“A World of Ecology of Disasters in Development in East Asia (WEDiDEA)”
“Integrating Values into Decision-Making By Shifting Worldviews”
OVERVIEW
Governing disasters, such as floods or industrial accidents, is central to achieving sustainable development in East Asia. Across the region, the character and risks of disasters have changed due to industrialization and its legacies, trade, investment, aid, and geopolitics. This research will rethink how we understand, prepare for, and respond to disasters through examining the interconnections created by East Asian regionalism and people’s changing relationship with nature. We focus on cases in Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, and Thailand, and the regional economic, environmental, and disaster governance systems that impact them.
