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

标题：合作研究：社区恢复与科罗拉多州？S 2013年的极端洪水：在资源、联盟和政治条件项目的背景下的政策学习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损失、响应和恢复损失。随着洪水易发地区人口的增加，社区正变得更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重建、如何重建以及在哪里重建。由于洪水可能反复发生，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取新的政策来提高复原力。通过跟踪科罗拉多州社区对2013年9月洪水的反应，这项研究将调查社区如何成功地从极端事件中学习，以提高对未来洪水的复原力和降低脆弱性。该项目旨在为公共政策和自然灾害研究领域做出贡献，目标如下：增进极端事件后政策学习的知识；增进灾难恢复知识，特别是与社区进程、公民和其他利益攸关方在促进长期恢复和恢复能力方面所发挥的作用有关的知识；向各国政府通报2013年9月洪水应对洪水的经验教训，目的是促进受洪水影响的社区的治理效率。公共政策研究所将对科罗拉多州的7个社区进行纵向比较案例研究，这些社区位于科罗拉多州S，是2013年9月洪水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，将在恢复过程中每隔三个时间对社区规划和决策过程的参与者进行深入访谈。第二，将对复苏进程参与者进行调查，调查样本将比受访者多。第三，定期对社区居民进行调查。最后，还将收集与洪灾恢复和人口数据有关的文件。这些数据结合在一起，将能够对恢复进程和利益攸关方的参与、损害程度、联盟信念和行为、政治背景以及社区中的资源可用性进行定性和定量分析。

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.