Emergency Situations, Participation, and Community-based Disaster Responses in Southeast Asia: Gray Areas and Causes for Optimism

Emergency and participation intersect to form the basis of Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (CBDRRM). Thisarticle has three aims. First, it explores the criticisms of participatory development in CBDRRM. Second, it highlights how disasters provide insights into participatory de...

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Main Author: Seng, Loh Kah
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Published: Archīum Ateneo 2016
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spelling ph-ateneo-arc.phstudies-41792024-08-07T03:42:03Z Emergency Situations, Participation, and Community-based Disaster Responses in Southeast Asia: Gray Areas and Causes for Optimism Seng, Loh Kah Emergency and participation intersect to form the basis of Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (CBDRRM). Thisarticle has three aims. First, it explores the criticisms of participatory development in CBDRRM. Second, it highlights how disasters provide insights into participatory development when disasters are viewed not merely as terrible events but as catalysts for social change. Third, thearticle contends that despite its flaws, CBDRRM is neither hegemonic nor oppressive but can be adapted to the needs and cultures of communities. Thearticle calls for an empathetic form of participation and room for diverse partners to work together.Keywords: disasters • Indian Ocean tsunami • floods • fires •Southeast Asia • Community-based Disaster Risk Reduction and Management • cultures of disaster 2016-10-18T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://archium.ateneo.edu/phstudies/vol64/iss3/8 https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/phstudies/article/4179/viewcontent/6321.pdf Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints Archīum Ateneo
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description Emergency and participation intersect to form the basis of Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (CBDRRM). Thisarticle has three aims. First, it explores the criticisms of participatory development in CBDRRM. Second, it highlights how disasters provide insights into participatory development when disasters are viewed not merely as terrible events but as catalysts for social change. Third, thearticle contends that despite its flaws, CBDRRM is neither hegemonic nor oppressive but can be adapted to the needs and cultures of communities. Thearticle calls for an empathetic form of participation and room for diverse partners to work together.Keywords: disasters • Indian Ocean tsunami • floods • fires •Southeast Asia • Community-based Disaster Risk Reduction and Management • cultures of disaster
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Emergency Situations, Participation, and Community-based Disaster Responses in Southeast Asia: Gray Areas and Causes for Optimism
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title Emergency Situations, Participation, and Community-based Disaster Responses in Southeast Asia: Gray Areas and Causes for Optimism
title_short Emergency Situations, Participation, and Community-based Disaster Responses in Southeast Asia: Gray Areas and Causes for Optimism
title_full Emergency Situations, Participation, and Community-based Disaster Responses in Southeast Asia: Gray Areas and Causes for Optimism
title_fullStr Emergency Situations, Participation, and Community-based Disaster Responses in Southeast Asia: Gray Areas and Causes for Optimism
title_full_unstemmed Emergency Situations, Participation, and Community-based Disaster Responses in Southeast Asia: Gray Areas and Causes for Optimism
title_sort emergency situations, participation, and community-based disaster responses in southeast asia: gray areas and causes for optimism
publisher Archīum Ateneo
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url https://archium.ateneo.edu/phstudies/vol64/iss3/8
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