Volltext herunterladen
(1.007 MB)
Zitationshinweis
Bitte beziehen Sie sich beim Zitieren dieses Dokumentes immer auf folgenden Persistent Identifier (PID):
https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-57422-2
Export für Ihre Literaturverwaltung
Emergency drills for drought response: a case study in Guatemala
[Zeitschriftenartikel]
Abstract Drills are an important element of disaster management, helping to increase preparedness and reduce the risk of real-time failure. Yet they are not systematically applied to slow-onset disasters such as drought, which cause damage that is not immediately apparent and thus do not solicit immediate ac... mehr
Drills are an important element of disaster management, helping to increase preparedness and reduce the risk of real-time failure. Yet they are not systematically applied to slow-onset disasters such as drought, which cause damage that is not immediately apparent and thus do not solicit immediate action. This case study evaluates how drills inform institutional responses to slow-onset disasters. We focus on Guatemala, a country where drought has severe impacts on livelihoods and food security of small farmers. Implementing part of the Ministry of Agriculture institutional response plan for drought, we explore how drills can help to detect issues in drought emergency response and to obtain an institutional focus on improvements in preparedness. Findings show that emergency drills alone do not trigger institutional improvement if unsupported by a wider strategy aiming at improvement of protocols and capacities. They are valuable, however, in making problems transparent and in creating space for discussion.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Guatemala; Katastrophenschutz; Dürre; institutionelle Faktoren; Fallstudie; Institutionalisierung; Simulation; Organisationsanalyse; Organisationshandeln; öffentlicher Sektor
Klassifikation
Ökologie und Umwelt
Organisationssoziologie, Militärsoziologie
Freie Schlagwörter
Slow-onset disaster; organizationa capacity building; emergency drill; Notfallübung
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2019
Seitenangabe
23 S.
Zeitschriftentitel
Disasters (2019)
Status
Preprint; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
Deposit Licence - Keine Weiterverbreitung, keine Bearbeitung