Using Mixed-Methods to Understand Community Vulnerability to Debris Flows in Montecito, CA

Goto, Erica Akemi; Gray, Summer; Keller, Edward A.; Clarke, Keith C.

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-60227-7_50

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“…However, missing from US Census statistics are the many service workers upon whom the wealthy rely for the maintenance of their lifestyles and properties. A survey conducted by university researchers showed that most residents (63 per cent) hire at least one worker, including gardeners, housekeepers, caretakers, and babysitters (Goto et al, 2020). Many of these workers are undocumented, financially insecure, and ineligible for assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) (Méndez, Flores‐Haro, and Zucker, 2020).…”

Section: The 2018 Montecito Debris Flow Disastermentioning

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Rethinking disaster utopia: the limits of conspicuous resilience for community‐based recovery and adaptation

Gray

2023

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While some communities appear to blossom in the wake of a disaster, others are left to struggle in the ashes. This paper introduces the concept of 'conspicuous resilience' to understand how emergent community-based recovery efforts privilege some needs while marginalising others, contributing to uneven forms of recovery. Drawing on a qualitative case study of the deadly Montecito debris flow in Southern California, United States, in January 2018, an in-depth examination of emergent community-based resilience efforts is gauged next to the social construction of unmet needs. Conspicuous acts of resilience centred around gaps in social and financial support as well as desires for protection from future debris flows. In defining and addressing needs, community-based interventions mirrored existing social inequalities and uneven relationships of power, promoting a false sense of equality and security while reinforcing private interests. To address the limits of conspicuous resilience, a justice-oriented politics of disaster recovery is needed.

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Section: The 2018 Montecito Debris Flow Disastermentioning

confidence: 99%