What We Measure Matters: The Case of the Missing Development Data in Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction Monitoring

Chmutina, Ksenia; Von Meding, Jason; Sandoval, Vicente; Boyland, Michael; Forino, Giuseppe; Cheek, Wesley; Williams, Alexander; Gonzalez-Muzzio, Claudia; Tomassi, Isabella; Páez, •Holmes; Marchezini, • Victor

Abstract

The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030's (SFDRR) framing moved away from disaster risk as a natural phenomenon to the examination of the inequality and injustice at the root of human vulnerability to hazards and disasters. Yet, its achievements have not seriously challenged the long-established capitalist systems of oppression that hinder the development leading to disaster risk creation. This article is an exploratory mapping exercise of and a collective reflection on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and SFDRR indicators-and their use in measuring progress towards disaster risk reduction (DRR). We highlight that despite the rhetoric of vulnerability, the measurement of progress towards DRR remains event/haz-ard-centric. We argue that the measurement of disaster risk could be greatly enhanced by the integration of development data in future iterations of global DRR frameworks for action.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Nov 5, 2021
• Online Publication Date: Nov 19, 2021
• Publication Date: 2021-12
• Deposit Date: Aug 22, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Sep 19, 2024
• Journal: International Journal of Disaster Risk Science
• Print ISSN: 2095-0055
• Electronic ISSN: 2192-6395
• Publisher: Springer Verlag
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 12
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 779-789
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13753-021-00382-2
• Keywords: Development dynamics; Disaster risk root causes; Sendai framework for disaster risk reduction; Sustainable development goals