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Regan
Potangaroa (Auckland
University of Technology - AUT), Kelvin Zuo (Massey University), Suzanne Wilkinson (AUT) explain why
experience-led knowledge from the field, when triangulated with contemporaneous
documentation, can constitute evidence for understanding post-disaster
reconstruction systems. People working within reconstruction environments (engineers,
builders, logisticians and community actors) provide crucial observations about
how reconstruction systems function in practice, particularly supply chains,
material flows, procurement and governance in post-disaster rebuilding. Integrating
this knowledge can lead to better outcomes.
Kristen
MacAskill(University of Cambridge) andLianne
Dalziel(University of Canterbury) explain capabilities
(and the associated capacity) are essential for preparedness. Capacity for both physical
infrastructure and organisational / institutional response are
necessary. This commentary focuses primarily on institutional capacity for
disaster risk management, and the positive (if slow) developments in the value
that is being placed on preparedness.
Latest Commentaries
Disaster Reconstruction: Practitioner Insights Improve Outcomes
Regan Potangaroa (Auckland University of Technology - AUT), Kelvin Zuo (Massey University), Suzanne Wilkinson (AUT) explain why experience-led knowledge from the field, when triangulated with contemporaneous documentation, can constitute evidence for understanding post-disaster reconstruction systems. People working within reconstruction environments (engineers, builders, logisticians and community actors) provide crucial observations about how reconstruction systems function in practice, particularly supply chains, material flows, procurement and governance in post-disaster rebuilding. Integrating this knowledge can lead to better outcomes.
Preparedness for Recovery
Kristen MacAskill (University of Cambridge) and Lianne Dalziel (University of Canterbury) explain capabilities (and the associated capacity) are essential for preparedness. Capacity for both physical infrastructure and organisational / institutional response are necessary. This commentary focuses primarily on institutional capacity for disaster risk management, and the positive (if slow) developments in the value that is being placed on preparedness.