Resilience to natural hazards: An analysis of territorial governance in the Nordic countries

Well, Lisa Van; Keur, Peter van der; Harjanne, Atte; Pagneux, Emmanuel; Perrels, Adriaan; Henriksen, Hans Jørgen

doi:10.1016/j.ijdrr.2018.01.005

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“…Greater synergy is needed among local policy-makers, stakeholders, experts and citizens to identify together appropriate solutions in order to face the criticalities of the territories. Van Well et al [79] praise the virtuous example of the Nordic Centre of Excellence on Resilience and Societal Security network, which includes Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. It is grounded on the vision that societal resilience and security are based on the synergy of communities, institutions, individuals and infrastructures.…”

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Social Perception of Geo-Hydrological Risk in the Context of Urban Disaster Risk Reduction: A Comparison between Experts and Population in an Area of Southern Italy

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The perception of risk is influenced by how the signals about impacts of events are collected, selected, and interpreted. Empirical data suggest that significant differences in the perception of risk occur within the non-expert population itself, as well as between experts and non-expert population. The paper seeks to examine the risk perception of citizens living in an area subject to high hydro-geological risk of Calabria (Southern Italy), and understanding if local policy makers are aware of how local residents perceive risk. Quantitative and qualitative methods were employed to analyze the perception of experts, stakeholders and citizens on the following research topics: (i) perception of geohydrological risk, involvement in past events and behavior exhibited; (ii) information, communication, preparedness, and feeling of safety and trust. The results of the survey showed the communication gap between experts and people, evidencing the need for local authorities and experts to disseminate the culture of awareness on the risk and to increase the safety level of the citizens by means of participated actions aimed at reducing urban disaster risk.

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“…Nowadays policy makers are always considering strategy and the approaches of resilience to policy decisions [18,19]. The resilience approach has also been adapted by some international organizations such as the Department of International Development (DFID), Christian aid, CARE and Oxfam [20,21].…”

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“…So, we were seeking a government organization's relief during and after disasters. (Interviewee# 19) According to the opinion of the char dwellers, we found that the extent of intervention from the local administration is not enough to develop the capacity of the people against the detrimental effect of natural disasters. Seasonal unemployment, riverbank erosion and recurrent flooding are the major causes of seasonal food insecurity and poor transformative capacity.…”

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Administrative Resilience in the Face of Natural Disasters: Empirical Evidence from Bangladesh

Sarker¹,

Wang²,

Alam³

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Pol. J. Environ. Stud.

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Administrative resilience is a key tool to stimulate an administrative system to protect, save, and reduce livelihood vulnerability in the face of natural hazards. The main purpose of this study is to explore the potential of administrative resilience to improve livelihood resilience in the context of the vulnerable char (island) people of Bangladesh. Both qualitative and quantitative approaches have been applied to data gathered from hazard-prone char areas. The findings show that due to low education and organizational participation, most of the char dwellers are not aware of their rights, though they are still suffering from a lack of basic public services. The study also reveals that the administrative system of the local char areas is not able to respond to adverse effects of natural disasters due to ignorance, inefficiency, lack of commitment, accountability and corruption. The administrative system of the char areas fails to manage the harmful impact of natural disasters on the social system. This study also finds that administrative resilience is poor in the vulnerable char areas in Bangladesh and that char dwellers are unable to help themselves due to chronic poverty, seasonal unemployment, poor communication networks, and geographical isolation. Context-specific disaster management policies and effective monitoring systems should be developed by the government to improve administrative response in the geographically isolated areas.

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“…As tourism is often promoted as a tool for development for local communities and regional economies, the impacts of climate change to increasingly tourism dependent communities are essential to understand and analyse. As such, future research must pay greater attention to the factors that improve the resilience of individuals, communities, businesses, government and destinations to climate change and its related impacts (Kaltenborn et al, 2017;Van Well et al, 2018). Nevertheless, in order to provide more sustainable responses to the climate crisis, a major challenge that needs to overcome is the development of a better understanding of the ways in which tourism is integrated with other economic sectors, that are also being affected by the climate crisis and other dimensions of global change, including COVID-19 (Gössling et al, 2020).…”

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20 years of Nordic climate change crisis and tourism research: a review and future research agenda

Hall

Saarinen

2020

Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism

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Climate change poses an existential crisis for tourism and destinations. Nordic researchers have been at the forefront of research on climate change impacts, adaptation and mitigation. The review provides a brief account of some of the main themes in Nordic climate change research from a regional and international perspective and potential future research directions. Key themes identified include the environmental, economic and social sensitivities of the Nordic region, the implications of climate change for winter-oriented tourism businesses, and the substantial international contribution of Nordic-based researchers to international research on the climate crisis and tourism.

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Resilience to natural hazards: An analysis of territorial governance in the Nordic countries

Cited by 27 publications

References 20 publications

Social Perception of Geo-Hydrological Risk in the Context of Urban Disaster Risk Reduction: A Comparison between Experts and Population in an Area of Southern Italy

Social Perception of Geo-Hydrological Risk in the Context of Urban Disaster Risk Reduction: A Comparison between Experts and Population in an Area of Southern Italy

Administrative Resilience in the Face of Natural Disasters: Empirical Evidence from Bangladesh

20 years of Nordic climate change crisis and tourism research: a review and future research agenda

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