The importance of accounting for equity in disaster risk models

Societal efforts to understand and mitigate threats posed by hazards are often informed by complex disaster risk models. Despite research demonstrating the disproportionate effects of disasters on vulnerable groups, current risk modeling approaches lack robust methods to account for such equity conc...

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Main Authors: Soden, Robert, Lallemant, David, Kalirai, Manveer, Liu, Celine, Wagenaar, Dennis, Jit, Sophia
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1738652024-03-04T15:30:45Z The importance of accounting for equity in disaster risk models Soden, Robert Lallemant, David Kalirai, Manveer Liu, Celine Wagenaar, Dennis Jit, Sophia Asian School of the Environment Earth Observatory of Singapore Earth and Environmental Sciences Disaster management Equity Societal efforts to understand and mitigate threats posed by hazards are often informed by complex disaster risk models. Despite research demonstrating the disproportionate effects of disasters on vulnerable groups, current risk modeling approaches lack robust methods to account for such equity concerns. Consequently, efforts to develop evidence-based disaster risk management interventions may lack awareness of differential risks in the settings where they are applied. Here, we draw on the relevant literature to develop a typology for characterizing current approaches to incorporating equity into risk modeling. Using this typology, we then evaluated 69 risk assessments conducted by major international development organizations. We found that only ~ 28% of risk models attempt a quantitative evaluation of the differential impacts of disasters and climate change. We then used an equity-sensitive approach to reconstruct a recent risk assessment and show that important elements are missed when equity is excluded in disaster risk modeling. Published version 2024-03-04T04:22:39Z 2024-03-04T04:22:39Z 2023 Journal Article Soden, R., Lallemant, D., Kalirai, M., Liu, C., Wagenaar, D. & Jit, S. (2023). The importance of accounting for equity in disaster risk models. Communications Earth & Environment, 4(1). https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-01039-2 2662-4435 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/173865 10.1038/s43247-023-01039-2 2-s2.0-85174595372 1 4 en Communications Earth & Environment © The Author(s) 2023. Open Access. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by/4.0/. application/pdf
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Singapore
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topic Earth and Environmental Sciences
Disaster management
Equity
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Disaster management
Equity
Soden, Robert
Lallemant, David
Kalirai, Manveer
Liu, Celine
Wagenaar, Dennis
Jit, Sophia
The importance of accounting for equity in disaster risk models
description Societal efforts to understand and mitigate threats posed by hazards are often informed by complex disaster risk models. Despite research demonstrating the disproportionate effects of disasters on vulnerable groups, current risk modeling approaches lack robust methods to account for such equity concerns. Consequently, efforts to develop evidence-based disaster risk management interventions may lack awareness of differential risks in the settings where they are applied. Here, we draw on the relevant literature to develop a typology for characterizing current approaches to incorporating equity into risk modeling. Using this typology, we then evaluated 69 risk assessments conducted by major international development organizations. We found that only ~ 28% of risk models attempt a quantitative evaluation of the differential impacts of disasters and climate change. We then used an equity-sensitive approach to reconstruct a recent risk assessment and show that important elements are missed when equity is excluded in disaster risk modeling.
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Soden, Robert
Lallemant, David
Kalirai, Manveer
Liu, Celine
Wagenaar, Dennis
Jit, Sophia
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Lallemant, David
Kalirai, Manveer
Liu, Celine
Wagenaar, Dennis
Jit, Sophia
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title The importance of accounting for equity in disaster risk models
title_short The importance of accounting for equity in disaster risk models
title_full The importance of accounting for equity in disaster risk models
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title_full_unstemmed The importance of accounting for equity in disaster risk models
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