Local responses to disasters: Recent lessons from zero-order responders

Author(s)
Briones, F., Vachon, R. and Glantz, M.
Publication language
English
Pages
6pp
Date published
21 Sep 2018
Publisher
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal
Type
Articles
Keywords
Disaster preparedness, resilience and risk reduction, Disaster preparedness
Link
https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/DPM-05-2018-0151/full/html

The purpose of this paper is to define and discuss the concept of zero-order responders (ZOR). It explores the potential lessons and the additive value that assimilation of responses of disaster-affected people into disaster risk reduction (DRR) and disaster risk management (DRM) programs can provide.