What is 'social resilience'? Perspectives of disaster researchers, emergency management practitioners, and policymakers in New Zealand
What is 'social resilience'? Perspectives of disaster researchers, emergency management practitioners, and policymakers in New Zealand
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DOI：
10.1016/j.ijdrr.2016.08.013
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发表时间：
2016-10-01
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5
通讯作者：
Paton, Douglas
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作者：
Kwok, Alan H.;Doyle, Emma E. H.;Paton, Douglas
越来越需要评估社区复原力的潜在驱动因素。现有的弹性测量研究大多评估与社会领域相关的因素，包括社会、经济、制度、基础设施和自然环境。研究的重点是社会复原力的重要性——人们和社区应对外部压力和冲击的能力——以及它如何有助于社区准备、灾害响应和灾后恢复。作为社区弹性的一个组成部分，社会弹性已经被许多学科的研究人员进行了研究。因此，在如何评估这一概念方面存在着巨大的差异。为了更好地理解社会弹性在社区层面的意义，本研究考察了来自新西兰惠灵顿地区的危害研究人员、应急管理从业人员和政策制定者的观点。他们的回答结果揭示了这三个部门对社会弹性的看法的相似性。总体而言，最常被提及的社会弹性属性是社区聚会场所，其次是社会支持、风险和后果知识、集体效能和社区意识。通过综合他们的反应和文献，提出了一套核心的社会弹性指标。(C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd.版权所有。
There is an increasing need to evaluate the underlying drivers of community resilience. Much of the existing research on resilience measurements assesses factors pertaining to a spectrum of societal domains that includes social, economic, institutional, infrastructural, and natural environments. Research has focused on the importance of social resilience- the capacity of people and communities to deal with external stresses and shocks- and how it contributes to community preparedness, disaster response, and post-disaster recovery. As a component of community resilience, social resilience has been examined by researchers across a multitude of academic disciplines. As a result, there are tremendous variations in how this concept is assessed. To better understand what social resilience means at the community level, this research examined the perspectives of hazards researchers, emergency management practitioners, and policymakers from New Zealand's Wellington region. The results of their responses revealed similarities in how social resilience is perceived across these three sectors. Overall, the most frequently mentioned social resilience attributes are community gathering place, followed by social support, knowledge of risks and consequences, collective efficacy, and sense of community. Through synthesising their responses and the literature, a core set of social resilience indicators is proposed. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.