Collaborative Research: A Pre/Post Disaster Investigation of the Effect of Network Capacities on Disaster Response

合作研究：灾前/灾后网络能力对灾害响应影响的调查

• 批准号: 1161990
• 负责人: James Moody
• 金额: $ 1.81万
• 依托单位: Duke University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-06-01 至 2016-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1161990&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Pre; Post; Disaster

This research project investigates what can be done before an event to improve inter-agency communication and coordination during a disaster. Due to a number of social, economic, developmental, physical and environmental factors, natural disasters like floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, and wildfires are anticipated to increase. Consequently, we need to have a better understanding of how communities can respond to and better prepare for disasters. This project is unique in two ways. First, it will examine whether factors like attachment to community, inter-organizational relationships, and network leadership are associated with better community preparedness. Second, the research will measure these factors in communities ahead of a disaster to see if they lead to better communication and coordination when an actual disaster happens. Wildfires, because they are one of the most commonly occurring natural disasters in the United States, are the focal events of this research. The results from the research will help improve disaster management by providing information that can inform how the many agencies, organizations, and groups involved in disaster preparedness and response can better organize themselves to create more disaster resilient communities. These lessons for better disaster management will be communicated directly to partner agencies and organizations, such as the U.S Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management, National Incident Management Organization and various state and local wildfire response organizations. The investigators will also share this work more broadly with the interested public, as well as professional and academic audiences. Conducting the research will provide opportunities for student training, as well as expand research partnerships with leaders in key agencies interested in disaster scholarship.

该研究项目调查在灾害发生之前可以做些什么来改善灾害期间的机构间沟通和协调。 由于一些社会、经济、发展、物理和环境因素，预计洪水、飓风、龙卷风和野火等自然灾害将增加。 因此，我们需要更好地了解社区如何能够应对灾害并更好地做好准备。 这个项目在两个方面是独一无二的。 首先，它将研究是否与更好的社区准备相关的因素，如依恋社区，组织间的关系和网络领导。 第二，研究将在灾害发生前对社区的这些因素进行测量，看看它们是否会在实际灾害发生时带来更好的沟通和协调。 野火是美国最常见的自然灾害之一，因此是本研究的焦点事件。研究结果将有助于改善灾害管理，提供信息，告知参与备灾和救灾的许多机构、组织和团体如何更好地组织起来，创造更具抗灾能力的社区。 这些更好的灾害管理经验将直接传达给合作伙伴机构和组织，如美国林务局消防和航空管理，国家事故管理组织以及各州和地方野火响应组织。 调查人员还将更广泛地与感兴趣的公众以及专业和学术受众分享这项工作。 开展研究将为学生培训提供机会，并扩大与对灾害奖学金感兴趣的关键机构领导人的研究伙伴关系。