Design for Emergency Management

This book explores the critical role of design in emergencies, emphasizing the importance of collaboration and diverse representation to prevent disasters. It presents research on how design and design thinking can increase disaster literacy and decrease risk, with chapters highlighting applied research and design guidelines. The book is of interest to scholars and practitioners in emergency management, product and service design, strategic design, design research, co-design, social design, design for change, and human-centered design.

Format: Hardback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 23 November 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This book delves into the intricate relationship between design and emergencies, expanding our understanding and perspectives on the critical role that design plays in mitigating the impact of disasters. Through a combination of theoretical frameworks, practical applications, and a diverse range of interdisciplinary case studies, the book showcases the urgency of ensuring that a wide range of stakeholders, including the public, come together to prevent disasters from occurring.

Design in the context of disasters offers innovative approaches to addressing challenges, providing valuable methods for engaging communities in disaster management and risk reduction. Contributors present the latest research on how collaborative design and design thinking contribute to developing processes and solutions that enhance disaster literacy and decrease disaster risk for individuals and entire communities.

Chapters in the book highlight applied research and implementations of design and design thinking before, during, and after emergencies, resulting in a set of design guidelines derived from best practices. This book appeals to scholars and practitioners in emergency management, product and service design, strategic design, design research, co-design, social design, design for change, and human-centered design.

Chapter 8 of this book is available for free in PDF format as Open Access from the individual product page at www.taylorfrancis.com. It has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license. Funded by Massey University. Chapter 9 of this book is also available for free in PDF format as Open Access from the individual product page at www.taylorfrancis.com. It has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Comm.

Weight: 453g
Dimension: 246 x 174 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032285030