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Assessing hazards and disaster risk on the coast for Pacific small island developing States: The need for a data-driven approach.

Brown, S., Hanson, S.E., Sear, D., Hill, C. and Hutton, C.W., 2022. Assessing hazards and disaster risk on the coast for Pacific small island developing States: The need for a data-driven approach. Anthropocene Coasts, 5, 5.

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Official URL: https://www.springer.com/journal/44218/

DOI: 10.1007/s44218-022-00005-3

Abstract

Small island developing States, such as those in the Pacific, are often prone to multiple hazards that have potential to result in disaster and / or restrict development. Hazard data can be limited in resolution or omitted in or near SIDS’ coasts, but a growing and improved range of datasets are becoming available. Through an analysis of approximately 100 policy documents on hazards and disaster risk management in Pacific island nations, we found: limited information on hazards and how they manifest to disasters at local levels, thus not fully connecting driver and subsequent risk; at times a non-specific multi-hazard approach prompting needs to address more specific hazards; and restricted temporal and spatial scales of analysis that potentially limit continuity of actions where mitigation methods evolve. These limitations suggest that appropriate and timely high resolution hazard data, is needed from the top-down to underpin the design and development of local disaster risk management plans, simultaneous to local, bottom-up knowledge and interpretation to bring the realities of such hazard data to life. Developing and ensuring openly available hazard data will enable island States to develop more robust, inclusive disaster risk management plans and mitigation policies, plus aid inter-island comparison for communal learning.

Item Type:Article
ISSN:2561-4150
Uncontrolled Keywords:Data, small islands, hazard, disasters, risk, risk management, disaster planning
Group:Faculty of Science & Technology
ID Code:37392
Deposited By: Symplectic RT2
Deposited On:31 Aug 2022 08:38
Last Modified:28 Sep 2022 11:03

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