I will not go, I cannot go: cultural and social limitations of disaster preparedness in Asia, Africa, and Oceania
Ayeb-Karlsson, Sonja, Kniveton, Dominic, Cannon, Terry, van der Geest, Kees, Ahmed, Istiakh, Derrington, Erin, Florano, Ebinezer and Opondo, Denis Opiyo, (2019). I will not go, I cannot go: cultural and social limitations of disaster preparedness in Asia, Africa, and Oceania. Disasters, 43(4), 752-770
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Sub-type Journal article Author Ayeb-Karlsson, Sonja
Kniveton, Dominic
Cannon, Terry
van der Geest, Kees
Ahmed, Istiakh
Derrington, Erin
Florano, Ebinezer
Opondo, Denis OpiyoTitle I will not go, I cannot go: cultural and social limitations of disaster preparedness in Asia, Africa, and Oceania Appearing in Disasters Volume 43 Issue No. 4 Publication Date 2019-09-02 Place of Publication United Kingdom Publisher John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Overseas Development Institute Start page 752 End page 770 Language eng Abstract While much work has been invested in addressing the economic and technical basis of disaster preparedness, less effort has been directed towards understanding the cultural and social obstacles to and opportunities for disaster risk reduction. This paper presents local insights from five different national settings into the cultural and social contexts of disaster preparedness. In most cases, an early warning system was in place, but it failed to alert people to diverse environmental shocks. The research findings show that despite geographical and typological differences in these locations, the limitations of the systems were fairly similar. In Kenya, people received warnings, but from contradictory systems, whereas in the Philippines and on the island of Saipan, people did not understand the messages or take them seriously. In Bangladesh and Nepal, however, a deeper cultural and religious reasoning serves to explain disasters, and how to prevent them or find safety when they strike. UNBIS Thesaurus EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS
EVACUATION
DECISION-MAKINGKeyword Cultural and social attitudes
Disaster risk reduction
Immobility
Loss and damage
Religious beliefs
Risk perceptionCopyright Holder The Authors Copyright Year 2019 Copyright type Creative commons ISSN 14677717 DOI 10.1111/disa.12404 -
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