Sustainable Education and Approaches in Disaster Recovery

Dear Colleagues,

Disasters, such as droughts, wildfires, floods, hurricanes, and pandemics, are increasing in frequency, intensity, and scope worldwide and causing catastrophic impacts on communities. The United Nations (UN) Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015‒2030 indicates that disasters have become a major threat to the UN’s sustainable development goals. Post-disaster reconstruction and recovery can bring valuable opportunities for affected individuals, families, and communities to learn from disaster events and build individual and collective coping capacities for future extreme events. Different approaches, including research, practice, education, and policy, play critical roles in building these individual and collective coping capacities, in order to achieve resilience and sustainability. Hence, this Special Issue aims to provide an opportunity for international hazards and disaster research, practice, policymaking, and education to share the current state and progress, identify gaps and promising practices and strategies, and reflect on future directions needed in the field of disaster recovery and sustainable development for all.

The editors have identified the following “sub-themes” for this Special Issue for contributors to consider, although this should not be regarded as an exhaustive list:

Sustainable Education topics

• What training and pedagogical strategies are promising for addressing sustainability in disaster recovery and related issues in supporting communities, especially vulnerable and marginalized communities, to build their resilience capacities?
• What is the role of sustainable education in preparing the next generation of practitioners in disaster recovery?

Practice Research topics:

• What are the means, methods, and measures of disaster recovery at the individual, household, community, and society levels?
• How can disaster recovery challenges be addressed through sustainable education, training, and professional development?

Policymaking and Innovation topics:

• How can we promote collaboration between governmental agencies and non-governmental organizations to advance disaster recovery and sustainable development?
• What innovations are advancing sustainability in disaster recovery practice and policy?

Sustainable Development Goals and Disaster Recovery topics:

• How can disaster recovery efforts advance progress to achieve the sustainable development goals?
• What is the relationship between disaster risk reduction, resilience, and the sustainable development goals?

Dr. Julie Drolet
Dr. Haorui Wu
Guest Editors

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