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MANAGING RISK IN SMALL STEPS: ACHIEVING LANDSLIDE RISK REDUCTION BY STRATEGIC INCREMENTALISM IN THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN
Author(s) -
Anderson Malcolm G.,
Holcombe Elizabeth
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of international development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.533
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1099-1328
pISSN - 0954-1748
DOI - 10.1002/jid.1807
Subject(s) - incrementalism , landslide , reduction (mathematics) , stakeholder engagement , stakeholder , hazard , reduction strategy , business , disaster risk reduction , environmental planning , economics , environmental resource management , political science , geography , computer science , engineering , management , public relations , geometry , geotechnical engineering , mathematics , politics , law , programming language , chemistry , organic chemistry
Understanding landslide processes in developing counties, coupled with community engagement can deliver landslide hazard reduction ‘on the ground’, leading to behavioural change within communities and governments. On this basis, we undertook a ‘strategic incrementalism’ approach to landslide risk reduction. The change achieved in stakeholder engagement was simultaneously a major challenge and the determinant of the project success. However, the resulting stakeholder commitment demonstrates the clear benefit of designing risk reduction measures that deliver research, on‐the‐ground reduction of risk and behavioural change and provides specific evidence that strategic incrementalism is a viable process. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.