Learning from disaster inquiries and other reporting: How top-down responses erode community recovery

Learning from disaster inquiries and other reporting: How top-down responses erode community recovery

Disasters do not happen in a vacuum. Instead, they compound upon the inequities already present in every environment in which humans exist. We can no longer neatly separate environmental issues from social justice issues, with the stark recognition that people already socially and economically margi...

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Published in:Alternative law journal Vol. 49; no. 4; pp. 306 - 309
Main Author: Ewenson, Lisa
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01-12-2024
Subjects:
Climate change
social theory
human rights
non-adversarial justice
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Summary:Disasters do not happen in a vacuum. Instead, they compound upon the inequities already present in every environment in which humans exist. We can no longer neatly separate environmental issues from social justice issues, with the stark recognition that people already socially and economically marginalised bear the greater burden of disasters, and therefore carry the greater impacts of climate change. Just as recognising that the social determinants of health has been a revelation in effectively striving to improve the health outcomes for a range of populations, the social determinants of disaster recovery are also key.
ISSN:1037-969X
2398-9084
DOI:10.1177/1037969X241291638