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What might child-centred disaster risk management (DRM) planning
look like? We argue that this would certainly involve a cultural shift
within what is a highly adult-centric and often militaristic milieu,
towards recognition of the value of young people’s experience and
expertise. To examine what this shift involves, we work with two
versions of ‘culture’. The first entails regarding children themselves
as a cultural group, by virtue of being disenfranchised from DRM
matters, which in turn gives children a particular perspective on risk
and disaster. Second, and as we saw from Chapter 1, ‘childhood’ itself
is often universalised, yet children embody all the cultural differences
and diversity found in society as a whole. To help promote culturally
sensitive disaster planning, particularly in a changing and increasingly
diverse Europe, we have developed a resource to assist decision-makers
and practitioners in disaster management work in a more child-friendly
way. This Framework draws directly on what we have learned from
the children and young people participating in the CUIDAR project
(see Figure 4.1). It draws on what they told us they needed to become
resilient; how ‘adultist’ plans should change, and how authorities and
practitioners within DRM need to listen strategically to benefit from
the contributions of children and young people.
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Israel Rodríguez-Giralt, Maggie Mort, Ana Nunes de Almeida and Ana Sofia Ribeiro (2020). Building a framework for child-centred disaster risk management in Europe. In Maggie Mort, Israel Rodriguez-Giralt and Ana Delicado (Eds.), Children and Young People’s Participation in Disaster Risk Reduction Agency and Resilience, pp. 93-117. Bristol University Press.