Disaster resilience as a complex problem: Why linearity is not applicable for long-term recovery

Community inclusion of wheelchair users during the long-term recovery phase following the 2010/2011 Canterbury earthquakes

“…If top-down centralized decisionmaking processes (which are often appropriate for the short-term response to a disaster) continue during the longer-term recovery period, communities can feel disconnected and ignored [52]. Phillips [53] argues that the recovery period is not just an opportunity to rebuild for people who experience disability, but of crucial importance, to rebuild with people who experience disability.…”

“…Ensuring local disability organizations are leading agents in recovery decisions provides an alternative to the traditional top down approach; increasing feelings of empowerment, and ultimately increasing the likelihood of achieving an informed reconstruction of community infrastructure following a disaster [39, 43-45, 49, 55]. Failure of recovery authorities to engage and gain traction with community actors can increase tensions between community members and result in a less effective long-term recovery [52]. Fighting to be heard can become yet another external energy demand, creating yet another structural barrier for people who experience disability to realize recovery.…”

A Comparative Analysis of Coordination, Participation, and Training in Post-Disaster Shelter Projects

“…In this research, we use shelter to describe the spectrum of temporary or transitional dwellings that arise early in recovery efforts, exclusive of emergency shelter, such as tents and tarpaulins. While scholars draw the distinction between shelter and housing, pointing to the restoration of household activities and responsibilities as a crossover [4,5], our work recognises the need to depart from well-defined definitional stages, recognising reality as a complex continuum of sheltering [6][7][8]. Despite significant advancements in post-disaster recovery over the last several decades, shelter after disaster remains one of the most complex and difficult tasks due to its socio-technical nature and unique, localized implementation.…”

Lead User Method vs. Innovation Contest An Empirical Comparison of Two Open Innovation Methodologies for Identifying Social Innovation for Flood Resilience in Indonesia

“…We compare two of those governance forms according to their specific benefits and costs in the context of recurring floods in Indonesia. Following the problem-solving perspective outlined earlier, enhancing resilience towards natural hazards, such as floods, is regarded a complex problem (Blackman et al 2017). We opted for the innovation contest tool as comparison unit, since it is also associated with high hidden knowledge (Felin and Zenger 2013).…”

“…In terms of problem complexity, enhancing resilience towards natural hazards such as floods is considered a complex problem (Blackman et al 2017). Indonesia has undergone 141 flood-related disasters between 2005 and 2014, with an estimated financial burden of around US$ 11 billion.…”