Can Sustainable Development Sustain Us?

This paper presents a review of Disasters by Design, the recent, influential second U.S. national assessment of research on natural and technological hazards that takes stock of the disciplinary knowledge and policy issues in the field of disasters. It identifies four analytical matters left unresol...

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Published in:International journal of mass emergencies and disasters 2002-08, Vol.20 (2), p.111-125
Main Author: Aguirre, Benigno E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cultural Change
Disaster Preparedness
Disasters
Global Local Relationship
Hazards
Natural Disasters
Policy Research
Politics
Social Planning
Sustainable Development
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Summary:This paper presents a review of Disasters by Design, the recent, influential second U.S. national assessment of research on natural and technological hazards that takes stock of the disciplinary knowledge and policy issues in the field of disasters. It identifies four analytical matters left unresolved in its central theme on the importance of sustainable development for disaster mitigation, having to do with the dual emphasis on the local and on the global, cultural change, the implicit assumptions that planners and social engineers know best, and the consensual model of politics. It also identifies some practical problems that the adoption of a sustainable development framework advocated by the report may pose for the specialty.
ISSN:0280-7270
2753-5703
DOI:10.1177/028072700202000201