Disaster Risk Reduction
Disasters constitute significant threats to at-risk communities around the world, with their potential harm increasing with increased human vulnerability and the effects of climate change. Disaster risk reduction [DRR] policies, actions intended to reduce the loss of life and reduce economic loss after natural disasters, save between $7 and $14 for every dollar spent. Given their considerable benefits, why do many at-risk communities refrain from implementing DRR policies?
A book manuscript (with Douglas A. Van Belle) and a series of articles and working papers examine the politics of disaster risk reduction, focusing on the intersection of news media, politics, and public opinion to explain variation in the adoption of DRR policies.
Publications and Works in Progress:
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Thomas Jamieson and Douglas A. Van Belle. 2022. That Could Be Us: News Media, Politics, and Disaster Risk Reduction. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, forthcoming.
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Thomas Jamieson. 2016. "Disastrous Measures: Conceptualizing and Measuring Disaster Risk Reduction." International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 19: 399-412.
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Thomas Jamieson and Douglas A. Van Belle. 2018. “Agenda Setting, Localization and the Third-Person Effect: An Experimental Study of When News Content Will Directly Influence Public Policy Demands.” Political Science 70(1): 58-91.
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Thomas Jamieson and Douglas A. Van Belle. 2019. "How Development Affects News Media Coverage of Earthquakes: Implications for Disaster Risk Reduction in Observing Communities." Sustainability 11(7): 1970.
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Thomas Jamieson and Douglas A. Van Belle. "Resilience-Focused Journalism: The Motivations, Tactics, and Impact of the Los Angeles Times Coverage of Earthquake Risk." Environmental Communication, forthcoming.
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(with Reyna L. Reyes-Nunez). “Who Prepares? Earthquake Risk, Vulnerability, and Individual Behavior in California.”
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(with Whitney Hua and EMGT 3040 students). “The Moral Foundations of Federal Disaster Preparedness Spending.”