TY - JOUR
T1 - Psychological vulnerability as an integral component of comprehensive vulnerability assessment
T2 - Informing policy and practice in disaster risk reduction
AU - Jogia, Jigar
AU - Wedawatta, Gayan
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Science can be utilised to mitigate risk and vulnerability throughout the disaster management cycle. The risk of a disaster depends not only on the hazard but also on the psychological, social and environmental vulnerability of exposed communities. Through a review of existing knowledge on evidence-based methods for assessing vulnerability in communities, it was found that psychological vulnerability is seldom considered in such assessments. We argue that psychological aspects play a key role in how people and communities perceive and respond to disaster events. Building infrastructure to assess vulnerability in a comprehensive manner is essential to inform policy and practice in disaster risk reduction. Better understanding of these complex relationships and the role of psychological vulnerability in reducing risk and building the resilience of nations and communities to disasters requires interdisciplinary approaches cutting across fields such as science, psychology, health, environment, economics, engineering and technology.
AB - Science can be utilised to mitigate risk and vulnerability throughout the disaster management cycle. The risk of a disaster depends not only on the hazard but also on the psychological, social and environmental vulnerability of exposed communities. Through a review of existing knowledge on evidence-based methods for assessing vulnerability in communities, it was found that psychological vulnerability is seldom considered in such assessments. We argue that psychological aspects play a key role in how people and communities perceive and respond to disaster events. Building infrastructure to assess vulnerability in a comprehensive manner is essential to inform policy and practice in disaster risk reduction. Better understanding of these complex relationships and the role of psychological vulnerability in reducing risk and building the resilience of nations and communities to disasters requires interdisciplinary approaches cutting across fields such as science, psychology, health, environment, economics, engineering and technology.
KW - Disaster risk reduction
KW - Resilience
KW - vulnerability and resilience paradigms
KW - Mental health
KW - Psychological impact
KW - Disaster management
KW - vulnerability identification
KW - Socio-economic
KW - Environmental Impact
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85082319885&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1504/IJWOE.2019.105797
DO - 10.1504/IJWOE.2019.105797
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85082319885
VL - 10
SP - 232
EP - 245
JO - International Journal of Work Organisation and Emotion
JF - International Journal of Work Organisation and Emotion
SN - 1740-8938
IS - 3
ER -