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Identifying Emerging Issues in Disaster Risk Reduction, Migration, Climate Change and Sustainable Development

Shaping Debates and Policies

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Editors:
  1. Karen Sudmeier-Rieux

    1. Risk-group - Institute of Earth Sciences Faculty of Geosciences and Environment, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

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  2. Manuela Fernández

    1. Institute of Geography and Sustainability Faculty of Geosciences and Environment, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

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  3. Ivanna M. Penna

    1. Geological Survey of Norway, Trondheim, Norway

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  4. Michel Jaboyedoff

    1. Risk-group - Institute of Earth Sciences Faculty of Geosciences and Environment, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

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  5. J.C. Gaillard

    1. School of Environment, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

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  • Addresses the nexus between migration, climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction within the context of sustainable development

  • Provides a systematic discussion of differential risk processes and outcomes for mobile and non-mobile populations affected by the population movements

  • Discusses how to shape disaster risk reduction policies that are more effective considering migration challenges

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Introduction: Exploring Linkages Between Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change Adaptation, Migration and Sustainable Development

    • Karen Sudmeier-Rieux, Manuela Fernández, J. C. Gaillard, Lorenzo Guadagno, Michel Jaboyedoff
    Pages 1-11

  3. Human Mobility in a Socio-Environmental Context: Complex Effects on Environmental Risk

    • Lorenzo Guadagno
    Pages 13-31

  4. Disaster Risk Reduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 33-33
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    2. Disaster Risk Reduction in the Era of “Homeland Security”: The Struggle for Precautionary, Preventive, and Non-violent Approaches

      • Kenneth Hewitt
      Pages 35-51

    3. Water-Related Risks in the Area of Dakar, Senegal: Coastal Aquifers Exposed to Climate Change and Rapid Urban Development

      • Hans-Rudolf Pfeifer, Alex Amiguet, Vibeke Brandvold, Silwan Daouk, Anne Gueye-Girardet, Carmen Hitz et al.
      Pages 53-65

    4. Dike Risk: Revealing the Academic Links Between Disaster Risk Reduction, Sustainable Development, Climate Change, and Migration

      • Patrick Pigeon
      Pages 67-80

    5. Jakarta: Mumbai—Two Megacities Facing Floods Engaged in a Marginalization Process of Slum Areas

      • Pauline Texier-Teixeira, Emilie Edelblutte
      Pages 81-99

    6. The Necessity of Early Warning Articulated Systems (EWASs): Critical Issues Beyond Response

      • Irasema Alcántara-Ayala, Anthony Oliver-Smith
      Pages 101-124

  5. Migration

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-125
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    2. Applications of Disaster Risk Reduction Principles and Operational Mechanisms to Migration in Contexts of Instability

      • Andrew E. Collins
      Pages 127-144

    3. Linking Migration, Mobility, and Development for Strengthening Adaptation to Climate and Disaster Risks: Reflections from Nepal

      • Bishnu Raj Upreti, Gitta Shrestha
      Pages 145-160

    4. Overcoming Land Tenure Barriers in Shelter and Other Reconstruction Activities in Post-disaster Settings

      • Ina Rehema Jahn, Lorenzo Guadagno, Ethel Gandia, Valentin Bonnefoy
      Pages 161-176

    5. Impacts of Outmigration on Land Management in a Nepali Mountain Area

      • Gudrun Schwilch, Anu Adhikari, Michel Jaboyedoff, Stéphanie Jaquet, Raoul Kaenzig, Hanspeter Liniger et al.
      Pages 177-194

  6. Climate Change Adaptation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 195-195
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    2. Reflections on Disaster Diplomacy for Climate Change and Migration

      • Ilan Kelman
      Pages 197-210

    3. Local Knowledge for Addressing Climate Change Risks at Local Level: A Case Study from Nepal

      • Sanjaya Devkota, Ajay Chandra Lal
      Pages 211-230

    4. Building Farm Resilience in a Changing Climate: Challenges, Potentials, and Ways Forward for Smallholder Cocoa Production in Bolivia

      • Johanna Jacobi, Patrick Bottazzi, Maria Isabel Pillco, Monika Schneider, Stephan Rist
      Pages 231-247

    5. The Role of Traditional Knowledge to Frame Understanding of Migration as Adaptation to the “Slow Disaster” of Sea Level Rise in the South Pacific

      • Keith Morrison
      Pages 249-266

    6. Conclusions: Linking Sustainable Development, Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change Adaptation, and Migration—Policy Implications and Outlook

      • Karen Sudmeier-Rieux, Manuela Fernández, J. C. Gaillard, Michel Jaboyedoff, Ivanna M. Penna
      Pages 267-275
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About this book

The goal of this book is to explore disaster risk reduction (DRR), migration, climate change adaptation  (CCA) and sustainable development linkages from a number of different geographical, social and natural science angles. Well-known scientists and practitioners present different perspectives regarding these inter-linkages from around the world, with theoretical discussions as well as field observations.  This publication contributes in particular to the discussion on the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR) 2015-2030 and the debate about how to improve DRR, including CCA, policies and practices, taking into account migration processes from a large perspective where both natural and social factors are crucial and mutually “alloyed”.  Some authors see the SFDRR as a positive step forward in terms of embracing a multitude of issues, others doubting that the agreement will lead to much concrete action toward real action on the ground. This book is a timely contribution for researchers, students and policy makers in the fields of environment, human geography, migration, disaster and climate change studies who seek a more comprehensive grasp of contemporary development issues.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Risk-group - Institute of Earth Sciences Faculty of Geosciences and Environment, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Karen Sudmeier-Rieux, Michel Jaboyedoff

  • Institute of Geography and Sustainability Faculty of Geosciences and Environment, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Manuela Fernández

  • Geological Survey of Norway, Trondheim, Norway

    Ivanna M. Penna

  • School of Environment, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

    J.C. Gaillard

About the editors

Dr. Michel Jaboyedoff is a geologist and has a degree in physics and a PhD degree in clay mineralogy. Since 2005, he is a full professor at the University of Lausanne, focusing his research on natural hazards and related risks. He is working on integrated risk analysis in Switzerland and developing countries, looking at the impact of hazards on society. Ms. Manuela Fernandez has a degree in political science from the University of Buenos Aires (Argentina) and a Master’s degree in Geography from the University of Lausanne (Switzerland). She is currently completing a PhD at the University of Lausanne. Prof. J. C. Gaillard is Associate Professor at The University of Auckland in New Zealand. His present work focuses on developing participatory tools for disaster risk reduction and in involving marginalized groups in disaster-related activities with an emphasis on ethnicity, gender, prisoners and homeless people. JC Gaillard also collaborates in participatory mapping and community-based DRR trainings with NGOs, local governments and community-based organizations in Asia and the Pacific. Dr. Ivanna M. Penna is a researcher at the University of Lausanne, Centre for Research on Terrestrial Environments of the University of Lausanne. She completed her PhD at the Department of Geological Sciences from the University of Buenos Aires (Argentina), on large landslide occurrence in the Southern Central Andes of Argentina, with a specialization on assessment and management of geological and climate related risk, at the University of Geneva (Switzerland). Dr. Karen Sudmeier-Rieux is a senior researcher at the University of Lausanne, Centre for Research on Terrestrial Environment where she manages two research projects on landslide risk, bio-engineering, migration, resilience and vulnerability of mountain communities in Western Nepal.

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