SGER: Social Vulnerability and Urban Development Patterns: Impacts on Community Resilience and Recovery

这项小型探索性研究补助金(SGER)将研究城市发展模式和社会脆弱性对影响、错位以及早期修复和重建决策的影响，这些决策对社区的复原力至关重要。社区对灾害造成的社会和物质影响的敏感性是创建具有复原力的社区的重要组成部分，这些社区能够有效地应对灾害事件并在灾害发生后迅速恢复。建筑、自然和社会环境的特点可能会加剧或减轻这种脆弱性，并阻碍或促进居民和企业的恢复能力。具体地说，研究小组将评估现有社会和身体发展模式对社区复原力和恢复的影响。数据收集和分析将由以下研究问题驱动：-现有的发展模式是否减轻或加剧了财产的损坏和损失？-弱势人口的空间分布是否减轻或加剧了财产的损坏和损失？-社会脆弱性因素是促进还是阻碍了有关流离失所和早期修复/重建决策的决策？收集的数据将建立在德克萨斯州海岸现有的环境、管理和人口数据数据库的基础上。具体地说，项目组一直参与收集和分析整个德克萨斯州海岸的发展、可持续性和复原力数据，这些数据很容易被当地社区用于规划未来的发展(参见shore alatlas.Tamug.edu)。因此，分析的结果将比拟议的数据收集本身所允许的更直接和更广泛。了解当前的发展和脆弱性模式如何减轻或加剧灾害造成的破坏，对于使当地社区和参与建筑和自然环境的设计、管理和管理的专业人员能够建设更具社会和身体复原力的社区至关重要。这些数据将作为进一步研究社区恢复的基线，为此将寻求额外的资金。能够收集与流离失所和修复/重建有关的初步损害评估和早期决定，将为开发一个纵向数据库奠定基础，该数据库将继续更好地了解社区复原力和恢复之间的关系。关于错位和早期修复/重建决定的数据尤其短暂，这证明探索性研究小额赠款项下的资助是合理的。

This Small Grant for Exploratory Research (SGER) will examine the impact of urban development patterns and social vulnerability on impact, dislocation, and early repair and rebuilding decisions which are critical for community resilience. The susceptibility of a community to social and physical impacts from disasters is an important component of creating resilient communities that are able to respond effectively to hazard events and recover quickly after impact. Characteristics of the built, natural and social environment may exacerbate or mitigate such vulnerability and impede or facilitate the ability of residents and businesses to recover. Specifically, the research team will assess the impact of existing social and physical development patterns on community resilience and recovery. Data collection and analysis will be driven by the following research questions:- Did existing development patterns mitigate or exacerbate damage and loss to property?- Did the spatial distribution of vulnerable populations mitigate or exacerbate damage and loss to property?- Do social vulnerability factors facilitate or impede decision-making with regard to dislocation and early repair/rebuilding decisions?Data collected will build on existing databases of environmental, management, and demographic data of the Texas coast. Specifically, the project team has been involved in collecting and analyzing development, sustainability, and resiliency data for the entire Texas Coast and these data have been made easily available for local communities to plan future development (see coastalatlas.tamug.edu). Consequently, findings from the analysis will be both more immediate and more extensive than the proposed data collection alone would permit. Understanding how current development and vulnerability patterns mitigate or exacerbate damage from disasters is critical for enabling local communities and professionals involved in the design, regulation, and management of the built and natural environments to construct communities that are more socially and physically resilient.These data will serve a baseline for further study of community recovery, for which additional funding will be sought. The ability to capture initial damage assessments and early decisions related to dislocation and repair/rebuilding will provide the foundation for the development of a longitudinal database which will continue to generate a better understanding of the relationship between community resilience and recovery. The data regarding dislocation and early repair/rebuilding decisions are particularly ephemeral, justifying the funding under the Small Grants for Exploratory Research.