Rethinking Community Resilience

Author : Min Hee Go
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2021-08-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781479804917

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Rethinking Community Resilience by Min Hee Go Pdf

Explores the unintended consequences of civic activism in a disaster-prone city After Hurricane Katrina, thousands of people swiftly mobilized to rebuild their neighborhoods, often assisted by government organizations, nonprofits, and other major institutions. In Rethinking Community Resilience, Min Hee Go shows that these recovery efforts are not always the panacea they seem to be, and can actually escalate the city’s susceptibility to future environmental hazards. Drawing upon interviews, public records, and more, Go explores the hidden costs of community resilience. She shows that—despite good intentions—recovery efforts after Hurricane Katrina exacerbated existing race and class inequalities, putting disadvantaged communities at risk. Ultimately, Go shows that when governments, nonprofits, and communities invest in rebuilding rather than relocating, they inadvertently lay the groundwork for a cycle of vulnerabilities. As cities come to terms with climate change adaptation—rather than prevention—Rethinking Community Resilienceprovides insight into the challenges communities increasingly face in the twenty-first century.

Author : Wanglin Yan,Will Galloway
Publisher : Springer
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319501710

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Rethinking Resilience, Adaptation and Transformation in a Time of Change by Wanglin Yan,Will Galloway Pdf

This book contributes to the literature on resilience, hazard planning, risk management, environmental policy and design, presenting articles that focus on building resilience through social and technical means. Bringing together contributions from Japanese authors, the book also offers a rare English-language glimpse into current policy and practice in Japan since the 2011 Tohoku disaster. The growth of resilience as a common point of contact for fields as disparate as economics, architecture and population politics reflects a shared concern about our capacity to cope with and adapt to change. The ability to bounce back from hardship and disaster is essential to all of our futures. Yet, if such ability is to be sustainable, and not rely on a “brute force” response, innovation will need to become a core practice for policymakers and on-the-ground responders alike. The book offers a valuable reference guide for graduate students, researchers and policy analysts who are looking for a holistic but practical approach to resilience planning.

Author : Julie Stubbs,Sophie Russell,Eileen Baldry,David Brown,Chris Cunneen,Melanie Schwartz
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2023-08-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781801176408

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Rethinking Community Sanctions by Julie Stubbs,Sophie Russell,Eileen Baldry,David Brown,Chris Cunneen,Melanie Schwartz Pdf

Based on insights from interviews with key participants in 3 Australian jurisdictions, this book demonstrates the importance of connecting criminal legal system struggles with broader movements for community control, self-determination, and sovereignty.

Author : Naim Kapucu,Christopher V. Hawkins,Fernando I. Rivera
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136239953

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Disaster Resiliency by Naim Kapucu,Christopher V. Hawkins,Fernando I. Rivera Pdf

Natural disasters in recent years have brought the study of disaster resiliency to the forefront. The importance of community preparedness and sustainability has been underscored by such calamities as Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the Japanese tsunami in 2011. Natural disasters will inevitably continue to occur, but by understanding the concept of resiliency as well as the factors that lead to it, communities can minimize their vulnerabilities and increase their resilience. In this volume, editors Naim Kapucu, Christopher V. Hawkins, and Fernando I. Rivera gather an impressive array of scholars to provide a much needed re-think to the topic disaster resiliency. Previous research on the subject has mainly focused on case studies, but this book offers a more systematic and empirical assessment of resiliency, while at the same time delving into new areas of exploration, including vulnerabilities of mobile home parks, the importance of asset mapping, and the differences between rural and urban locations. Employing a variety of statistical techniques and applying these to disasters in the United States and worldwide, this book examines resiliency through comparative methods which examine public management and policy, community planning and development, and, on the individual level, the ways in which culture, socio-economic status, and social networks contribute to resiliency. The analyses drawn will lead to the development of strategies for community preparation, response, and recovery to natural disasters. Combining the concept of resiliency, the factors that most account for the resiliency of communities, and the various policies and government operations that can be developed to increase the sustainability of communities in face of disasters, the editors and contributors have assembled an essential resource to scholars in emergency planning, management, and policy, as well as upper-level students studying disaster management and policy.

Author : Wanglin Yan,Will Galloway
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2018-07-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 3319843346

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Rethinking Resilience, Adaptation and Transformation in a Time of Change by Wanglin Yan,Will Galloway Pdf

This book contributes to the literature on resilience, hazard planning, risk management, environmental policy and design, presenting articles that focus on building resilience through social and technical means. Bringing together contributions from Japanese authors, the book also offers a rare English-language glimpse into current policy and practice in Japan since the 2011 Tohoku disaster. The growth of resilience as a common point of contact for fields as disparate as economics, architecture and population politics reflects a shared concern about our capacity to cope with and adapt to change. The ability to bounce back from hardship and disaster is essential to all of our futures. Yet, if such ability is to be sustainable, and not rely on a “brute force” response, innovation will need to become a core practice for policymakers and on-the-ground responders alike. The book offers a valuable reference guide for graduate students, researchers and policy analysts who are looking for a holistic but practical approach to resilience planning.

Author : Anita Chandra
Publisher : Rand Corporation
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780833052094

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Building Community Resilience to Disasters by Anita Chandra Pdf

Community resilience, or the sustained ability of a community to withstand and recover from adversity has become a key policy issue at federal, state, and local levels, including in the National Health Security Strategy. Because resources are limited in the wake of an emergency, it is increasingly recognized that resilience is critical to a community's ability to reduce long recovery periods after an emergency. This report provides a roadmap for federal, state, and local leaders who are developing plans to enhance community resilience for health security threats and describes options for building community resilience in key areas. Based on findings from a literature review and a series of community and regional focus groups, the authors provide a definition of community resilience in the context of national health security and a set of eight levers and five core components for building resilience. They then describe suggested activities that communities are pursuing and may want to strengthen for community resilience, and they identify challenges to implementation.

Author : Elena Korosteleva,Irina Petrova
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2023-03-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000793291

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Resilient Communities of Central Eurasia by Elena Korosteleva,Irina Petrova Pdf

This book argues for the need to rethink governance through the lens of 'resilience as self-governance'. Building on complexity-thinking, it contends that in the context of change and complex life, challenges are most efficiently dealt with, at the source, 'locally', to make 'the global' more responsive and sustainable. Resilience as self-governance is advanced as an overriding framework to explore its constitutive elements - identity, ‘good life’, local coping strategies and support infrastructures - which, when mobilized, can turn communities into ‘peoplehood’ in the face of adversity. It is argued that these communities of relations, self-organised and self-aware of their worth, is what makes them so resilient to crises, and what helps them to transform with change; and how they should be governed today. Central Eurasia, spanning from Belarus in the west, to Azerbaijan in the south and Kyrgyzstan in the east, provides fertile grounds for exploring how resilience works in practice in times of complex change. By immersing into centuries-long traditions and philosophy, local experiences of survival, and visions for change, this book shows that governability at any level requires a substantive 'local' input to make 'the global' more enduring and resilient in a complex adaptive world. This book will be of great value to students and scholars in the fields of Politics including Eurasian politics and the various aspects of Governance. Most of the chapters in this book were published as a special issue of Cambridge Review of International Affairs.

Author : Alonzo L. Plough
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780197559383

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Community Resilience by Alonzo L. Plough Pdf

Community Resilience: Equitable Practices for an Uncertain Future presents a rich body of research findings, enlivened by stories of lived experience, to reflect on the current attitudes and policies that prevent health equity. It offers concrete action points for improving community resilience and potential pathways for more equitable public health research in the future.

Author : Shinya Uekusa,Steve Matthewman,Bruce C. Glavovic
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2022-02-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789811668630

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A Decade of Disaster Experiences in Ōtautahi Christchurch by Shinya Uekusa,Steve Matthewman,Bruce C. Glavovic Pdf

This book critically surveys a decade of disasters in Ōtautahi Christchurch. It brings together a diverse range of authors, disciplinary approaches and topics, to reckon with the events that commenced with the 2010-2011 Canterbury earthquake sequence. Each contribution tackles its subject matter through the frame of Critical Disaster Studies (CDS). The events and the subsequent recovery provide a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to learn from a series of concatenating urban disasters in order to prepare us for our future on an urban planet facing unprecedented environmental pressures. The book focuses on the production of vulnerability, the human dimensions of disaster, the Indigenous response to disasters and the practical lessons that can be drawn from them.

Author : Isabell Gstach,Elisabeth Kapferer
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781527505155

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Rethinking Social Capital by Isabell Gstach,Elisabeth Kapferer Pdf

Concepts of social capital play a well-established role in a number of academic disciplines and continue to grow in popularity in the discourses of the sciences, as well as those of civil society and social practice. As an element that is fundamental and constitutive of various forms of societal coexistence and wellbeing, social capital apparently generates positive effects. However, it also contributes to inequalities and unequal distribution of power, and is, consequently, a rather controversial subject. This collection of essays represents reflections and case studies from all over the world. They step out of well-known paths of discourse and discuss the phenomenon of social capital in manifold ways and from new perspectives. In addition to rethinking social capital theoretically and methodologically, the authors focus especially on issues and challenges of its practical application. The contributions come from researchers and practitioners of different backgrounds including sciences such as sociology, philosophy, social geography, economics, health studies, history, interpersonal communication studies and cultural studies, as well as social practice in development aid. The volume will appeal to a broad audience from diverse disciplines, both academic and practical.

Author : Katy Wright
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429826931

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Community Resilience by Katy Wright Pdf

This book provides an alternative perspective on community resilience, drawing on critical sociological and social policy insights about how people individually and collectively cope with different kinds of adversity. Based on the idea that resilience is more than simply an invention of neoliberal governments, this book explores diverse expressions of resilience and considers what supports and undermines people’s resilience in different contexts. Focusing on the United Kingdom, it examines the contradictions and limitations of neoliberal resilience policies and the role of policy in shaping how vulnerabilities are distributed and how resilience is manifested. The book explores different types of resilience including planning, response, recovery, adaptation and transformation, which are examined in relation to different types of threat such as financial hardship, disasters and climate change. It argues that resilience cannot act as an antidote to vulnerability, and aims to demonstrate the importance of shared institutions in underpinning resilience and in preventing socially created vulnerabilities. It will be of interest to academics, students and well-informed practitioners working with the concept of resilience within the subject areas of Sociology, Social Policy, Human Geography, Environmental Humanities and International Development.

Author : Laurie Brinklow,Ryan Gibson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09
Category : Rural conditions
ISBN : 1988692075

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From Black Horses to White Steeds by Laurie Brinklow,Ryan Gibson Pdf

Author : Jeff Schlegelmilch
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 91 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-14
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780231548878

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Rethinking Readiness by Jeff Schlegelmilch Pdf

As human society continues to develop, we have increased the risk of large-scale disasters. From health care to infrastructure to national security, systems designed to keep us safe have also heightened the potential for catastrophe. The constant pressure of climate change, geopolitical conflict, and our tendency to ignore what is hard to grasp exacerbates potential dangers. How can we prepare for and prevent the twenty-first-century disasters on the horizon? Rethinking Readiness offers an expert introduction to human-made threats and vulnerabilities, with a focus on opportunities to reimagine how we approach disaster preparedness. Jeff Schlegelmilch identifies and explores the most critical threats facing the world today, detailing the dangers of pandemics, climate change, infrastructure collapse, cyberattacks, and nuclear conflict. Drawing on the latest research from leading experts, he provides an accessible overview of the causes and potential effects of these looming megadisasters. The book highlights the potential for building resilient, adaptable, and sustainable systems so that we can be better prepared to respond to and recover from future crises. Thoroughly grounded in scientific and policy expertise, Rethinking Readiness is an essential guide to this century’s biggest challenges in disaster management.

Author : Naim Kapucu,Christopher Vincent Hawkins,Fernando I. Rivera
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780415626897

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Disaster Resiliency by Naim Kapucu,Christopher Vincent Hawkins,Fernando I. Rivera Pdf

In this volume, editors Naim Kapucu, Christopher V. Hawkins, and Fernando I. Rivera gather an impressive array of scholars to shed new light on how communities can increase their resiliency through policy interventions and governance mechanisms in the United States and worldwide.

Author : Guy Morrow,Daniel Nordgård,Peter Tschmuck
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2022-09-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783031095320

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Rethinking the Music Business by Guy Morrow,Daniel Nordgård,Peter Tschmuck Pdf

COVID-19 had a global impact on health, communities, and the economy. As a result of COVID-19, music festivals, gigs, and events were canceled or postponed across the world. This directly affected the incomes and practices of many artists and the revenue for many entities in the music business. Despite this crisis, however, there are pre-existing trends in the music business – the rise of the streaming economy, technological change (virtual and augmented reality, blockchain, etc.), and new copyright legislation. Some of these trends were impacted by the COVID-19 crisis while others were not. This book addresses these challenges and trends by following a two-pronged approach: the first part focuses on the impact of COVID-19 on the music business, and the second features general perspectives. Throughout both parts, case studies bring various themes to life. The contributors address issues within the music business before and during COVID-19. Using various critical approaches for studying the music business, this research-based book addresses key questions concerning music contexts, rights, data, and COVID-19. Rethinking the music business is a valuable study aid for undergraduate and postgraduate students in subjects including the music business, cultural economics, cultural management, creative and cultural industries studies, business and management studies, and media and communications.