[Radix] Disaster Management Cycle vs Disaster Management Rut

[bwisner at igc.org]

Good one, Lee!

I like your helix a lot.  Thanks so much for sharing it.  You have also whetted my appetite for reading your 2005 thesis.  Might it or parts of it, papers derived from it, be available electronically?

I do some work in India, and apart from that, I'd love to see the broader context in which you apply the helix.

Sorry you've not been able to access Omar's animated files.  They are quite stunning and thought provoking.  When you get back to home base in Loughborough, I presume you will be able to.

Thanks again.

Warm regards,

BEN

-----Original Message-----
>From: Lee Bosher <L.Bosher at lboro.ac.uk>
>Sent: Nov 18, 2007 10:04 AM
>To: Ilan Kelman <ilan_kelman at hotmail.com>, bwisner at igc.org
>Cc: "Omar D. Cardona A. MZL" <odcardonaa at unal.edu.co>, Alex Barbat <alex.barbat at upc.edu>, "Birkmann,	Joern" <birkmann at ehs.unu.edu>, Gustavo Wilches-Chaux <wilcheschaux at etb.net.co>, Radix <radix at ecie.org>
>Subject: Re: [Radix] Disaster Management Cycle vs Disaster Management Rut
>
>Dear Ilan and fellow Radixers,
>
>Thank you for raising and debating this very important and interesting
>subject. I have also been very frustrated by the inadequacies of the
>cyclical representation of disaster management. While working on my
>doctoral  thesis I tried to revise the cyclical approach to DM by adding a
>temporal element that pointed me towards drawing up a 'Disaster Helix'. My
>attempt is very badly drawn, in line with Ben's very applicable comments
>about the limits of using the basic graphics that are included in MS Word
>and Powerpoint.
>
>Nonetheless, I thought that you might be interested to see what I was trying
>to get at when I developed the diagram. I have attached a MS word file with
>a copy of the diagram (that is slightly adapted from the one in the thesis)
>and some supporting text which may explain what the disaster helix is about.
>Please bear in mind that the 'helix', is very much a work in progress and
>should be 3D and not 2D as represented in the diagram but my attempts to
>represent the 3D nature of the helix have so far been unsuccessful.
>
>I should add that I am currently out and about so have had limited internet
>access, therefore I apologise that I have not been able to read all the
>comments made on this thread, or indeed open Omar's jpeg that was
>circulated previously.
>
>Any comments on the 'disaster helix' would be much appreciated.
>
>Thanks and best wishes,
>
>Lee
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