Reframing disaster recovery through spatial justice: an integrated framework

Agency, participation and accountability through community groups, transparent governance, co-production and multi-scalar linkages

Individual/household: agency and access

Community: grassroots participation, solidarity

City/state: accountability, co-production

Transnational: solidarity networks

M: Use local knowledge in risk-mapping

P: Inclusive training

R: Transparent relief and accountability

Rc: Participatory rebuilding and multi-scalar governance

Shifts recovery from top-down control to decentralised, participatory governance where citizens act as decision-makers

Requires the fair distribution of resources, land, housing, aid and environmental benefits, with special attention paid to vulnerable groups and collective rights

Individual/household: equal access to essentials

Community: land trusts, solidarity networks

City/state: resource allocation and ecosystem equity

M: Rights-based standards and vulnerability-mapping

P: Tailored preparedness for marginalised groups

R: Fair aid and resource delivery

Rc: Equitable housing, land and ecological recovery

Turns disasters into opportunities for the redistribution of power and resources, creating long-term equity in land, aid and environment

Acknowledging diverse vulnerabilities, lived experiences, cultural dignity, plural knowledge systems and transnational solidarities

Individual/household: intersecting vulnerabilities, elders, minorities

Community: solidarity, cultural dignity, mutual aid

City/state: responsibility and inclusion in planning

International: diaspora and cross-border recognition

M: Intersectional risk-mapping and knowledge diversity

P: Compassion-based, culturally rooted preparedness

R: Recognition of vulnerable groups and local knowledge

Rc: Challenge hierarchies; empower marginalised voices

Moves disaster governance toward inclusive empowerment that values difference, cultural dignity and global solidarity