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Understanding the dissemination and adoption of innovations through social network analysis: geospatial solutions for disaster management in Nepal and Kenya

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  • Dragana Bojovic
  • Carlo Giupponi

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Vulnerable areas of the world, including many developing countries, are increasingly exposed to natural disasters. New technologies, such as geospatial technologies, could help them manage the risks of extreme events and cope with disaster aftershock. However, new technologies are often disseminated slowly among the relevant stakeholders. Assuming that knowledge exchange through stakeholder networks can effectively enhance the uptake of innovation, this research applied a social network approach focussing on the structural patterns of communication and collaboration networks regarding landslide-related disasters in Nepal and floods in Kenya. Using methods of formal social network analysis, we reveal centrally positioned stakeholders and discuss their actual and potential roles in outscaling innovations between the different sectors and upscaling them to different levels within the disaster management communities under study. In doing so, this case study demonstrates the potential of social network analysis for improving the dissemination of innovations for disaster risk management.

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  • Dragana Bojovic & Carlo Giupponi, 2020. "Understanding the dissemination and adoption of innovations through social network analysis: geospatial solutions for disaster management in Nepal and Kenya," Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 63(5), pages 818-841, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jenpmg:v:63:y:2020:i:5:p:818-841
    DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2019.1614435
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    1. Christopher Walker & Alex Moulis, 2022. "Understanding policy transfer through social network analysis: expanding methodologies with an intensive case study approach," Policy Sciences, Springer;Society of Policy Sciences, vol. 55(4), pages 693-713, December.
    2. Eleni Karali & Dragana Bojovic & Gabriela Michalek & Carlo Giupponi & Reimund Schwarze, 2020. "Who Is Connected with Whom? A Social Network Analysis of Institutional Interactions in the European CCA and DRR Landscape," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(3), pages 1-32, February.

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