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Abstract
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This paper aims to explore the conceptual, tactical and institutional tensions between short-term and long-term engagement of humanitarian actors in the built environment, as framed through disaster resilience and transformative adaptation, respectively. The paper seeks to synthesize a more resolute understanding of the limits and challenges associated with each concept in the advancement of analytical and practical clarity.
Design/methodology/approach
This commentary paper is based, in part, on a literature review in disaster resilience, humanitarian design and planning and climate change adaptation scholarship.
Findings
This commentary paper highlights some of the critical weaknesses associated with a disaster resilience framing of humanitarian design and planning in the built environment.
Originality/value
The value of this viewpoint paper is to challenge the short-term, single equilibrium applications of disaster resilience in favor of longer-term perspectives associated with transformative adaptation. The intent is not to highlight a conceptual inferiority but to position these concepts as point and counter-point with the potential for complimentary and conflicting applications.
Keywords:
Resilience, Climate change, Transformation, Institutional design, Adaptation, Humanitarian assistance
Type:
Viewpoint
Publisher:
Emerald Publishing Limited
Received:
16 April 2017
Revised:
21 December 2017, 11 January 2018
Accepted:
12 January 2018
Copyright:
© Emerald Publishing Limited 2018
Published by Emerald Publishing Limited
Licensed re-use rights only
Language: en |