Toward a critical technical practice in disaster risk management: lessons from designing collaboration initiatives

• Main Authors: Lallemant, David, Bicksler, Rebecca, Barns, Karen, Hamel, Perrine, Soden, Robert, Bannister, Steph
• Other Authors: Asian School of the Environment
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Science::General::Moral and ethical aspects; Social sciences::Geography::Natural disasters; Engineering::Environmental engineering; Critical Technical Practice; Ethics in Disaster Risk Management
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/162403
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Despite decades of social science research into disasters, practice in the field continues to be informed largely from a technical perspective. The outcome is often a perpetuation of vulnerability, as narrowly defined technical interventions fail to address or recognize the ethical, historical, poli...