TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Addressing challenges for future strategic-level emergency management: reframing, networking, and capacity-building
JO  - Disasters
A1  - Bosomworth, Karyn
A1  - Owen, Christine
A1  - Curnin, Steven
SP  - 306
EP  - 323
VL  - 41
IS  - 2
N2  - The mounting frequency and intensity of natural hazards, alongside growing interdependencies between social-technical and ecological systems, are placing increased pressure on emergency management. This is particularly true at the strategic level of emergency management, which involves planning for and managing non-routine, high-consequence events. Drawing on the literature, a survey, and interviews and workshops with Australia's senior emergency managers, this paper presents an analysis of five core challenges that these pressures are creating for strategic-level emergency management. It argues that emphasising 'emergency management' as a primary adaptation strategy is a retrograde step that ignores the importance of addressing socio-political drivers of vulnerabilities. Three key suggestions are presented that could assist the country's strategic-level emergency management in tackling these challenges: (i) reframe emergency management as a component of disaster risk reduction rather than them being one and the same; (ii) adopt a network governance approach; and (iii) further develop the capacities of strategic-level emergency managers.<br><br>© 2016 The Author(s). Disasters © Overseas Development Institute, 2016.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0361-3666
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/disa.12196
ID  - ref1
ER  -