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TY - BOOK
T1 - Children and Young People's Participation in Disaster Risk Reduction
T2 - agency and resilience
AU - Mort, Maggie
AU - Rodriguez Giralt, Israel
AU - Delicado, Ana
PY - 2020/11/30
Y1 - 2020/11/30
N2 - Disasters are becoming increasingly common and complex, notjust because of their causes, normally a complex combination ofenvironmental, social and cultural factors, but also because of thequantity and diversity of players and strategies that must beinvolved and coordinated in order to cope with them. Thiscomplexity is underpinned by the diversity of reactions andbehaviours by the populations affected by the disaster (shaped bysocial class, age, gender, ethnicity, etc.) and how such disastersshape, and are shaped by, the culture(s) of the various groupsaffected. However, legal frameworks and bureaucratic emergencyplans tend to homogenise the population and overlook thedistinctive features of the various groups and individuals affected.This is particularly so in the case of children and young people.They are one of the most severely affected groups in a disastersituation and, in part, this is because their voice and agency aresystematically ignored. They are made physically, politically andemotionally vulnerable by being excluded from e.g. thedevelopment of community preparedness initiatives. After asevere flood, one young girl told us: ‘Adults need to understandthat children become more scared and agitated when they do notknow what is going on. Children have the right to know’. This bookwill provide arguments for a transformation in children’s roles indisaster, evidence for the effectiveness of their input into decision-making and some practical steps (a framework) to assist policy makersand practitioners create child centred ways of working in disasters. Wewill show how such policy change benefits at risk communities as a whole.
AB - Disasters are becoming increasingly common and complex, notjust because of their causes, normally a complex combination ofenvironmental, social and cultural factors, but also because of thequantity and diversity of players and strategies that must beinvolved and coordinated in order to cope with them. Thiscomplexity is underpinned by the diversity of reactions andbehaviours by the populations affected by the disaster (shaped bysocial class, age, gender, ethnicity, etc.) and how such disastersshape, and are shaped by, the culture(s) of the various groupsaffected. However, legal frameworks and bureaucratic emergencyplans tend to homogenise the population and overlook thedistinctive features of the various groups and individuals affected.This is particularly so in the case of children and young people.They are one of the most severely affected groups in a disastersituation and, in part, this is because their voice and agency aresystematically ignored. They are made physically, politically andemotionally vulnerable by being excluded from e.g. thedevelopment of community preparedness initiatives. After asevere flood, one young girl told us: ‘Adults need to understandthat children become more scared and agitated when they do notknow what is going on. Children have the right to know’. This bookwill provide arguments for a transformation in children’s roles indisaster, evidence for the effectiveness of their input into decision-making and some practical steps (a framework) to assist policy makersand practitioners create child centred ways of working in disasters. Wewill show how such policy change benefits at risk communities as a whole.
KW - disasters
KW - children
KW - young people
KW - resilience
KW - culture
M3 - Book
SN - 9781447354390
BT - Children and Young People's Participation in Disaster Risk Reduction
PB - Policy Press
CY - Bristol
ER -