Sanderson, DavidPatel, SonnyLoosemore, MartinSharma, AnshuGreenwald, KelsyPatel, Ronak2022-11-022022-07-11Sanderson, David, Sonny Patel, Martin Loosemore, Anshu Sharma, Kelsy Greenwald, Ronak Patel. "Corruption and disasters in the built environment: a literature review." Disasters 46, no. 4 (2022): 928-945. DOI: 10.1111/disa.125000361-36661467-7717https://nrs.harvard.edu/URN-3:HUL.INSTREPOS:37373493Sonny Patel's ORCID is https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9810-0055 and he is primarily Harvard Affiliation with Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health. Kelsy Greenwald and Ronak Patel are primarily Harvard Affiliation with Harvard Medical SchoolThis paper presents the findings of a review of academic literature concerning the degree to which corruption worsens naturally-triggered disasters in the built environment. The research employed a ‘systematic literature review’ methodology to analyse leading academic databases, resulting in a detailed analysis of 59 peer-reviewed, published papers. It was found that while much of the literature focuses on earthquakes (relating to building and infrastructure collapse), the quality of governance and the drivers of corruption, there is presently limited scholarship concerning the general scope, reach and scale of how disasters are worsened by corruption.en-USGeneral Earth and Planetary SciencesGeneral Social SciencesJournal Article2022-11-0210.1111/disa.12500