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Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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TY - GEN
T1 - Flooding and resilience
T2 - the important role children and young people can play
AU - Walker, Marion Patricia
PY - 2016/3
Y1 - 2016/3
N2 - Our work in Kingston-upon-Hull in the UK with people affected by the huge 2007 floods revealed that nobody was paying much attention to children and young people. It showed that the children experienced different kinds of problems, particularly with recovery. So after the 2013/14 winter floods in England we wanted to work closely with a wide age range of children and young people to find out their ideas for how they could be better supported before, during and after floods. Disaster research tells us that it is really important to listen directly to those affected, not so-called ‘experts’. The children and young people we have worked with are the experts and their experience is really valuable for policymakers and practitioners in addressing flooding, which is the most severe environmental risk facing the UK.
AB - Our work in Kingston-upon-Hull in the UK with people affected by the huge 2007 floods revealed that nobody was paying much attention to children and young people. It showed that the children experienced different kinds of problems, particularly with recovery. So after the 2013/14 winter floods in England we wanted to work closely with a wide age range of children and young people to find out their ideas for how they could be better supported before, during and after floods. Disaster research tells us that it is really important to listen directly to those affected, not so-called ‘experts’. The children and young people we have worked with are the experts and their experience is really valuable for policymakers and practitioners in addressing flooding, which is the most severe environmental risk facing the UK.
KW - Youth engagement
KW - Disaster management
KW - Flooding
KW - Recovery and resilience
M3 - Article
VL - Disasters and Democracy
SP - 1
EP - 3
JO - Newsletter for Foundation for Democracy and Sustainable Development
JF - Newsletter for Foundation for Democracy and Sustainable Development
PB - Foundation for Democracy and Sustainable Development
ER -