Designing Knowledge Economies for Disaster Resilience

Case Studies from the African Diaspora

Buch | Hardcover

244 Seiten

2023
Berghahn Books (Verlag)
978-1-80539-170-8 (ISBN)

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Disaster research has been studied from many angles, seldom targeting its implications for vulnerable territories in Africa. Entities most subject to the effects of climate change are often undeveloped and located in disadvantaged regions. Post-disaster communities need to scrutinize the social, political, economic, and cultural structures that stagnate sustainable growth. Acknowledging that low economic development and high climate costs cannot coexist, this collected volume interrogates the challenge for disaster-prone territories to determine strategies for restructuring and redesigning their environment. This book proposes the creation of knowledge economies, whereby empowered communities may produce innovative knowledge translatable across the African diaspora.

Pamela Waldron-Moore is a Professor at Xavier University of Louisiana. Among her research interests are the political economy of development, gendered disparity, and climate justice. She is a recipient of Keynote Speaker awards for research on women and, also, the prestigious Jewel Prestage Mentorship Award from the National Conference of Black Political Scientists.

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Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1. Knowledge Production for Disaster Recovery

Pamela Waldron-Moore

Chapter 2. Conceptual Framework: Knowledge Capital in the African Diaspora

Pamela Waldron-Moore

Chapter 3. Louisiana: Collaborative Energies and Post-Disaster Solutions

Jessica Dandridge and Yeishka Montalvo

Chapter 4. Haiti: Building Social Capital through Media Connectivity

Shearon Roberts

Chapter 5. Rwanda: Socio-Cultural Practices for Resilience and Recovery

Samuel Habimana and Emmanuel Biracyaza

Chapter 6. Sankofa: A Model of Sustainable Development

Pamela Waldron-Moore

Chapter 7. Epilogue: Post-Disaster Solutions for Development

Pamela Waldron-Moore

Appendix I

Appendix II

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	17.10.2023
Reihe/Serie	Catastrophes in Context
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-80539-170-4 / 1805391704
ISBN-13	978-1-80539-170-8 / 9781805391708
Zustand	Neuware