Actionable Knowledge for disaster risk reduction: Collaborative Governance to increase commuity resilience in western Nepal

该项目旨在通过探索卡纳利盆地上方偏远山区非正式和正式DRR的协作网络配置，为尼泊尔西部减少灾害风险提供可操作的知识。具体来说，研究的实地地点是尼泊尔西部第7省的Bajhang和Bajura地区。我的研究计划目标如下：在局部DRR中绘制多中心网络。调查权力在网络动力学中的作用。评估DRR网络中的网络位置和功率类型。尼泊尔最近经历了联邦化进程（2015年），包括批准新宪法和进一步将决策权重新分配给地方政府；2017年举行了十多年来的首次地方选举。此外，由于尼泊尔高度自然灾害、贫困和发展需求的结合，历史上一直有强大的I/NGO和多边援助存在，与治理网络合作并形成治理网络。这段历史导致尼泊尔DRR被描述为一个复杂的多利益攸关方网络，在凝聚力和相互竞争的议程中挣扎；这是一个需要加强协作和明确目标、行动和实施的系统（Jones, Aryal, & Collins, 2013; Jones, Oven, & Wisner, 2016; Morrison et al., 2017）。本项目旨在通过协作治理的视角来解决上述问题，其观点是，在发展中国家背景下进行详细的实证研究可以帮助学术和政策实践者了解正式和非正式网络之间的关系以及协作如何在社区一级表现出来。

The project aims to generate actionable knowledge for disaster risk reduction in western Nepal, by exploring the collaborative network configurations of informal and formal DRR in remote mountain environments above the Karnali basin. Specifically the field sites for the research are the Bajhang and Bajura districts of province 7 in Western Nepal. My research proposal aims are as follows: Map polycentric networks in local DRR. Investigate the role of power in network dynamics. Evaluate network position and power typology in DRR networks.Nepal has recently undergone the federalisation process (2015), including the ratification of a new constitution and further redistribution of decision-making powers to subnational levels of government; with local elections being held for the first time in over a decade in 2017. Further to this, due to the combination of high levels of natural hazards, poverty and development needs in Nepal there has historically been a strong I/NGO and multilateral aid presence working with and shaping governance networks. This history has resulted in Nepal DRR being described as a complex multi stakeholder network that struggles with cohesion and competing agendas; It is a system in need of increased collaboration and clarity of goals, action and implementation (Jones, Aryal, & Collins, 2013; Jones, Oven, & Wisner, 2016; Morrison et al., 2017). This project seeks to address the above concerns through the lens of collaborative governance, with the view that detailed empirical study in a developing country context can help academic and policy practitioner understanding of the relationship between formal and informal networks and how collaboration manifest at community level.