Управление при бедствия в България: два случая на скорошни наводнения от юни 2023 г..
Disaster Management in Bulgaria: Two Cases of Recent Floods from June 2023
Author(s): Vanya IvanovaSubject(s): Anthropology, Social Sciences, Customs / Folklore, Sociology, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure , Family and social welfare, Rural and urban sociology, Environmental interactions, Ethnic Minorities Studies, Identity of Collectives
Published by: Институт за етнология и фолклористика с Етнографски музей при БАН
Keywords: disasters; management; floods; Bulgaria; Berkovitsa; Etropole
Summary/Abstract: The article presents and analyses disaster management in Bulgaria with a focus on floods based on two recent examples in the town of Berkovitsa and the town of Etropole from June 2023. An overview is given of definitions, strategic documents, and legislation at the national and local level on disaster management mechanisms in particular floods and the key actors on the ground. The article discusses the idea, put forward by Lisa Irene Saban, that public administration can facilitate the possibility of mutual empowerment between structures ' above’ (state apparatus) and ‘below’ (volunteers, residents in general) through collaboration with active civil society associations during natural disasters. Based on the tracking of the two flood cases, the article traces the stages that characterize the management process: (1)preparing for a disaster before it occurs, (2) developing disaster response measures, and (3)relief and recovery after natural disasters occur.
Journal: Българска етнология
- Issue Year: 2023
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 339-356
- Page Count: 18
- Language: Bulgarian