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Indigenous Disaster Knowledge

Indigenous Disaster Knowledge is a body of place-based, culturally transmitted understanding and practices developed by Indigenous communities through long-term interaction with their environments, distinguishing it from external scientific or technical approaches by its holistic integration of ecological, spiritual, and social dimensions in anticipating, mitigating, and responding to disasters.

115

Publications

6.2K

Citations

283

Authors

137

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

52

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Publications

115

Framework for integrating indigenous and scientific knowledge for disaster risk reduction

Jessica Mercer, Ilan Kelman, Lorin Taranis et al. · Disasters · 2009 · 543 citations

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Process for integrating local and indigenous knowledge with science for hydro-meteorological disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in coastal and small island communities

Lisa Hiwasaki, Emmanuel M. Luna, Syamsidik Syamsidik et al. · International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction · 2014 · 428 citations · Full text

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The potential for combining indigenous and western knowledge in reducing vulnerability to environmental hazards in small island developing states

Jessica Mercer, Dale Dominey‐Howes, Ilan Kelman et al. · Environmental Hazards · 2007 · 262 citations

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GIS and local knowledge in disaster management: a case study of flood risk mapping in Viet Nam

Phong Tran, Rajib Shaw, Guillaume Chantry et al. · Disasters · 2008 · 233 citations

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Indigenous knowledge and disaster risk reduction

Ilan Kelman, Jessica Mercer, JC Gaillard · Geography · 2012 · 183 citations

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Authors

283

  1. RS
    Rajib Shaw

    Kyoto University, Japan

    6 publications · 793 citations

    6

    h-index

  2. JM
    Jessica Mercer

    CICERO Center for International Climate Research, Norway

    5 publications · 1.2K citations

    5

    h-index

  3. IK
    Ilan Kelman

    University College London, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 1K citations

    4

    h-index

  4. LH
    Lisa Hiwasaki

    UNESCO, France

    3 publications · 606 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. BB
    Bosco Bwambale

    Mountains of the Moon University, Uganda

    3 publications · 60 citations

    3

    h-index

1–5 of 283

Institutions

137

  1. University of Auckland

    Auckland, New Zealand

    5 h-index

    12 publications

    620 citations

  2. Kyoto University

    Kyoto, Japan

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    981 citations

  3. Universitas Syiah Kuala

    Banda Aceh, Indonesia

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    729 citations

  4. Mountains of the Moon University

    Fort Portal, Uganda

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    120 citations

  5. GNS Science

    Lower Hutt, New Zealand

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    280 citations

  6. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    78 citations

  7. Macquarie University

    Sydney, Australia

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    1.6K citations

  8. University of the South Pacific

    Suva, Fiji

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    140 citations

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Venues

  1. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

    18 publications · 1.3K citations

    17

    h-index

  2. 7

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  3. Disasters

    7 publications · 936 citations

    7

    h-index

  4. Jàmbá Journal of Disaster Risk Studies

    5 publications · 206 citations

    5

    h-index

  5. Natural Hazards

    3 publications · 225 citations

    3

    h-index

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