Barclay, Jennifer ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6122-197X, Wilkinson, Emily, White, Carole
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7741-0444, Shelton, Clare, Forster, Johanna
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6729-9965, Few, Roger, Lorenzoni, Irene, Woolhouse, George, Jowitt, Claire
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5232-7003, Stone, Harriette and Honychurch, Lennox
(2019)
Historical trajectories of disaster risk in Dominica.
International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 10 (2).
pp. 149-165.
ISSN 2095-0055
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Abstract
The calamitous consequences of 2017 Hurricane Maria for the Caribbean island of Dominica highlighted the acute and increasing susceptibility of the region to disasters. Despite increasing international attention to disaster risk reduction, recovery from hazard events can be especially lengthy and difficult for small island developing states. In this article, we build on existing understandings of disaster risk as a physical and social condition, showing that historical processes are fundamental to understanding how conditions of risk emerge and persist over time. We take an integrated approach to analyzing the drivers of risk accumulation, using the example of Dominica, where processes set in motion during the colonial period have shaped the location of people and assets, the degree to which they might be harmed, the societal repercussions of that harm and the prospects for recovery. We focus on the underlying economic vulnerabilities and physical exposure to hazards created by agricultural, economic, and social practices, and successive disaster responses that have constrained recovery. Uncovering these historical drivers and persistent issues, elucidates lessons for pursuing a more resilient development trajectory, including through the promotion of economic restructuring and diversification, and land reform.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | sdg 2 - zero hunger ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/zero_hunger |
Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > School of International Development Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of History Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA |
Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
Date Deposited: | 15 Apr 2019 09:30 |
Last Modified: | 13 May 2023 00:53 |
URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/70566 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s13753-019-0215-z |
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