajikistan, which are scrutinised using a theoretical framework based

on systems approaches. It appears that the results of ignoring interdependencies may (1)

cause sub-optimisation problems where the desired outcome is not reached as the factor

focused on and/or the desired outcome are dependent on other factors, and (2) make it

difficult or impossible to monitor and evaluate the actual effects of international development

cooperation projects in disaster risk reduction.

• Författare: Per Becker
• Avdelning/ar: Lund University Centre for Risk Assessment and Management (LUCRAM); Avdelningen för Brandteknik; Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet
• Publiceringsår: 2009
• Språk: Engelska
• Sidor: 12-24
• Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie: Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies
• Volym: 2
• Issue: 1
• Fulltext: - 335 kB; Download statistics
• Länkar: http://acds.co.za/uploads/jamba/vol2n01/jamba_vol2_no1.pdf
• Dokumenttyp: Artikel i tidskrift
• Förlag: AOSIS
• Ämne: Other Civil Engineering; Social Sciences Interdisciplinary; Building Technologies
• Nyckelord: Complexity and Interdependence; Systems Approaches; Disaster Risk Reduction
• Status: Published
• Forskningsgrupp: LUCRAM (Lund University Center for Risk Analysis and Management
• ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt: ISSN: 2072-845X