Planning for disaster resilience in rural, remote, and coastal communities: Moving from thought to action

2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brenda L. Murphy, PhD ◽  
Gregory S. Anderson, PhD ◽  
Ron Bowles, PhD ◽  
Robin S. Cox, PhD
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Coastal Communities ◽  
Disaster Resilience ◽  
Case Study Analysis ◽  
Planning Framework ◽  
Response And Recovery ◽  
Bridging Organization

Disaster resilience is the cornerstone of effective emergency management across all phases of a disaster from preparedness through response and recovery. To support community resilience planning in the Rural Disaster Resilience Project (RDRP) Planning Framework, a print-based version of the guide book and a suite of resilience planning tools were field tested in three communities representing different regions and geographies within Canada. The results provide a cross-case study analysis from which lessons learned can be extracted. The authors demonstrate that by encouraging resilience thinking and proactive planning even very small rural communities can harness their inherent strengths and resources to enhance their own disaster resilience, as undertaking the resilience planning process was as important as the outcomes.The resilience enhancement planning process must be flexible enough to allow each community to act independently to meet their own needs. The field sites demonstrate that any motivated group of individuals, representing a neighborhood or some larger area could undertake a resilience initiative, especially with the assistance of a bridging organization or tool such as the RDRP Planning Framework.

Tacit Knowledge Sharing During ERP Acquisition: An Exploratory Multi-Site Case Study

2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (02) ◽  
pp. 1250010
Author(s):  
Ramaraj Palanisamy
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Tacit Knowledge ◽  
Information Search ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Process Selection ◽  
Enterprise Resources Planning ◽  
Tacit Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Acquisition Planning

Organisations that implement Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) software packages are making a big commitment in terms of both time and money. Realising the ERP benefits, some organisations have successfully implemented while others have struggled, settled for minimum returns, and abandoned the system. To mitigate the risks, a knowledge sharing framework is suggested to be put in place during ERP acquisition. Based on findings in an explorative case study of three Canadian organisations that have gone through ERP acquisition phases, this study examines tacit knowledge sharing in ERP acquisition planning process, information search process, selection, evaluation, choice, and negotiations. The lessons learned and knowledge sharing activities are given by presenting a cross-comparison of the case studies.

scholarly journals Torontonians have a nature problem - can biophilic design be a solution?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megan Easton
Keyword(s):  
Design Research ◽  
Natural World ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
Environmental Benefits ◽  
Case Study Analysis ◽  
Biophilic Design ◽  
Planning Framework ◽  
Economic Support ◽  
The City

Biophilic design stems from the term biophilia; a concept that describes humans’ innate connection and love for nature. It is an innovative way to bring nature into cities, reconnecting urban residents to the natural world through the built environment, while simultaneously contributing many mental, physical and environmental benefits. Despite extensive research on the significance of biophilic design, application in many urban environments, including Toronto, is minimal. This paper investigates what, if any, obstacles may be preventing Toronto from integrating biophilic design. Research was conducted through a literature review, case study analysis and four key informant surveys. It finds that there are obstacles to local implementation including a lack of supportive planning framework, a lack of economic support and incentives, lacking professional expertise and absent demand. The paper acknowledges the literature, case studies and informant responses through the provision of recommendations that are designed to help the city overcome these obstacles. Key words: Biophilia, Biophilic Design, Planning, Toronto

scholarly journals Varieties of state interventionism in financial policy in the aftermath of the 2008 global crisis

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 407-434
Author(s):  
Maria Antonieta Del Tedesco Lins
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Exchange ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Emerging Market ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
Financial Policy ◽  
Global Crisis ◽  
Case Study Analysis ◽  
Exchange Markets

Abstract Thanks to lessons learned and reforms implemented after the financial crises of the late 1990s, most emerging market economies proved relatively resilient to the 2008 global crisis. Yet to cope with the turbulence that ensued, several interventions by monetary authorities in foreign exchange and capital markets were carried out. The literature on Latin American financial systems and central bank reform tends to emphasize international actors and pressures as key determinants of policy change. In contrast, this paper raises the hypothesis that domestic concerns were the main drivers of financial policymaking after the 2008 crisis even in countries with different institutional arrangements and macroeconomic trajectories such as Brazil, Mexico and Argentina. Through a comparative case study analysis, it is concluded that indeed the three countries’ approaches to exchange markets and capital controls contradicted international perceptions and even the IMF’s stance on foreign exchange policies and the management of capital flows. By pursuing more autonomy and responding to domestic priorities, each of the three countries adopted different policy measures.

scholarly journals Towards Liveable and Sustainable Egyptian New Cities: Learned Lessons from Columbia, Maryland

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Current Situation ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Social Forces ◽  
Study Analysis ◽  
Case Study Analysis ◽  
American Experience ◽  
Desert Areas ◽  
New Vision ◽  
The Relationship

After more than thirty years of their establishment, 26 New Cities in Egypt are attracting less people than the informal areas. The main objective of this paper is to form a new vision for liveable sustainable Egyptian new cities that attract people to live in, using the descriptive, analytical, deductive methodologies to achieve the research goals. The research starts with discussing the “NCs” definition and its dimensions, and then it explores the major features of sustainability, explains the relationship between the economic, urban, environmental, and social forces shaping the sustainability in developing the new cities. Afterwards, the research focuses on presenting the current situation of the Egyptian experience in developing new cities in the desert areas and the major pertinent impediments, and then analyses the international experiences of sustainable New Cities, Columbia, Maryland in USA. In addition, the case study analysis is a part of a field visit and surveys done by the researcher during Winter and Summer 2015. Finally, the research draws from the previous analyses, the lessons learned from the American experience, the implications for developing Sustainable NCs from inception through completion, in addition to managing the following on-going operations.

‘Lessons learned’: A comparative case study analysis of an emergency department response to two burns disasters

2012 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 420-429 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Little ◽  
Jim Cooper ◽  
Monica Gope ◽  
Kelly A Hahn ◽  
Cem Kibar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
Study Analysis ◽  
Case Study Analysis

scholarly journals Torontonians have a nature problem - can biophilic design be a solution?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megan Easton
Keyword(s):  
Design Research ◽  
Natural World ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
Environmental Benefits ◽  
Case Study Analysis ◽  
Biophilic Design ◽  
Planning Framework ◽  
Economic Support ◽  
The City

Biophilic design stems from the term biophilia; a concept that describes humans’ innate connection and love for nature. It is an innovative way to bring nature into cities, reconnecting urban residents to the natural world through the built environment, while simultaneously contributing many mental, physical and environmental benefits. Despite extensive research on the significance of biophilic design, application in many urban environments, including Toronto, is minimal. This paper investigates what, if any, obstacles may be preventing Toronto from integrating biophilic design. Research was conducted through a literature review, case study analysis and four key informant surveys. It finds that there are obstacles to local implementation including a lack of supportive planning framework, a lack of economic support and incentives, lacking professional expertise and absent demand. The paper acknowledges the literature, case studies and informant responses through the provision of recommendations that are designed to help the city overcome these obstacles. Key words: Biophilia, Biophilic Design, Planning, Toronto

USCGC Healy (WAGB 20)—A Case Study for Implementing Reliability-Centered Maintenance

2000 ◽  
Vol 37 (01) ◽  
pp. 50-56
Author(s):  
William J. Reicks ◽  
Richard Burt ◽  
John P. Mazurana ◽  
Russell J. Steinle
Keyword(s):  
Planning Process ◽  
Technical Information ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Coast Guard ◽  
Fine Tuning ◽  
Maintenance Planning ◽  
Detail Design ◽  
Reliability Centered Maintenance

In new ship construction, maintenance planning affords both an opportunity and a challenge. On one hand, a new ship class enables maintenance planners to start with a clean slate and consider improved and more cost-effective maintenance methods. On the other hand, new manning concepts, lack of timely technical information when maintenance planning is conducted in parallel with detail design, use of equipment new to the fleet, and the like impose a measure of uncertainty on the planning process. In this paper, we review why and how Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) techniques were applied to the new Polar icebreaker U.S. Coast Guard Cutter (CGC) Healy (frontispiece). We review how we incorporated condition-based maintenance techniques where appropriate. We discuss the decision process used for fine-tuning the Maintenance Procedure Cards (MPC) for CGC Healy's hull, mechanical, and electrical (HM&E) Preventive Maintenance Manual. Finally, we share some lessons learned in the process.

Damage Scale and Long-term Recovery Plans in Japan: Working with Local People

2007 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
pp. 431-444 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norio Maki* ◽  
◽  
Haruo Hayashi* ◽  
Keiko Tamura** ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Local Governments ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Stakeholder Involvement ◽  
Earthquake Disaster ◽  
Recovery Planning ◽  
Planning Framework ◽  
Historical Data Analysis ◽  
Comprehensive Plans

After devastating disaster, local governments create their "long-term recovery plans." However, there is no clear threshold showing how severely damaged local governments would establish the plan, and no analysis on what kind of components those plans could include. Another issue about long-term recovery planning is how we compiling ideas or visions of stakeholders of an impacted community into a plan. There exists two aspects in planning, one is how ideas of stakeholders are compiled into a plan, and the other is how a feasible plan is established. This paper discusses about 1) the threshold and components for long-term recovery plans from historical data analysis on the various long term recovery plans in Japan during 1959 Ise Bay Typhoon Disaster to Niigata Chuetsu Earthquake Disaster, and 2) planning scheme to establish feasible plan with stakeholder involvement. As a results about the threshold and components on long-term recovery plans, when 8% house holds suffers major damage within total local government's house holds, local governments could establish "long-term recovery plans," and there exits two kinds of "long-term recovery plans" such as comprehensive plans and disaster reduction+short term recovery plans among recent "long-term recovery plans." And the scheme to develop long-term recovery planning by summing up 1690 of stakeholders' ideas on long term recovery of the community into the plan according to a strategic planning framework were developed from the case study in the Ojiya City long term recovery planning, which suffers severe damage from 2004 Niigata Chuetsu Earthquake Disaster. The planning process which could secure the feasibility and effectiveness of the plan and compile successfully various visions and ideas of stakeholders were compiled into the plan were developed.

scholarly journals Multijurisdictional Industrial Parks and Revenue Sharing: An Application of Growth Pole Theory

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 78
Author(s):  
G. Jason Jolley ◽  
Sharon R. Paynter
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Revenue Sharing ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Growth Pole ◽  
Technology Park ◽  
Industrial Parks ◽  
Technology Parks ◽  
Pole Theory

Rural communities often lack the fiscal capacity to make the necessary investments to differentiate their industrial and technology parks in a crowded marketplace. This case study examines Triangle North, a multi-jurisdictional industrial/technology park in North Carolina. The study discusses the application of growth pole theory as the intellectual underpinnings of the joint park, its innovative financing and revenue sharing arrangement, and lessons learned from its implementation that can be applied to other locales.

scholarly journals CHALLENGES AND LESSONS LEARNED FROM COASTAL FLOOD RESILIENCE PLANNING IN VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA, USA

2018 ◽  
pp. 96
Author(s):  
Brian K. Batten ◽  
Gregory Johnson ◽  
Shanda Davenport
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Flood Frequency ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Sea Levels ◽  
Coastal Cities ◽  
Virginia Beach ◽  
Aging Infrastructure ◽  
The City

Many U.S. coastal cities face the challenge of increasing flood frequency and magnitude due to a combination of increasing sea levels, changing rainfall, and aging infrastructure. Recurrent flooding, sometimes referred to as “nuisance flooding”, can be symptomatic of such issues. Responding to such impacts can either be tacked in a piece-meal, reactive fashion, or proactively. A number of cities, such as New York (SIRR, 2013) and Boston (City of Boston, 2016) have undertaken or are in the process of planning efforts to recognize such issues and develop strategies to reduce impacts. The flood resilient planning process can take many forms, we shall provide a case-study example overview of a bottom-up, risk-informed effort by the City of Virginia Beach, VA.

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