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Title: | Integration of Indigenous Knowledge and Disaster Risk Reduction: A Case Study from Baie Martelli, Pentecost Island, Vanuatu | Contributor(s): | Walshe, Rory A (author); Nunn, Patrick (author) | Publication Date: | 2012 | Open Access: | Yes | DOI: | 10.1007/s13753-012-0019-x![]() |
Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/12205 | Abstract: | Despite reaching heights of >6 m and destroying a sizeable coastal settlement at the head of Baie Martelli (Pentecost Island, Vanuatu, South Pacific), the 26 November 1999 tsunamis caused only five fatalities from a threatened population of about 300 persons, most of whom fled inland and upslope before the waves struck. This remarkable survival rate is attributed to both indigenous knowledge, largely in the form of kastom knowledge, and information obtained from a video about tsunamis that was shown in the area three weeks earlier. Interviews with 55 persons who experienced this tsunami suggest that indigenous knowledge about tsunami risk and response in Baie Martelli was well known among key members of the community and was probably largely responsible for the appropriate response. Future strategies for disaster risk reduction should involve maintaining such indigenous knowledge in such communities and supplementing this where needed with scientific knowledge filtered through indigenous culture and language. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 3(4), p. 185-194 | Publisher: | SpringerOpen | Place of Publication: | Germany | ISSN: | 2192-6395 2095-0055 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 200210 Pacific Cultural Studies 040604 Natural Hazards |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 451304 Pacific Peoples cultural history 370903 Natural hazards |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 950201 Communication Across Languages and Culture 961006 Natural Hazards in Marine Environments |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 130201 Communication across languages and culture | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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