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bdoberst@uwaterloo.ca
Brent’s research interests lie in the general field of resource and environmental management in developing countries. Within this broad theme, his interests include hazard mitigation and disaster risk reduction; post-disaster reconstruction; institutional capacity building; sustainable resource and environmental management, and; and parks and protected areas.
Key
Areas
of
Graduate
Supervision
Hazard
mitigation
and
disaster
risk
reduction;
climate
change/hazards
connections;
Environmental
and
resource
management
in
developing
countries;
and;
institutional
capacity
building.
Over
the
next
three
years
(2016-2018)
I
am
especially
keen
to
supervise
students
in
the
"hazards/disaster
risk
reduction"
and
"sustainable
resource
and
environmental
management"
themes.
Recent
Courses
Taught
GEOG101:
Geography
and
Human
Habitat
GEOG206:
Human
Dimensions
of
Natural
Hazards
GEOG356:
Resources
Management
GEOG430C/692:
Field
Research
in
Regional
Geography
(Indonesia,
Dominican
Republic)
GEMCC622/677:
Climate
Change,
Natural
Hazards
and
Disaster
Risk
Reduction
GEOG673:
International
Perspectives
on
Resource
and
Environmental
Management
Research
Interests
My
research
interests
lie
in
the
general
field
of
resource
and
environmental
management
in
developing
countries,
with
more
specific
interests
in:
sustainable
resource
and
environmental
management;
hazard
mitigation
and
disaster
risk
reduction;
post-disaster
reconstruction;
climate
change/hazards
connections;
institutional
capacity
building;
waste
management
in
developing
countries,
and;
parks
and
protected
areas.
My
most
recent
research
projects
have
explored
post-disaster
adaptations
at
multiple
scales,
ranging
from
individual
and
household-level
adaptations
to
national-level
adaptations.
Most
of
my
research
is
centered
geographically
in
Asia
(e.g.
Cambodia,
Indonesia,
Vietnam)
or
Latin
America/Caribbean
(e.g.
Dominican
Republic,
Venezuela),
although
I
hope
to
expand
to
include
some
African
countries
in
future
research
projects.
Recent Publications
- Tadgell, A., Mortsch, L., and Doberstein, B. In Press. The feasibility of resettlement as a climate change adaptation strategy for informal settlements in Metro Manila, Philippines. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. Available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/rjvFm3EjijTKqcx2BDjk/full
- Tadgell, A., Doberstein, B., and Mortsch, L. 2017. Principles for climate-related resettlement of informal settlements in less-developed nations: A review of resettlement literature and institutional guidelines. Climate and Development. Available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17565529.2017.1291401
- Devkota, B., Doberstein, B. and Nepal, S. 2016.. Social Capital and Natural Disaster: Local Responses to 2015 Earthquake in Kathmandu. International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters. Special Issue on the 2015 Nepal Earthquake. November 2016, Vol. 34, No.3, pp. 95-122
- Tanner, A., Doberstein, B. 2015. Emergency preparedness amongst university students. International Journal for Disaster Risk Reduction. 13:409-413.
- Harrison, S., Silver, A. and Doberstein, B. 2015. Post-Storm Damage Survey of Tornadic Events in Canada: Implications for Disaster Risk Reduction and Policy. International Journal for Disaster Risk Reduction. 13:427-440.
- Doberstein, B. and Tadgell, A. 2015. Guidance for managed relocation Forced Migration Review. Special issue on "Climate change, disasters and displacement" FMR 49, May 2015 http://www.fmreview.org/climatechange-disasters/doberstein-tadgell .
- Joakim, E. and Doberstein, B. 2014. Planning for Long-Term Housing Reconstruction Following a Major Disaster: A Case Study of the 2006 Yogyakarta, Indonesia Earthquake. Journal of the American Planning Association 80 (4): 352-353.
- Joakim, E. and Doberstein, B. 2013. Policy Recommendations for Reducing Vulnerability and Increasing Resiliency to Disaster Events in Canada: perspectives from practitioners in Waterloo Region, Ontario. Risk, Hazards and Crisis in Public Policy. 4 (4): 274-291.
- Doberstein, B. and Stager, H. 2013. Towards guidelines for post-disaster vulnerability reduction in informal settlements. Disasters. 37 (1): 28-47.
- Oulahen, G. and Doberstein, B. 2012. Citizen participation in post-disaster flood hazard mitigation planning in Peterborough, Canada. Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy. 3(1): Article 4, 1-26.
- Aspinall, A., Cukier, J. and Doberstein, B. 2011. Quality of life assessments and social sustainability: ski tourism development in Invermere, British Columbia. Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management 13 (2): 179-201.
- Steckley, M. and Doberstein, B. 2011. Tsunami survivors’ perspectives on vulnerability and vulnerability reduction: evidence from Koh Phi Phi Don and Khao Lak, Thailand. Disasters. 35 (3): 465-487.
- Doberstein, B. 2009. Post-disaster assessment of hazard mitigation for small and medium-scale debris flows in Bali, Indonesia and Jimani, Dominican Republic. Natural Hazards 50 (2): 361-377.
- Geng, Y., Zhu, Q., Doberstein, B. and Fujita, T. 2009. Implementing China’s circular economy concept at the regional level: A review of progress in Dalian, China. Waste Management 29 (2): 996-1002.