Influence of social capital on community preparedness for wildfires
Influence of social capital on community preparedness for wildfires
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DOI：
10.1016/j.landurbplan.2012.03.011
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发表时间：
2012-06-15
影响因子：
9.1
通讯作者：
Ryan, Robert
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作者：
Bihari, Menka;Ryan, Robert
对野火风险的日益关注，需要更好地了解影响社区备灾的因素。社会资本可能是促进减少风险的一个关键因素。我们研究了地方依恋和过去的野火经验如何影响社区的社会资本。这反过来又影响了防御性空间行动的采用，并提高了野火意识。一项调查工具，以确定影响社会资本的变量，并衡量自我报告的态度和行动的变化，以减轻在美国各地的六个火灾多发社区。研究结果表明，地方附件和以前参与自然资源规划显着影响社会资本和社区凝聚力，鼓励防御空间的行动，以及建立支持准备在荒地-城市界面（WUI）社区提高居民的野火风险意识。结果表明，规划者和资源管理者可以利用这些因素，以提高公民参与塑造和改善合作减灾和资源管理。通过确定和监测影响社会资本和准备的变量，规划和自然资源管理机构可以更好地指导减少火灾危险的方案，并确保荒地-城市界面社区的安全。(C)2012爱思唯尔有限公司版权所有。
The increased concern about wildfire risk creates the need to better understand the factors affecting community preparedness. Social capital may be one key factor for facilitating risk reduction. We examined how place attachment and past experience with wildfires influences a community's social capital. which in turn affects the adoption of defensible space actions and improves wildfire awareness. A survey instrument was developed to identify variables affecting social capital, and measure self-reported change in attitudes and actions toward mitigation in six fire-prone communities across the USA. Findings indicate that place attachment and previous involvement in natural resource planning significantly affect social capital and community cohesion, encourage defensible space actions as well as build support for preparedness in the wildland-urban interface (WUI) communities by improving residents' awareness of wildfire risk. Results suggest that planners and resource managers can take advantage of these factors to increase citizen participation for shaping and improving collaborative hazard mitigation and resource management. By identifying and monitoring the variables that affect social capital and preparedness, planning and natural resource management agencies can better direct programs to reduce fire danger and ensure safety in wildland-urban interface communities. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.