Coastal Community Resilience and Power in the United States: A Comparative Analysis of Adaptability in North Carolina and Louisiana

May, Candace K.

doi:10.1007/s00267-021-01482-x

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“…Similarly, in the Wenchuan case, the lack of access to farmland jeopardized long-term recovery. The findings in this study confirm previous studies that the asymmetrical power structure creates livelihood instability in the post-disaster context, especially for resources-dependent communities (Adger 2000; Marchezini 2015; May 2021).…”

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Learning capacity and diversification, enabling and constraining factors, and external assistance: A cross-national comparative analysis of long-term livelihood recovery

Choudhury,

2023

International Journal of Mass Emergencies & Disasters

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Despite a wide recognition of the importance of learning capacity and diversification, enabling and constraining factors, and external assistance in facilitating long-term livelihood recovery (LTLR), there is a paucity of comparison for a nuanced understanding of interconnections among the three themes (learning capacity and diversification, enabling and constraining factors, and external assistance) in different societal and disaster scenarios. Accordingly, this article employs a cross-national comparative approach in examining the interplay of these three factors in LTLR, within rural communities, following the two international post-disaster case studies, the 2007 Cyclone Sidr, Barguna, Bangladesh and the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, Sichuan, China. This cross-national comparison indicates that the affected communities in both cases experienced extreme challenges in LTLR while illustrating the differences. Learning capacity and diversification facilitated asset loss recovery and risk mitigation in the Sidr case, while the Wenchuan case demonstrated a limited learning opportunity for livelihood diversification. Enabling and constraining factors were identified in both case studies. Particularly, people-place connections positively shaped the LTLR in the Wenchuan case while producing negative results in the Sidr case. External assistance facilitated livelihood provisioning, protection, and promotion for the Sidr case; in contrast, giving little, if any, credence to the local traditional livelihood practice, the top-down external interventions in the Wenchuan case jeopardized the rural communities LTLR. This article defends that promoting grassroots participation in community reconstruction and recovery and strengthening grassroots livelihood learning and practice capacities would advance LTLR.

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confidence: 91%

Learning capacity and diversification, enabling and constraining factors, and external assistance: A cross-national comparative analysis of long-term livelihood recovery

Choudhury,

2023

International Journal of Mass Emergencies & Disasters

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“…People want their old life back.” Outreach campaigns can thus effectively leverage the strong personal and familial ties that Louisianians have to their land for hazard mitigation outreach. This was exemplified by the success of Delcambre, Louisiana, where the public were mobilized with the help of Louisiana Sea Grant to support fisher livelihoods by tapping into the community's strong sense of place attachment and dense social ties (May, 2021).…”

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“…At the time of writing, coastal protection and restoration efforts in Louisiana continue to face challenges stemming in part from a gap between technical knowledge and local knowledge. This gap often results in public conflict and distrust toward scientists and government-funded projects (Barra, Hemmerling, and Baustian, 2020; May 2021). The value of community insights in coastal Louisiana has been getting renewed attention from scholars who recognize the importance of incorporating local knowledge and community perspectives into coastal protection and restoration efforts (see examples in Barra, Hemmerling, and Baustian [2020], Hemmerling, DeMyers, and Carruthers [2022], and May [2019]).…”

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Information Needs of Coastal Residents in Louisiana, U.S.A.: Implications for Risk Communication

Altinay,

Morris,

Reams

2023

Journal of Coastal Research

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Altinay, Z.; Morris, L.L., and Reams, M.A., 2023. Information needs of coastal residents in Louisiana, U.S.A.: Implications for risk communication. Journal of Coastal Research, 39(6), 1170–1179. Charlotte (North Carolina), ISSN 0749-0208.This study aims to address the gap between communication practices and adoption of hazard-mitigation behavior in a deltaic land that experiences chronic coastal hazards, including storm surges and shoreline erosion. Focusing on Louisiana's coastal crisis, first, an online questionnaire was distributed to identify hazard mitigation patterns and information needs of a subset of southern Louisiana residents. A follow-up focus-group discussion sought to delve deeper into residents' experiences with community communication practices as well as the obstacles with dissemination of hazard-mitigation information to nontechnical audiences. Participants recommended the establishment of stronger public-private partnerships, increased use of visual information, and the necessity of providing clear and comprehensive details regarding funding and financial assistance programs to communicate hazard mitigation strategies. Findings provide a starting point for building local knowledge through extension engagement related to the delivery of hazard-mitigation information and discuss how to engage in proactive outreach methods to raise awareness about risk and hazard mitigation for both technical and nontechnical audiences. It combines the theoretical framework of community resilience with principles of communication. Results of this study contribute to an understanding of the barriers to household-level mitigation actions within the community; provide community feedback for extension agents and state and local officials; and suggest discussion points in the context of the Louisiana Coastal Master Plans.

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“…In view of the growing awareness of the uncertainties stemming from climate change and other drivers of change in recent decades, researchers and policy makers interested in the sustainability of resource-dependent communities are increasing embracing the concept of community resilience (Adger, 2000;Fielke et al, 2018;Berkes and Ross, 2013;May, 2021), which Magis (2010: 401) defines as "the existence, development, and engagement of community resources by community members to thrive in an environment characterized by change, uncertainty, unpredictability, and surprise." The popularization of the community resilience concept reflects the growing influence of the field of social-ecological systems research in the study of human-environment interactions (MathisonSlee et al, 2022).…”

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Path Dependence, Community Resilience, and Social Responses to the Implementation of Collaborative Forest Management in Ghana

Akamani

2023

International Journal of the Commons

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The concept of community resilience has been receiving attention in recent decades as a framework for understanding the capacity of communities to respond to drivers of change while maintaining or enhancing their well-being. However, the process of community response to drivers of change and the factors influencing the change process remain poorly understood. In this study, the community resilience literature was applied in the analysis of community responses to the implementation of collaborative forest management (CFM) in Ghana. Qualitative data were generated from two forestdependent communities in the Ashanti region of Ghana using key informant interviews and the review of documents. The results highlighted the role of drivers of change, institutions, capital assets, and arenas for interaction in shaping the awareness and motivation, as well as access to resources and opportunities for collective action in both communities. Importantly, community history and context helped explain differences in the responses of the two communities to the implementation of the CFM program. These findings highlight the need for greater recognition of path dependence and other attributes of complexity in resource-dependent communities in order to inform policies that contribute to enhancing community resilience.

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Coastal Community Resilience and Power in the United States: A Comparative Analysis of Adaptability in North Carolina and Louisiana

Cited by 8 publications

References 49 publications

Learning capacity and diversification, enabling and constraining factors, and external assistance: A cross-national comparative analysis of long-term livelihood recovery

Learning capacity and diversification, enabling and constraining factors, and external assistance: A cross-national comparative analysis of long-term livelihood recovery

Information Needs of Coastal Residents in Louisiana, U.S.A.: Implications for Risk Communication

Path Dependence, Community Resilience, and Social Responses to the Implementation of Collaborative Forest Management in Ghana

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