Shock and place: reorienting resilience thinking

Bosca, Hannah Della; Schlosberg, David; Craven, Luke

doi:10.1080/13549839.2020.1723510

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“…As many extreme weather events do, heatwaves lay bare the inequalities already present in our societies, such that individuals and communities already relatively disadvantaged in terms of wealth, health, and privilege are likely to experience the greatest disruption, instability, and harm as a result of climate change impacts (see Bolitho and Miller, 2017;Gibson et al, 2020;Pachauri et al, 2014). It is clear that the systemic, invisible, and intangible disruptions of extreme events have the capacity to radically destabilise communities over time (Della Bosca et al, 2020;Schlosberg et al, 2020). A close examination of heatwave impacts thus requires close attention to what it means to be exposed to intersecting and invisible threats, suggesting a need for more nuanced engagement with the heated body and attendant coping mechanisms.…”

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Comfort in chaos: A sensory account of climate change denial

Bosca

2023

Environ Plan D

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This paper argues that sensory practices that insulate individual bodies from the effects of climate disruption may enable and perpetuate a distinct form of climate change denial. Existing scholarship has established the ways in which climate-modifying technologies, such as air conditioning, reconfigure socio-ecological relationships through sensory norms. This paper extends this analysis by relating these sensory norms to contemporary discourses on climate denial. Drawing on a heatwave case study in Western Sydney, Australia, the paper explores how practices of thermal comfort for particular, often privileged, bodies may be understood as sensory enablers of climate change denial. This work encourages theoretical movement beyond the scientific and political disembodiment that often characterises contemporary climate change denial discourse, and urges greater attention to the sensory drivers of climate-related behaviours, experiences, and perceptions. This sensory approach may allow theoretical and strategic engagement with otherwise hidden social barriers to sustainable climate interventions and action.

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Comfort in chaos: A sensory account of climate change denial

Bosca

2023

Environ Plan D

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“…Although not tied to a spatial scale, research in community resilience has largely encouraged place-based considerations in the study of people's responses to stresses and change [36,37]. Through in-depth examination of cultural and cognitive norms of communities, phenomenological concepts such as sense of place and place attachment have surfaced as contributing factors to community resilience [38].…”

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Neighbourhood Social Resilience (NSR): Definition, Conceptualisation, and Measurement Scale Development

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The literature on social resilience lacks a precise definition of this concept and a clear guideline on how to measure it. Particularly, social resilience at the neighbourhood scale has received remarkably little scholarly attention. This study contributes toward filling these gaps in the literature by developing and empirically testing the neighbourhood social resilience (NSR) model as a robust and reliable measurement instrument that integrates various aspects of this complex concept into one coherent and fine-grained psychometric model. The reliability and validity of the NSR model are empirically tested using questionnaire data collected from 234 respondents in five neighbourhoods of Dunedin city, New Zealand. Furthermore, a more nuanced definition for neighbourhood social resilience is provided. Results indicate that social resilience is a second-order and multidimensional concept incorporating eight dimensions. Each of these dimensions captures a distinct piece in the jigsaw of social resilience; therefore, failure to incorporate all dimensions may provide an incomplete picture of this complex phenomenon. Our research bridges the gap between top-down approach of stakeholders and policymakers and bottom-up perceptions and expectations of residents about social resilience of their urban neighbourhood.

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Disaster management and the need for a reinstated social contract of shared responsibility

Crosweller

Tschakert

2021

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

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Shock and place: reorienting resilience thinking

Cited by 5 publications

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Comfort in chaos: A sensory account of climate change denial

Comfort in chaos: A sensory account of climate change denial

Neighbourhood Social Resilience (NSR): Definition, Conceptualisation, and Measurement Scale Development

Disaster management and the need for a reinstated social contract of shared responsibility

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