Convergence behavior is the movement of people, information, and resources toward disaster sites [@twiggmosel2017; @wachtendorf2010].
The term matters because convergence is not only a problem of crowding. It is also a source of labor, knowledge, supplies, and initiative. Grassroots disaster response depends on learning how to turn convergence into useful coordination instead of treating it only as interference.
Related terms
- Spontaneous Volunteers - people who often arrive through convergence behavior
- Material Convergence - the influx of supplies toward disaster zones
- Practices of Emergent Disaster Response - a research text on how grassroots groups work with convergence