Disaster Risk and Decision-Making

J.F. Warner*, A.R.P.J. Dewulf

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Abstract

Disasters call for rapid decision-making, with precious little time to select a course of action among several possible alternative options. Disaster risk decision-making is situated in the context of the shifting understandings of decision-making under uncertainty, intensified by climate change. Three research traditions are identified in decision-making: (a) classic analytical decision-making theories, (b) naturalistic decision-making (NDM) and sense-making, and (c) multiple streams and complexity approaches. Crisis decision-making and risk decision-making are increasingly becoming intertwined.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationOxford Research Encyclopedia of Natural Hazard Science
EditorsS.L. Cutter
PublisherOxford University Press
ISBN (Electronic)9780199389407, 0199389403
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 24 May 2023

Publication series

NameOxford Research Encyclopedias
PublisherOxford University Press

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