'Building back better' is neoliberal post-disaster reconstruction
'Building back better' is neoliberal post-disaster reconstruction
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DOI：
10.1111/disa.12502
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发表时间：
2022-05-05
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3.2
通讯作者：
Chmutina, Ksenia
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作者：
Cheek, Wesley;Chmutina, Ksenia
“重建得更好”（BBB）已成为减少灾害风险最常见的表达方式之一。灾害不仅为鼓励改进建筑物和基础设施的结构安全，而且还为解决结构性不平等和不公正问题提供了机会。因此，它们是让事情变得“更好”的机会。然而，在新自由主义的背景下，“更好”的定义并不总是意味着“对所有人都有好处”。我们在这里认为，BBB 允许对什么是风险、什么不是风险、谁负责、谁不负责以及应采取什么形式的行动来应对这些危险有广泛不同的定义。这是对最初产生风险的社会和政治制度“更好”但不积极改变的能力的指定。因此，灾难及其术语在意识形态上并不是中立的，因此应该被刻意地解读和批判性地评估，而不是毫无疑问地接受。
'Building back better' (BBB) has become one of the most common expressions in disaster risk reduction. Disasters offer an opportunity to encourage improvements not only in the structural safety of buildings and infrastructure, but also in addressing structural inequalities and injustice. Consequently, they are an opportunity to make things 'better'. However, in the context of neoliberalism, the definition of 'better' does not always mean 'good for all'. We argue here that BBB allows for widely varied definitions of what is and what is not a risk, who is and is not responsible, and what forms of action are to be taken in response to these dangers. This serves as a designation for capacity to make 'better', but not actively change, social and political systems that initially create risk. Disasters and its terminology, therefore, are not ideologically neutral and should thus be deliberately unpacked and critically evaluated rather than accepted unquestioned.