Disaster politics: tipping points for change in the adaptation of sociopolitical regimes

摘要

Calls from the climate change community and a more widespread concern for humansecurity have reawakened the interest of geographers and others in disaster politics. A legacy ofgeographical research on the political causes and consequences of disaster is reviewed and built onto formulate a framework for the analysis of post-disaster political space. This is constructed aroundthe notion of a contested social contract. The Marmara earthquake, Turkey, is used to illustratethe framework and provide empirical detail on the multiple scales and time phasing of post-disasterpolitical change. Priorities for a future research agenda in disaster politics are proposed.