RAPID Collaborative Research: Identification of Key Dynamics for Optimal Distribution and Sustainable Partnership in Haitian Disaster Recovery

快速反应研究（RAPID）项目将确定海地灾难恢复的最佳分配和可持续伙伴关系的关键动态，这场悲剧性的7.0级地震于2010年1月12日发生在距离海地首都太子港仅10英里的地方。 这项研究将在军事部队撤离期间进行，并在从国际应对过渡到海地主导的恢复所造成的独特条件下进行。在这一时期内进行的观察可以深入了解过去困扰大规模反应的许多机构间问题。 通过查明有效的机构间伙伴关系的主要特点，并通过观察在建立和承受压力期间对这些伙伴关系的实际利用情况，有可能极大地增进和扩大关于动态伙伴关系建立的知识体系，在海地访问期间收集的数据包括应急管理人员和反应人员的见解。 使用自然主义的数据收集方法，定量和定性数据的援助获取，运输和分配的效率将收集由一个知识渊博的研究人员嵌入一个积极的分配组织。 通过关注本地-国际伙伴关系的动态及其有效性，本研究将确定收集的数据分析的初步结果，并将激励未来的研究，旨在开发准确的模型，在动态条件下的组织动态，分销地点和运输方法。 收集的信息将为美国和世界各地未来的应对行动提供实用和可测试的见解。 最近的智利地震和正在进行的准备类似的地震灾害（例如，在美国的新马德里地震带）激励需要增加对组织间的动态，本研究可以提供的理解。

This Grant for Rapid Response Research (RAPID) project will identify the key dynamics for optimal distribution and sustainable partnership in Haitian disaster recovery following the tragic 7.0 magnitude earthquake which struck just 10 miles from the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince on January 12th, 2010. This study will be conducted during the military troop withdrawal and the unique conditions propagated by the transition from international response to Haitian-led recovery. Observations during this time period can provide insight into many of the inter-agency problems that have plagued large-scale responses in the past. The body of knowledge on dynamic partnership formation has the potential to be greatly advanced and expanded through the identification of key characteristics in effective inter-agency partnerships and through observation of the practical utilization of these partnerships during formation and under strain.Data to be collected during the Haitian visit includes insight from emergency managers and responders. Using naturalistic data collection methods, quantitative and qualitative data on the efficiency of aid acquisition, transportation, and distribution will be collected using a knowledgeable researcher embedded within an active distribution organization. By focusing on the dynamics of local-international partnerships and their efficacy, this study will identify initial results from analysis of the collected data and will motivate future studies aimed at developing accurate models for organizational dynamics, distribution locations, and transport methodology under dynamic conditions. The information gathered will provide practical and testable insight into future response operations across the United States and around the world. The recent earthquake in Chile and ongoing preparation for similar earthquake disasters (e.g. the New Madrid Seismic Zone in the US) motivate the need for the increased understanding of inter-organizational dynamics which this study can provide.