According to plan? Disaster risk knowledge and organizational responses to heat wave risk in London, UK
According to plan? Disaster risk knowledge and organizational responses to heat wave risk in London, UK
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10.1890/ehs14-0022.1
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发表时间：
2015-05-01
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4.9
通讯作者：
Abeling, Thomas
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作者：
Abeling, Thomas
本文探讨了灾害风险知识如何塑造当地热浪风险管理在伦敦，英国。其重点是通过伦敦的公共部门组织执行联合王国国家热浪计划。经验证据来自49个半结构化的，专家访谈风险管理人员从地方当局，卫生和社会保健组织在伦敦。调查结果表明，国家热浪计划是灾害风险知识的重要来源，但它并没有成功地引导可持续的变化，在地方一级的热风险规划的方式。该计划在当地被视为一项侧重于应急反应的公共卫生战略。这加强了当地通过公共卫生制定的热浪规划方法，并优先考虑短期应对行动，而不是长期预防战略。本文认为，灾害风险知识的提供可能会破坏当地风险规划的范式转变，如果它限制考虑现有的风险管理方法的替代方案。
This paper explores how disaster risk knowledge shapes local heat wave risk management in London, UK. Its focus is on the implementation of the UK National Heatwave Plan through public sector organizations in London. Empirical evidence stems from 49 semi-structured, expert interviews with risk managers from local authorities, and health and social care organizations in London. Findings suggest that the National Heatwave Plan is an important source of disaster risk knowledge, but that it has not been successful in steering sustainable change in the way that heat risk is planned for at the local level. The plan is perceived locally as a public health strategy focused on emergency response. This reinforces local heat wave planning approaches that are enacted through public health and that prioritize short-term response actions, rather than long-term preventive strategies. This paper argues that the provision of disaster risk knowledge can undermine paradigm shifts in local risk planning if it constrains consideration of alternatives to existing risk management approaches.