A Validation of Metrics for Community Resilience to Natural Hazards and Disasters Using the Recovery from Hurricane Katrina as a Case Study

2014 ◽  
Vol 105 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher G. Burton
Keyword(s):  
Hurricane Katrina ◽  
Natural Hazards ◽  
Community Resilience

scholarly journals Conceptualizing community resilience to natural hazards – the emBRACE framework

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (12) ◽  
pp. 2321-2333 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylvia Kruse ◽  
Thomas Abeling ◽  
Hugh Deeming ◽  
Maureen Fordham ◽  
John Forrester ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Natural Hazards ◽  
Community Resilience ◽  
Scientific Concept ◽  
Risk Governance ◽  
Community Stakeholders ◽  
Societal Context ◽  
Key Drivers ◽  
Community Forces ◽  
The One

Abstract. The level of community is considered to be vital for building disaster resilience. Yet, community resilience as a scientific concept often remains vaguely defined and lacks the guiding characteristics necessary for analysing and enhancing resilience on the ground. The emBRACE framework of community resilience presented in this paper provides a heuristic analytical tool for understanding, explaining and measuring community resilience to natural hazards. It was developed in an iterative process building on existing scholarly debates, on empirical case study work in five countries and on participatory consultation with community stakeholders where the framework was applied and ground-tested in different contexts and for different hazard types. The framework conceptualizes resilience across three core domains: (i) resources and capacities, (ii) actions and (iii) learning. These three domains are conceptualized as intrinsically conjoined within a whole. Community resilience is influenced by these integral elements as well as by extra-community forces comprising disaster risk governance and thus laws, policies and responsibilities on the one hand and on the other, the general societal context, natural and human-made disturbances and system change over time. The framework is a graphically rendered heuristic, which through application can assist in guiding the assessment of community resilience in a systematic way and identifying key drivers and barriers of resilience that affect any particular hazard-exposed community.

Political Economy and Natural Hazards Mitigation: State Incentives for Tornado Shelters

2008 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-92
Author(s):  
Daniel Sutter ◽  
Eric Stephenson
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Hurricane Katrina ◽  
Natural Hazards ◽  
Natural Hazard ◽  
The Political ◽  
Risk Increase ◽  
Low Probability ◽  
Tornado Shelters ◽  
State Incentives

Abstract Hurricane Katrina has spurred public choice economists’ interest in the political economy of natural hazards. We provide a case study in the political economy of hazards mitigation from tornado shelters in Oklahoma. We analyze the determinants of support for a referendum for a tax exemption for tornado shelters, and then the number of shelters enrolled for the exemption. Generally the determinants of support for the referendum are consistent with the determinants of subsequent shelter installation. Particularly, greater tornado risk increase both support for the referendum and installation, which suggests that individuals do not ignore a low probability natural hazard risk either as voters or consumers.

scholarly journals Conceptualizing community resilience to natural hazards – the emBRACE framework

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylvia Kruse ◽  
Thomas Abeling ◽  
Hugh Deeming ◽  
Maureen Fordham ◽  
John Forrester ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Natural Hazards ◽  
Community Resilience ◽  
Scientific Concept ◽  
Risk Governance ◽  
Community Stakeholders ◽  
Societal Context ◽  
Key Drivers ◽  
Community Forces ◽  
The One

Abstract. The level of community is considered to be vital for building disaster resilience. Yet, community resilience as a scientific concept often remains vaguely defined and lacks the guiding characteristics necessary for analysing and enhancing resilience on the ground. The emBRACE framework of community resilience presented in this paper provides a heuristic analytical tool for understanding, explaining and measuring community resilience to natural hazards. It was developed in an iterative process building on existing scholarly debates, on empirical case study work in five countries and on participatory consultation with community stakeholders, where the framework was applied and ground-tested in different contexts and for different hazard types. The framework conceptualizes resilience across three core domains: resources and capacities; actions; and learning. These three domains are conceptualized as intrinsically conjoined within a whole. Community resilience is influenced by these integral elements as well as by extra-community forces, comprising disaster risk governance and thus laws, policies and responsibilities on the one hand and on the other, the general societal context, natural and human-made disturbances and system change over time. The framework is a graphically rendered heuristic, which through application can assist in guiding the assessment of community resilience in a systematic way and identifying key drivers and barriers of resilience that affect any particular hazard-exposed community.

Measuring Community Resilience to Natural Hazards: Case Study of Yogyakarta Province

2017 ◽  
pp. 609-633
Author(s):  
Herryal Z. Anwar ◽  
Emilia Yustiningrum ◽  
Nina Andriana ◽  
D. T. P. Kusumawardhani ◽  
Saut Sagala ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Natural Hazards ◽  
Community Resilience

Human-Environment Interactions: A Plea for the Humanities

2007 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 210-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy Tuana
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Hurricane Katrina ◽  
New Orleans ◽  
Global Community ◽  
Human Environment

Research on human-environment interactions often neglects the resources of the humanities. Hurricane Katrina and the resulting levee breaches in New Orleans offer a case study on the need for inclusion of the humanities in the study of human-environment interactions, particularly the resources they provide in examining ethics and value concerns. Methods from the humanities, when developed in partnership with those from the sciences and social sciences, can provide a more accurate, effective, and just response to the scientific and technological challenges we face as a global community.

A Spatial and Longitudinal Analysis of Unmet Transportation Needs During Hurricanes Katrina and Rita

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth Joh ◽  
Alexandria Norman ◽  
Sherry I. Bame
Keyword(s):  
Hurricane Katrina ◽  
Longitudinal Analysis ◽  
Disaster Response ◽  
Unmet Needs ◽  
Gulf Coast ◽  
Baseline Period ◽  
Evacuation Routes ◽  
Hurricanes Katrina And Rita ◽  
Mass Evacuation

AbstractHurricanes Katrina and Rita struck the US Gulf Coast in 2005, leading to the largest mass evacuation in US history and straining the region’s transportation infrastructure and services. This case study addresses the topic of disaster response to transportation unmet needs through an unprecedented spatial and longitudinal analysis of transportation-related disaster 2-1-1 call data collected in real-time, allowing for the investigation of unmet transportation needs by location and disaster phases. The authors analyze 25,205 transportation-related calls logged in Texas’ 25 regional 2-1-1 Area Information Centers from August 1 to December 31, 2005, including a baseline period before Hurricane Katrina, evacuation and landfall, and 3-months recovery post-Hurricane Rita. The spatial results show that transportation unmet needs were concentrated in Texas’ major metropolitan areas, especially in Houston-Galveston, and along highway evacuation routes. However, after controlling for population size, areas close to the landfall site and evacuation destinations had greater unmet transportation needs. Longitudinally, transportation unmet needs surged during evacuation and immediate disaster response then returned to baseline levels during recovery. Based on the results of the case study analyzing Texas 2-1-1 call data of unmet transportation needs, strategies and policies for improving mass evacuation and transportation support services are proposed and discussed.

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