Inclusive Emergency Communications in Multilingual Contexts
Disaster Risk Reduction in Practice
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Beschreibung
This book explores what is required to adopt an inclusive approach to emergency communications in multilingual and multicultural societies. The increased frequency and severity of emergencies such as floods, fires and heatwaves is occurring at the same time that complex migration patterns are producing diverse multilingual and multicultural populations. This convergence raises two crucial questions: What does best practice now look like in emergency communications? And what are the barriers to doing this well?
Drawing on multidisciplinary expertise and reflecting on interviews with people from migrant and refugee backgrounds, the arguments engage with the role and limitations of new technologies in emergency communication, as well as the challenges of social inclusion of vulnerable populations during emergency situations. This research offers important conceptual insights as well as practical guidance for leaders involved in emergency planning and disaster risk reduction.
Raelene Wilding is Professor of Sociology at La Trobe University, Australia.
Natalie Araújo is a Senior Lecturer in Anthropology and Development Studies at La Trobe University, Australia.
Sabrina Gupta is Senior Lecturer in Public Health at La Trobe University, Australia.
Samantha Clune is a Senior Research Fellow at La Trobe University, Australia.
Emma Koster is an international and community development practitioner, technologist, and adjunct research fellow at La Trobe University, Australia.
This book explores what is required to adopt an inclusive approach to emergency communications in multilingual and multicultural societies. The increased frequency and severity of emergencies such as floods, fires and heatwaves is occurring at the same time that complex migration patterns are producing diverse multilingual and multicultural populations. This convergence raises two crucial questions: What does best practice now look like in emergency communications? And what are the barriers to doing this well?
Drawing on multidisciplinary expertise and reflecting on interviews with people from migrant and refugee backgrounds, the arguments engage with the role and limitations of new technologies in emergency communication, as well as the challenges of social inclusion of vulnerable populations during emergency situations. This research offers important conceptual insights as well as practical guidance for leaders involved in emergency planning and disaster risk reduction.
Uses an interdisciplinary approach to understand the challenges of disaster communications in multilingual societies Employs case studies and insights from lived experience to illustrate the complexities of emergency communication Provides a set of recommendations informed by theories of social inclusion and communicative justice
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Raelene Wilding
Themen in »Inclusive Emergency Communications in Multilingual Contexts«
disaster studies regional communities multicultural communities emergency information and alerts fires floods heatwaves climate change adaptation social inclusion climate justice emergency communication systems climate-related disasters Australia new technologies in emergency communication vulnerable populations