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The post disaster city: crisis politics and social change in community led earthquake recovery
Title | The post disaster city: crisis politics and social change in community led earthquake recovery |
Publication Type | Thesis |
Year of Publication | 2019 |
Authors | Cretney, R |
Academic Department | Global, Urban and Social Sciences |
Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
Date Published | 08/2017 |
University | RMIT University |
City | Melbourne |
Thesis Type | Doctorate |
Keywords | communities, disaster studies, disasters, Emergency management, health and safety |
Abstract | Disasters are events of considerable disruption and disturbance. These destructive events rupture perceptions of normality, and in so doing, shed light on obscured and normalised aspects of society. While communities are commonly understood as first responders to disaster, this thesis presents research that deepens our understanding of how communities engage with recovery and how this influences forms of social and political change. In this context, I draw on critical geographies of crisis and hope to frame the potential that emerges from disruption to foster different forms of change. This involves an understanding of the complex dynamics of political and social change in response to disaster, as well as the inter-connected relationship between community led recovery and the actions of the state in responding to crisis. Through investigating this contestation and politicisation, I provide a rich empirical case study to ground the discourses and practices of a politics of crisis and hope at the everyday level. |
URL | https://researchbank.rmit.edu.au/view/rmit:162124 |