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A renewed awareness: Reinvigorating preparedness research for crisis and disastermanagement
In this article, Jeroen Wolbers and Sanneke Kuipers take a closer look into papers about disaster preparedness to reinvigorate the academic debate on crisis and disaster management. What can we do to prevent or mitigate the impact of (natural) disasters, and how should we prepare ourselves for future occurrences?
- Author
- Jeroen Wolbers, Sanneke Kuipers
- Date
- 30 August 2023
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The summer of 2023 was full of several natural hazards, such as (wild)fires, storms and hurricanes and hereby reminded us that a changing climate can have brutal consequences. The worrisome part is that in all of these cases, the natural hazards seem to take place on a larger scale and more frequently than expected. The summer of 2023 surprised climate scientists by the magnitude and severity of the natural hazards. It is a worrisome observation that warrants a response. What can we do to prevent or mitigate the impact of these events, and prepare ourselves for future occurrences? It is a question often posed in the aftermath of catastrophes, and one that has fueled research into disaster preparedness for decades.
In this article, Jeroen Wolbers and Sanneke Kuipers take a closer look into a bundle of four papers about disaster preparedness that together make up the September issue of Risk, Hazards and Crisis in Public Policy. Each of the four papers provides a unique perspective on preparedness research that helps to reinvigorate the academic debate on this important topic.