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Social vulnerability to disasters is in part driven by communication-related factors, including barriers to accessing, understanding, and acting upon information about hazards. To save lives, disaster risk managers need to develop systemic capacity to reduce these barriers. In this article, we put forward a framework for institutional communication capacity building in the field of disaster risk management. Drawing on the most recent theorisations of the dynamics of disaster vulnerability, the framework combines audience research and engagement and scenario-based vulnerability analysis exercises to provide input to evidence-based changes in organisational practices that reinforce preparedness and communication capabilities. The identified development tasks help to address the needs of people in vulnerable situations, take into account situational complications that may emerge in a particular disaster scenario, and guide the filling of capacity gaps in disaster management and social support structures.
Hansson et al. (Fri,) studied this question.