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Why Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage? / Ksenia Chmutina and Rohit Jigyasu -- Disaster Risk Management Terms and Concepts / Lee Bosher -- Role of Intangible Attributes of Heritage in Disaster Risk Reduction / Sukrit Sen -- A new approach to cultural heritage and disaster risk reduction : a review of international policies / Giovanni Boccardi -- Financing Disaster Risk Management for Cultural Heritage / Barbara Minguez Garcia -- Heritage and Peacebuilding / Elke Selter -- Cultural Heritage, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management / Will Megary -- Cultural heritage and urbanisation / Ebru Gencer -- Vernacular Built Heritage and Disaster Resilience / Rajendra Desai -- Risk Management / Sukhreet Bajwa, Tanaya Sarmah, Ranit Chatterjee and Rajib Shaw -- All Fired Up : The Inseparability of Nature and Culture in Disaster Risk Management / Steve Brown -- The Dangers of Romanticising Local Knowledge in the Context of Disaster Studies and Practice / Demet Intepe, Robert Sakic Trogrlic, Maria Evangelina Filippi, Thirze Hermans, Hannah Bailon and Anuzska Maton -- Challenges with techno-centric approaches in the implementation of Disaster Risk Management for Cultural Heritage / David Torres and Giuseppe Forino -- Development and cultural heritage in the disaster capitalism era / Victor Marchezini, Andrea Lampis, Danilo Celso Pereira and Adriano Mota Ferreira -- Cultural Heritage and Post-Disaster Recovery / Wesley Cheek -- Reconstruction as recovery :The politics behind why heritage is funded internationally, nationally, and locally / Vanicka Arora -- 'Dark heritage' : landscape, hazard, and heritage / Jazmin Scarlett, Miriam Rothenberg, Felix Riede and Karen Holmberg -- Arts and other Cultural Expressions as Tools for Disaster Risk Management / Claudia González-Muzzio, Claudia Cardenas and Bernadette Esquivel -- Planning for Disasters facing Heritage at Risk: Ethics and Epistemes / Fallon S. Aidoo -- New Technologies and Disaster Risk Management for Cultural Properties / Hirofumi Ikawa -- Integrating DRM considerations into heritage management systems : barriers and opportunities / Luisa De Marco -- Building Synergies for Cultural Heritage : insights from theory and practice / Monia del Pinto and Clinton Dean Jackson -- Challenges and Opportunties / Rohit Jigyasu and Ksenia Chmutina.

This title provides a multi-faceted introduction to how a wide range of risk reduction options can be mainstreamed into formal and informal construction decision making processes, so that Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) can become part of the 'developmental DNA'. The contents highlight the positive roles that practitioners such as civil and structural engineers, urban planners and designers, and architects (to name just a few) can undertake to ensure that disaster risk is addressed when (re)developing the built environment. The book does not set out prescriptive ('context blind') solutions to complex problems because such solutions can invariably generate new problems. Instead it raises awareness, and in doing so, inspires a broad range of people to consider DRR in their work or everyday practices.

Purpose
– Employing a case study of Barbados, the purpose of this paper is to highlight key stakeholders involved in the construction sector, discusses the roles of construction stakeholders in disaster risk reduction (DRR) and the key stages of the construction process where proactive DRR inputs could be made, The following objectives are addressed: to describe the main natural hazards in Barbados; to reveal key stakeholders involved in the decision making during the design, construction and operation process (DCOP) and DRR process; to discuss the roles of construction stakeholders in DRR and the key stages of the DCOP where proactive DRR inputs could be made; to emphasise the main barriers to the implementation of DRR in the Barbados' construction sector.


Design/methodology/approach
– A qualitative case study methodology, that includes semi-structured interviews with construction stakeholders in Barbados, a critical review of relevant literature and media coverage of natural hazards, and construction site visits.


Findings
– The key construction stakeholders that should be responsible for DRR integration in construction process are identified. The main barriers to the implementation of DRR in the Barbados' construction sector are also discussed; these include the absence of an enforced building code and complacency towards natural hazards from the general population as well as construction stakeholders.


Originality/value
– Whilst some attempts have been made in mainstreaming DRR into construction projects in Barbados, many of the measures are not effectively implemented due to various constraints. In addition, little research has been done on the state of the construction sector and its use of DRR in the Caribbean. This paper aims to fill this research gap.

This is a conference paper. ; As with most Small Island Developing States (SIDS), imported fossil fuels make up the majority of Barbados's primary energy requirements, including electricity generation. As well as using up valuable foreign exchange, this import bill makes the island highly vulnerable to the ever more volatile international energy market. Sustainable development has long been present in the islands ideological mind-set and in 2010 the Government of Barbados signalled its commitment towards becoming "the most environmentally advanced green country in Latin America and the Caribbean". This paper first describes the island's present fossil fuel dominated energy sector, as well as past and present green economy related initiatives. It then discusses two key areas of energy sector reform necessary to promote sustainable development: capacity building and finance, highlighting the role that innovative financing mechanisms could play in decreasing the countries reliance on fossil fuel imports.

PurposeVulnerability is a label and a concept that is widely used in disaster studies. To date the meaning has been quite limited and implied "weakness", with criticisms arising periodically but not halting vulnerability's reproduction. In this paper, the authors offer a new theory of vulnerability for the field, suggesting that complicating the concept can create space for liberatory discourse and organising.Design/methodology/approachThe authors draw from diverse understandings of vulnerability to generate new conceptual ground for disaster scholars. The authors explore the relationships between power and agency and autonomy and social hierarchy with regards to how vulnerability is considered within neoliberal democracies. The authors also outline ideological responses and the political actions that follow.FindingsThis exploration is underpinned by dissatisfaction with the way that vulnerability has thus far been theorised in disaster studies. Using the analytical framings provided, the authors hope that others will build on the idea that so-called "vulnerable" people, working in solidarity and using intersecting frameworks of anti-racism, anti-colonialism and anti-capitalism, can undermine the risk-creating norms of the neoliberal state.Originality/valueThe authors argue that the dominant framing of vulnerability in disaster studies – and usage of the vulnerability paradigm – provides political traction for neoliberal social projects, based on notions of humanitarianism. The authors make this claim as a challenge to the authors and the authors' peers to maintain reflexive scholarship and search for liberatory potential, not only in vulnerability but in other concepts that have become normative.

PurposeThis paper aims to enhance the understanding of what is being taught – and how – to future built environment (BE) professionals in higher education (HE) BE curricular in the context of disaster risk reduction (DRR).Design/methodology/approachReflecting on the results of an extensive survey carried out among 21 BE educators representing 14 countries, the pedagogies used to educate tomorrow's BE professionals about DRR-related subjects are explored.FindingsThe vast majority of HE training for the future BE professionals focuses on hazards as a "problem" posed by nature – something that can be "solved" through a technical solution. Little reflection is required as to the social implications of DRR "solutions", and knowledge too often remains analytical and distant from any sort of lived experience. Whilst many DRR-related subjects introduce the ideas of human-centric DRR, there is still a disconnection between technical engineering subjects and broader social science subjects. This is a missed opportunity for students acquiring technical knowledge to reflect on and engage with a wider societal context.Originality/valueThe paper draws on the liberative pedagogies of Paulo Freire, bell hooks and others to engage BE educators in collectively drawing on philosophies and practices that emphasise holistic ways of knowing and learning and encourage the broader consideration of non-technical ideas. This kind of DRR pedagogy is required if the society is to collectively strive for a BE that enhances equity and well-being, while avoiding the creation of risk through development and redevelopment.

This is a conference paper. ; The UK has set an ambitious plan to substantially cut its carbon emissions. In order to meet this 2050 target of 80% reduction, the UK is facing a significant challenge of restructuring its energy system, currently characterised by lock-in to centralisation. There is however potential to challenge this lock-in through the development of more decentralised energy systems - based not only on technological, but also on more innovative political, social and economic approaches. Examples of these unique approaches have already been successfully implemented in many cities worldwide, demonstrating that more decentralised energy systems can lead to enhanced carbon emissions reductions. Using a multi-disciplinary framework, this work critically assesses several urban decentralised energy systems around the world through the assessment of exemplar international case studies. Following semi-structured interviews, this work compares and critiques four diverse international case studies in order to demonstrate and contrast a variety of decentralised approaches. It emphasises the variety and inter-relationships of barriers and drivers involved in the implementation of such projects. Although it is believed that regulations heavily influence the implementation of decentralised energy projects, these projects are frequently driven and motivated by other factors such as reputation, profitability and the opportunity to show that "we can do it". The main non-technical barriers are not necessarily financial, as is often believed. Governance barriers - such as out-of-date regulations or unreliable partners - also play an important role in the success or failure of a project. Social barriers in the form of public apathy and misinformation regarding energy consumption can also be significant, which often affects the operation on the project.

"The text offers a comprehensive and unique perspective on disaster risk associated with natural hazards. It covers a wide range of topics, reflecting the most recent debates but also older and pioneering discussions in the academic field of disaster studies as well as in the policy and practical areas of disaster risk reduction. This book will be of particular interest to undergraduate students studying geography and environmental studies/science. It will also be of relevant to students/professionals from a wide range of social and physical science disciplines, including public health and public policy, sociology, anthropology, political science and geology"--

Numerous fast-growing coastal cities in the Global South are exposed to coastal, fluvial and pluvial floods, as a consequence of decades-long rapid urbanisation and weak enforcement of planning regulations. Integrating Blue&ndash ; Green Infrastructure (BGI) concepts into the development of the urban landscape has the potential to increase flood resilience and offer broader environmental benefits. BGI is an innovative approach that combines water management and green infrastructure to maintain natural water cycles and enhance environmental and urban renewal. This paper identifies socio-economic, cultural and political challenges influencing BGI adoption in Semarang city in Indonesia. Data was collected from residents of three communities through interviews (n=30), questionnaires (n=180) and focus groups with policymakers and community representatives. The combined quantitative and qualitative data provide an understanding of the specific socio-economic, cultural and political issues at play and reveal flood experience as well as perceptions of community members regarding flood management. Challenges are presented from the point of view of residents and local policymakers and are based on a framework for facilitating local BGI adoption, setting the principles of &ldquo ; inclusive&rdquo ; &ldquo ; appropriate&rdquo ; and &ldquo ; proactive&rdquo ; as pre-conditions for enhancing community resilience to flooding.