Scoping the field of disaster exercise evaluation - A literature overview and analysis

摘要: Abstract The evaluation of emergency, disaster and crisis management exercises supports both individual organisational learning, facilitates the development response capabilities, helps to determine whether current level preparedness is good enough. Nevertheless, despite its importance in field risk management, there a lack comprehensive overview research area. aim paper provide such an overview. A scoping study identified key contributions on topic exercise evaluation, provides area, analyses opportunities for future work. purpose, function form provided framework analysis, which was applied results. results indicate academic interest. Although take place regular basis are often used purposes, their evaluations seldom focus attention per se. Moreover, that do spread over several disciplines. recent becoming more coherent as they build each other (or at least refer other), even if produced within different Despite encouraging signs cohesive scientific corpus exercises, still room improvement. discourse would benefit from greater clarity regarding: (1) purpose context specific method designed be used; (2) what needs produce) order it fulfil purpose; (3) how achieves goal thereby fulfils purpose. help researchers other's work suggest improvements methods, urgent supporting evidence (for example, empirical data or logical reasoning) claims regarding usefulness clearly presented. This likely lead vigorous discourse, will result increasingly relevant robust arguments related approach problem evaluating practice.