Kelman, I;
(2018)
Lost for Words Amongst Disaster Risk Science Vocabulary?
International Journal of Disaster Risk Science
, 9
(3)
pp. 281-291.
10.1007/s13753-018-0188-3.
Preview |
Text
Kelman_2018_Article_LostForWordsAmongstDisasterRis.pdf - Published Version Download (479kB) | Preview |
Abstract
Like other subjects, disaster risk science has developed its own vocabulary with glossaries. Some keywords, such as resilience, have an extensive literature on definitions, meanings, and interpretations. Other terms have been less explored. This article investigates core disaster risk science vocabulary that has not received extensive attention in terms of examining the meanings, interpretations, and connotations based on key United Nations glossaries. The terms covered are hazard, vulnerability, disaster risk, and the linked concepts of disaster risk reduction and disaster risk management. Following a presentation and analysis of the glossary-based definitions, discussion draws out understandings of disasters and disaster risk science, which the glossaries do not fully provide in depth, especially vulnerability and disasters as processes. Application of the results leads to considering the possibility of a focus on risk rather than disaster risk while simplifying vocabulary by moving away from disaster risk reduction and disaster risk management.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Lost for Words Amongst Disaster Risk Science Vocabulary? |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s13753-018-0188-3 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13753-018-0188-3 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © The Author(s) 2018 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. |
| Keywords: | Disaster risk, Disaster risk management (DRM), Disaster risk reduction (DRR), Hazard, Vulnerability |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Inst for Risk and Disaster Reduction |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10057195 |
Archive Staff Only
 |
View Item |
