An Introduction to Disability Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction

This first of its kind volume introduces Disability Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction (DIDRR) in unprecedented critical and interdisciplinary ways covering the complex conceptual, theoretical and practice terrain.

Shaun Grech (PhD) is Director of The Critical Institute (Malta), Affiliate Associate Professor with the Department of International Relations at the University of Malta; Honorary Associate Professor in the Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Cape Town; and Global Technical Lead on Social Protection with CBM Christian Blind Mission. Jörg Weber (PhD), is Senior Global Advisor of Community-Based Inclusive Development at CBM Christian Blind Mission and Honorary Research Associate in the Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Cape Town.

1.Disability Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction: Laying the terrain. 2.The state of discourse: Critical readings on Disability Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction. 3.Assessing the International Regime of Protection for Persons with Disabilities in Disasters. 4.Eco-ableism and climate change justice for persons with disabilities in the global south: Charting the legal terrain. 5.Climate Change, Disasters and Disability: A Critical View and the Implications for Disability Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction. 6.Disability, intersectionality, and equity: Thinking about the interaction between disability and other identities in disaster risk reduction policy and practice. 7.Voice and responsiveness at the intersection of gender, disability and disasters. 8.It's a disaster for us too! Disabled children in disaster contexts- challenges and needs. 9.Disability meets natural-hazard related disasters during violent conflict and forced migration. 10.Uncovering Barriers, Enablers and Pathways for Action in DIDRR. 11.Disability Inclusive Humanitarian action meets DIDRR: critical thoughts on the nexus. 12.Disability-inclusive warnings. 13.Assistive Technology in Disaster-Affected and Humanitarian Settings. 14.Inclusive education and school preparedness during COVID-19: Impacts and lessons learnt. 15.Reflections on Practice: The Gaibandha Model on How to Leave No One Behind in disasters. 16.Unpacking collaboration in disability-inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction: Are we doing it the right way? 17.Politics matter for disability inclusive disaster risk reduction: coordinating policy and practice. 18.The potentials, challenges, and implications of DiDRR research with persons with disabilities in the global South.