Jessica Mercer

TL;DR: The battlefield of knowledge and action for disaster risk reduction (DRR) is discussed, outlining the need for a more integrative process consisting of bottom-up and top-down actions, local and scientific knowledge, and a vast array of stakeholders.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify the need for a specific framework identifying how indigenous and western knowledge may be combined to mitigate against the intrinsic effects of environmental processes and therefore reduce the vulnerability of rural indigenous communities in small island developing states (SIDS) to environmental hazards.

TL;DR: This article explored the intersections and overlaps between climate change, disaster risk reduction, and sustainable development to explore the intersection and overlap between vulnerability and resilience, and proposed a vision of the future that ends tribalism and separation in order to achieve common goals for humanity.

TL;DR: In this paper, the importance of older vulnerability and resilience research for contemporary investigations involving climate change, suggesting ways forward without disciplinary blinkers, is explored alongside critiques of the post-disaster "return to normal" paradigm.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the use of participatory research within disaster risk reduction in Papua New Guinea in which participatory techniques were used with indigenous communities to determine strategies for dealing with environmental hazards.