Coping with blackouts: A practice theory approach to household preparedness

Heidenstrøm, Nina; Kvarnlöf, Linda

doi:10.1111/1468-5973.12191

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“…Household preparedness plays a critical role because it is an integral part of any individual and community effort. The concept of household preparedness emphasises household responsibilities and the capability to reduce risks and damage11 which requires stockpiling emergency supplies, planning for emergency events and other actions like buying accident insurance 12 13…”

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Household preparedness for emergency events: a cross-sectional survey on residents in four regions of China

Chen

Ya-jun

et al. 2019

BMJ Open

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ObjectiveThis study aimed to assess household preparedness for emergency events and its determinants in China.DesignA cross-sectional questionnaire survey was conducted on 3541 households in China in 2015.ParticipantsHouseholds were selected using a stratified cluster sampling strategy, representing central, eastern, western and southern regions of China. The designed questionnaires were administered through face-to-face interviews.Outcome measuresHousehold emergency preparedness was measured with 14 indicators, tapping into the supply of nine emergency necessities (food and water, extra batteries, battery-powered radio, battery-operated torch, first-aid kit, gas mask, fire extinguisher, escape ropes, whistle), coverage of accident insurance, knowledge of local emergency response systems (emergency numbers, exit routes and shelters) and availability of a household evacuation plan. If an individual acted on 9 of the 14 indicators, they were deemed well prepared. Logistic regression models were established to identify predictors of well preparedness based on 3541 returned questionnaires containing no missing values.ResultsOnly 9.9% of households were well prepared for emergencies: 53.6% did not know what to do and 31.6% did not want to think about it. A higher level of preparedness was found in the respondents who have attained higher education (adjusted OR=0.826 compared with the higher level), participated in emergency training activities (adjusted OR=2.299), had better emergency knowledge (adjusted OR=2.043), reported less fate-submissiveness (adjusted OR=1.385) and more self-reliance (adjusted OR=1.349), prior exposure to emergency events (adjusted OR=1.280) and held more positive attitudes towards preparedness (adjusted OR=1.286).ConclusionHousehold preparedness for emergency events is poor in China. Lack of motivation, negative attitude to preparedness and knowledge shortfall are major but remediable barriers for household preparedness.

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Household preparedness for emergency events: a cross-sectional survey on residents in four regions of China

Chen

Ya-jun

et al. 2019

BMJ Open

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“…As noted by Heidenstrom and Kvarnl€ of (2018), this top-down approach is heavily biased towards official and policy-oriented definitions and often fails to recognize the performativity of household risk management. The need to further explore the social and cultural contexts is emphasized within the field (Heidenstrom andKvarnl€ of 2018, Perry andLindell 2003). In this article, we will explore how sense-making processes and risk management strategies relates to everyday experiences of rurality by emphasizing the specific context, in this case within a Swedish rural context.…”

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“…In studying how rural citizens managed the consequences (extensive blackouts) of the storm Gudrun, that hit the southern parts of Sweden in 2005, Guldåker (2009) emphasizes the importance of the strong social networks that characterized the affected rural communities. Another study (Heidenstrom and Kvarnl€ of 2018) shows how not only neighbourhood and social capital but also materials (e.g. to actually own a camping stove) and knowledges (e.g.…”

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Stories of the storm: the interconnection between risk management strategies and everyday experiences of rurality

Kvarnlöf

Wall

2020

Journal of Risk Research

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Households play an important role in risk management. In this article, we take a closer look at risk management strategies applied by rural citizens in relation to an actual situation: a specific storm. The storm chosen, named Ivar, hit the northern parts of Sweden in December 2013 and caused major blackouts and heavy problems for road and train traffic due to extensive tree falls. After the storm, there were persistent problems with electricity, Internet, telephone communications, heating and drinking water supply, especially in the affected rural areas. The aim of this article is to explore the interconnection between risk management strategies and living conditions among rural citizens affected by this storm and its aftermath. The empirical material consists of narrative interviews with households from the area most affected by the storm: a small company town where the citizens were without electricity for 5-10 days after the storm. Our analysis resulted in two broad storylines ('stories of social dismantling' and 'stories of capability') illustrating how household risk management is intertwined with subjective experiences of rurality. That is, the households made sense of their experiences of the storm by relating them to an urban norm and to the everyday experience of living in 'the periphery'. By that, rural households' risk management strategies can be understood as a manifestation of different power relations in society (urban/rural, centre/periphery) as well as being embedded in the everyday experience of rurality.

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“…Although the company has relied on electricity infrastructure since the early twentieth century, the increasing complexity of infrastructure and its interdependence with other infrastructures such as information and communication technologies makes it more vulnerable. Even if the electricity supply outage is rare, it will occur more frequently and for a more extended period (the result of naturogenic crisis caused by climate change) [11].…”

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Hospital Energy Resilience

Víchová¹,

Hromada²

2020

Infrastructure Management and Construction

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Many emergencies and crises threaten the whole world. These affect not only the lives, health, and property of citizens but also the subjects and elements of the critical infrastructure itself. Breaking the critical infrastructure system would have a severe impact on the state's security, securing the basic living needs of the population, the health of the people, or the economy of the country. One of the significant sectors of the critical infrastructure is undoubtedly healthcare. It is vital for the health service to be able to perform its function, even in times of crisis. The crisis of naturogenic character ordinarily has the so-called cascade effect, which causes other extraordinary events and crises. An example of this may be windstorm, resulting in a power outage. A significant impact of the power supply outage in healthcare is observed in hospitals. There is currently no assessment tool to set the hospital's readiness for a power outage. The aim of the chapter is to analyze the current state of the crisis preparedness of the hospital.

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Coping with blackouts: A practice theory approach to household preparedness

Cited by 40 publications

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Household preparedness for emergency events: a cross-sectional survey on residents in four regions of China

Household preparedness for emergency events: a cross-sectional survey on residents in four regions of China

Stories of the storm: the interconnection between risk management strategies and everyday experiences of rurality

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