Thesis
Evaluating the assessment of the UNISDR disaster risk reduction framework: past, present and future
Master of Science (M.S.), Drexel University
Jun 2015
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17918/etd-6565
Abstract
The goal of this paper is to critically evaluate and discuss the ways in which the success of disaster risk reduction is defined, and assessed in the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR). The UNISDR was created in 1999 as the first and largest organization to address Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) on a global scale. Its presence and influence has thrived and evolved on the vision and purpose of ensuring the implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction (ISDRR), established in 2005, with an emphasis on promoting a "culture of prevention."1 This non-governmental organization is politically and financially supported by initiatives from the ISDR Support Group. This ensures the sharing of information and resources between the UNISDR and all UN Member states in the field of Disaster Risk Reduction. The following research will discuss the public perception of the organization in their disaster reduction efforts through the UNISDR Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters (HFA) Midterm Review (MTR) assessment tools, and the roles of different actors involved in the assessments. Using the Science, Technology, and Society (STS) co-production framework of knowledge, and its implications on the dichotomous relationship between expert and non-expert individuals in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) policy decision-making, I evaluate the role and input of stakeholders and disaster community members. I focus on their contribution to the knowledge gained from the United Nations' disaster assessment tools, as well as improvements of the HFA. Research on DRR and the frameworks introduce by the UNISDR have often been the topic of discussion, without much thought on the processes and individuals involved in assessing the effectiveness of these frameworks. This research will shed some light on this topic by examining the stakeholders of DRR, the characters behind the assessments, and the opportunities and barriers to change using the guidelines and policies of the HFA.
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- Title
- Evaluating the assessment of the UNISDR disaster risk reduction framework
- Creators
- Aminata Sall Diallo - DU
- Contributors
- Scott Gabriel Knowles (Advisor) - Drexel University (1970-)
- Awarding Institution
- Drexel University
- Degree Awarded
- Master of Science (M.S.)
- Publisher
- Drexel University; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Resource Type
- Thesis
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- College of Arts and Sciences; Drexel University; Center for Science, Technology, and Society
- Other Identifier
- 6565; 991014632524904721