Expectations of government’s response to disaster

Chamlee‐Wright, Emily; Storr, Virgil Henry

doi:10.1007/s11127-009-9516-x

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“…Preparation for hazards, from floods to earthquakes, is predominantly framed in technological and economic terms-and it is often argued that the direct result is a focus on engineering solutions (Harries and PenningRowsell 2011). Perceived government intention and action has, however, been shown to significantly alter how risk management and recovery are perceived (Chamlee-Wright and Storr 2010), and our findings demonstrate that they have a real impact on individuals' decisions to take action themselves.…”

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“…In examining narratives of strategies adopted by individuals affected by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, Chamlee-Wright and Storr (2010) argued that "in a post-disaster context, the expectations that people have about the behavior of their neighbors and their governments can profoundly affect the recovery strategies that they adopt" (258). Individuals' decisions are influenced by their expectations of the capacity of government to act, as well as policies that governments intend to pursue.…”

Section: Governments and People In A Dance Of Responsibilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Sharing the Pain: Perceptions of Fairness Affect Private and Public Response to Hazards

Adger

Quinn

Lorenzoni

et al. 2016

Annals of the American Association of Geographers

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Structural causes of vulnerability to hazards are well established in geographical research. But what facilitates individual adaptive behavior? How does the performance of government intervention affect such behavior? Drawing on political economy, environmental psychology, and climate justice perspectives, we explore how perceived fairness of responses to weather-related extreme events affects the public and private distribution of responsibility and action. We focus on flood risk and examine how perceptions of fairness of response by residents in flood-affected areas, along with their prior experience of flooding and perceptions of scope of government responsibility and capacity, affect willingness to take individual adaptive action. We use data from surveys of 356 households affected by a flood event in November 2009 in Cumbria, UK, and Galway, Ireland, to compare perceptions of fairness of responses and private intentions across two political jurisdictions. We find that aspects of fairness are related to willingness to take adaptive action but vary with context, experience, and knowledge of flooding. In Cumbria, where there is greater experience of flooding, willingness to act correlates with procedural justice, risk knowledge, and capacity. Capacity for flood management in Galway is firmly associated with state agencies, whereas in Cumbria it is perceived to result from responsibilities of public and private action. These findings highlight the central role of government action and its perceived fairness in structuring private responses to environmental risks and point to the crucial role of climate justice perspectives in navigating adaptation.

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Section: Governments and People In A Dance Of Responsibilitymentioning

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Sharing the Pain: Perceptions of Fairness Affect Private and Public Response to Hazards

Adger

Quinn

Lorenzoni

et al. 2016

Annals of the American Association of Geographers

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“…Communities with high levels of social capital are better placed to overcome problems of collective decisionmaking and support economic recovery (ChamleeWright & Storr, 2010;Norris et al, 2008). The interconnectedness of a community with high social capital enables greater information sharing that will therefore provide individuals with more information of other people's intentions from which they can shape their own decision-making (Chamlee-Wright & Storr, 2010;Storr & Haeffele-Balch, 2012). Kapucu et al (2013, p. 357) describe this 'community capital' as embracing the elements of social capital, human capital, economic capital and natural capital.…”

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Integrating Recovery within a Resilience Framework: Empirical Insights and Policy Implications from Regional Australia

Drennan

McGowan

Tiernan

2016

PaG

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Within Australia's federal system, responsibility for preventing, preparing for, responding to and recovering from natural disasters is shared between the three tiers of government. Intergovernmental policy and funding arrangements are premised on shared responsibility and aim to foster individual, business and community resilience. These arrangements underpin Australia's international reputation for effectiveness in its management of natural disasters. The capacity of the diverse networks that comprise the disaster management system to coordinate and deliver in the preparedness and response phases of a disaster, and to provide relief in the immediate aftermath, has been developed over time and tested and refined through the experience of frequent, severe disaster events over recent decades. Less well developed is the system's ability to support economic recovery in disaster-affected communities over the longer term. This paper presents case studies of regional communities affected by two of Australia's most expensive and deadly natural disasters-the 2009 Victorian bushfires and the cyclones and floods that struck the state of Queensland in 2010-2011. It highlights significant gaps in policy and funding arrangements to support recovery and offers lessons for aligning recovery within a resilience framework.

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“…Each player's decision is dependent on not only their complex motives but also other players' decisions (Chamlee-Wright & Storr, 2009). Therefore, the recovery process can be understood as the result of interaction among players who choose the best strategy to achieve their objectives.…”

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Motive and Conflict in the Disaster Recovery Process of Housing Reconstruction in Sri Lanka after the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami

Choi¹,

Honda²

2014

10th Annual Conference of the International Institute for Infrastructure Renewal and Reconstruction

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Normative solutions for the successful recovery from large-scale disasters have been presented by various research, but implementation requires a long process, and a mechanism for the process to continue is necessary. We consider the consistency among strategies of stakeholders such as government and NGOs. These players make decisions based on not only direct motives but various complex motives and interaction with other players. This paper considers interactive decision making as a game among stakeholders. As a case study, we analyze housing reconstruction project in Sri Lanka after the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami. There was relatively abundant financial support, but the recovery process did not work in a desirable direction. Regarding two important decisions defining the result of recovery, stakeholders' possible decisions are evaluated and, by using game theoretic approach, the reason of poor output and the conditions to shift the equilibrium to the one suitable for the long-term goal of recovery are discussed. These analyses showed that motive compatibility among stakeholders should be considered when designing a recovery process for severe disasters.

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Expectations of government’s response to disaster

Abstract: Public choice, Political economy, Hurricane Katrina, Post-disaster recovery,

Cited by 87 publications

References 35 publications

Sharing the Pain: Perceptions of Fairness Affect Private and Public Response to Hazards

Sharing the Pain: Perceptions of Fairness Affect Private and Public Response to Hazards

Integrating Recovery within a Resilience Framework: Empirical Insights and Policy Implications from Regional Australia

Motive and Conflict in the Disaster Recovery Process of Housing Reconstruction in Sri Lanka after the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami

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