Avoidable deaths : a systems failure approach to disaster risk management / Nibedita S. Ray-Bennett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ray-Bennett, Nibedita S., author.

Series:

SpringerBriefs in environmental science

Springer briefs in environmental science, 2191-5555

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emergency management.

Risk management.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 112 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2018.

Summary:

This book addresses one of the most fundamental questions of the 21st century: why deaths continue to occur in natural disasters despite the tremendous advancements in disaster management science and weather forecasting systems, increased sophistication of human-built environments and ongoing economic and policy development worldwide. By presenting an interdisciplinary tool for analysing ?systems failure?, the book provides concrete suggestions on how deaths may be reduced in resource-poor contexts. It goes beyond traditional risk and vulnerability perspectives and demonstrates that deaths in disasters are complex problems that can be solved by adopting a socio-technical perspective to improve current disaster management systems in the developing world. The book is a timely contribution, as it directly addresses Global Target One of the UN?s ?Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction?, which has urged 185 UN Member States to reduce disaster mortality by 2030. Further, it offers a valuable resource for students, researchers, policy-makers and practitioners interested in disaster risk reduction, human rights, gender, sociology of risk, crisis and disasters, environmental science, organisation and management studies.

Contents:

Preface; References; Acknowledgements; About The Book; Contents; About the Author; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1 Avoidable Deaths in Disasters; Abstract; 1.1 Justice; 1.2 Practical Solutions; 1.3 Goal; 1.4 Odisha: A Case Study; 1.5 Disaster Management in Odisha; 1.6 Disaster Management Organisations; 1.6.1 Institutional Arrangements for Disaster Management; 1.7 Fieldwork; References; 2 Systems Failure in Disasters; Abstract; 2.1 Traditional Perspective; 2.2 Vulnerability Perspective; 2.3 Complex Perspective; 2.4 A 'Wicked' Problem-Deaths in Disasters; 2.5 Systems Failure

2.6 Components of Systems Failures2.6.1 Coordination Failure; 2.6.2 Communication Failure; 2.6.3 World Views; References; 3 Super-Cyclone in 1999; Abstract; 3.1 Super-Cyclone and Cyclone Phailin; 3.2 Systems Failure in 1999; 3.3 Enacting Systems Failure; 3.3.1 Coordination and Communication Failures; 3.3.2 Conservative World Views; References; 4 Cycolne Phailin in 2013; Abstract; 4.1 Coordination and Communication; 4.2 Coordination and Communication at the Districts Level; 4.3 Enlightened World Views; 4.4 Leadership for Avoidable Deaths; 4.5 Target Groups; 4.6 Justice for Event Violence

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

3319669508

9783319669502

OCLC:

996424020