Perspectives on the new challenges in disaster management – considering social vulnerability and building on resilience

The current disaster management paradigm often uses words leaving an impression that the authorities somehow shepherd the population towards the “expected behavioural forms”. Using technological and law enforcement approach, the focus is put to the work of the authorities through the whole disaster management cycle. The overall aim of this is to minimize the physical risks in order to provide safety for the population and its material values. By contrast, an emerging approach takes social-economical aspects into consideration just as well as physical risk factors. The Social Vulnerability paradigm observes and address disasters with an interdisciplinary toolkit in order to reduce vulnerability and enhance the resilience of communities.This e-book is published within the framework of the project IRONORE 2019. The project is co-financed by the European Commission under the contract UCPM-2018-EX-AG-828918