Collaborative Research: Community Recovery and Colorado's Extreme Floods of 2013: Policy Learning in the Context of Resources, Coalitions, and Political Conditions

合作研究：社区恢复和科罗拉多？2013年的极端洪水：资源、联盟和政治条件背景下的政策学习 项目摘要洪水是最具破坏性的自然灾害之一，每年给美国社区造成数十亿美元的破坏、响应和恢复损失。随着洪水易发地区人口的增加，社区越来越容易受到洪水的影响。洪水管理的责任已经从联邦转移到地方一级，社区现在负责决定是否、如何以及在哪里重建。由于其潜在的重复性，洪水为社区提供了一个学习和适应这些经验的机会，目的是通过反思、修改以前的政策和采用新的政策来提高复原力。通过跟踪科罗拉多社区对2013年9月洪水的反应，本研究将调查社区如何成功地从极端事件中学习，以提高抵御能力，减少对未来洪水的脆弱性。该项目旨在为公共政策和自然灾害研究领域做出贡献，其目标如下：增进对极端事件后政策学习的了解;增进对灾后恢复的了解，特别是因为它涉及社区进程、公民和其他利益攸关方在促进长期恢复和复原力方面发挥的作用;并向各国政府通报2013年9月洪水应对工作的经验教训，目标是提高受洪水影响社区的治理有效性。PI将对位于科罗拉多州的七个科罗拉多社区进行纵向比较案例研究。科罗拉多州？这是2013年9月洪水中受影响最严重的三个县。这项研究将在三年内跟踪社区的恢复和规划进程。将使用四种类型的数据来检查洪水恢复过程和结果。首先，在恢复过程中，将分三次对社区规划和决策过程的参与者进行深入访谈。第二，调查将以比受访者更多的恢复进程参与者为样本进行。三是定期开展社区居民调查。最后，还将收集与洪水恢复和人口数据有关的文件。结合起来，这些数据将使恢复过程和利益相关者的参与，损害程度，联盟的信念和行为，政治背景，以及社区的资源可用性的定性和定量分析。

Title: Collaborative Research: Community Recovery and Colorado?s Extreme Floods of 2013: Policy Learning in the Context of Resources, Coalitions, and Political Conditions PROJECT ABSTRACTOne of the most damaging natural hazards, flooding annually causes billions of dollars in damage, response, and recovery losses for U.S. communities. As populations increase in flood prone areas, communities are becoming more vulnerable to floods. The responsibility for flood management has shifted from the federal to the local level and communities are now responsible for making decisions about if, how, and where to rebuild. Because of their potentially recurring nature, floods offer an opportunity for communities to learn from and adapt to these experiences with the goal of increasing resiliency through reflection, modification of former policies, and adoption of new policies. By following the response to the September 2013 floods in Colorado communities, this study will investigate how communities successfully learn from extreme events to increase resilience and decrease vulnerability to future floods. The project seeks to contribute to the fields of public policy and natural hazards research with the following objectives: to advance knowledge of policy learning in the aftermath of extreme events; to advance knowledge of disaster recovery, specifically as it relates to the role that community processes, citizens, and other stakeholders play in promoting long-term recovery and resilience; and to inform governments of lessons from flood responses to the September 2013 floods, with the goal of contributing to the effectiveness of governance in flood-affected communities.The PIs will conduct longitudinal comparative case studies of seven Colorado communities, located in Colorado?s three most severely impacted counties from the September 2013 floods. This study will follow communities through their recovery and planning process over a period of three years. Four types of data will be used to examine flood recovery processes and outcomes. First, in-depth interviews will be conducted of participants in the planning and decision process of the community at three intervals during the recovery process. Second, surveys will be conducted with a larger sample of recovery process participants than those interviewed. Third, periodic surveys of community residents will be conducted. Finally, documents related to flood recovery and demographic data will also be gathered. Combined, these data will enable both qualitative and quantitative analysis of recovery processes and stakeholder participation, extent of damage, coalition beliefs and behavior, political context, and resource availability in communities.