Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Lan Thi Nguyen, Ann Bostrom, Daniel B. Abramson, Patricia Moy
Summary: This study examines how shared resources, social capital, and day-to-day resources influence earthquake disaster preparedness. It finds that in areas with a racial majority, reported preparedness is higher when considering shared resources. Disaster preparedness efforts should focus on supplementing individual preparedness with daily resources, social capital, and collective shareable community assets.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
(2023)
Article
Economics
Carmen Rodriguez Fernandez-Blanco, Elena Gorriz-Mifsyd, Irina Prokofieva, Bart Muys, Constanza Parra
Summary: This paper explores the threat of wildfires in Mediterranean territories and proposes a framework for evaluating socio-ecological resilience based on social innovation theory and resilience theory. The study finds that Forest Defence Groups make positive contributions to socio-ecological resilience and facilitate community engagement in addressing issues through opening up spaces for dialogue and collaboration.
FOREST POLICY AND ECONOMICS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Studies
Tahia Devisscher, Jillian Spies, Verena C. Griess
Summary: In British Columbia, community forestry provides a 20-year foundation for enhancing the resilience of forest landscapes. Findings show that forest management practices to enhance resilience mainly focus on species diversification, introduction of drought-tolerant species, monitoring, wildfire risk management, and enhanced silviculture. CFs, with long-term planning and investment, have shifted residents' mindset towards the multifunctionality of forests.
Article
Ecology
Alice Ramos de Moraes, Juliana Sampaio Farinaci, Deborah Santos Prado, Luciana Gomes de Araujo, Ana Carolina Esteves Dias, Rafael E. Ummus, Cristiana Simao Seixas
Summary: Based on six case studies in Brazil, this research identified common elements of successful community self-organization and investigated their interactions. These elements include finding opportunities in crisis, partnering with external actors, having human and social capital within the community, generating income opportunities or guaranteeing rights, creating spaces for social interaction, and having agency oriented towards collective mobilization and problem solving. These elements were interconnected and reinforced each other, generating amplifying feedback in the process of self-organization.
ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY
(2023)
Article
Geography
Rike Stotten, Markus Schermer, Geoff A. Wilson
Summary: The study found that tourism in the European Alps, particularly in rural areas, relies on farming to preserve the landscape. It also revealed that different development pathways in communities can lead to similar economic, structural, and political lock-ins that reinforce path dependencies.
JOURNAL OF RURAL STUDIES
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Sharon M. Hood, J. Morgan Varner, Theresa B. Jain, Jeffrey M. Kane
Summary: This study presents a framework for measuring fuel treatment effectiveness from stands to landscapes to guide fuel treatment planning and enhance resilience to wildland fire. The framework introduces the concept of a fuel management regime and emphasizes the evaluation of fuel treatments based on pre-treatment fire hazard and post-wildland fire treatment outcomes at large spatial and temporal scales.
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Ying Li, Ayizuhere Aierken, XiWen Ding, YiYang Pan, Yuan Chen
Summary: This study found significant associations between dependency and individual, family, community, and social factors. Good social connection and social support were identified as the most important protective factors for individuals at high risk of dependency.
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Jennifer L. Baltzer, Nicola J. Day, Xanthe J. Walker, David Greene, Michelle C. Mack, Heather D. Alexander, Dominique Arseneault, Jennifer Barnes, Yves Bergeron, Yan Boucher, Laura Bourgeau-Chavez, Carissa D. Brown, Suzanne Carriere, Brian K. Howard, Sylvie Gauthier, Marc-Andre Parisien, Kirsten A. Reid, Brendan M. Rogers, Carl Roland, Luc Sirois, Sarah Stehn, Dan K. Thompson, Merritt R. Turetsky, Sander Veraverbeke, Ellen Whitman, Jian Yang, Jill F. Johnstone
Summary: Intensifying wildfire activity and climate change are driving rapid forest compositional shifts in boreal North America, potentially leading to a loss of black spruce dominance. Following fires, post-fire regeneration failure is common for black spruce, while forests dominated by jack pine or broad-leaved trees show more resilience. Climate moisture deficits and increased fire activity may erode the remaining resilience in black spruce forests, pushing the system towards a tipping point not seen in thousands of years.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Carina Hartz, Georgi Dragolov, Regina Arant, Jan Delhey, Kai Unzicker, Klaus Boehnke
Summary: This article presents findings from three large-scale representative survey studies conducted in the German federal state of Baden-Wurttemberg. These studies are part of the Social Cohesion Radar research initiative of Bertelsmann Stiftung. The research explores the role of social cohesion in the relationship between COVID-related objective and subjective strain, and future optimism among different age groups. The results suggest that while perceived social cohesion has modest effects on the relationship between strain and future optimism, individuals affected by COVID tend to be more optimistic about the future compared to those who were not affected.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Matthew Abunyewah, Michael Odei Erdiaw-Kwasie, Seth Asare Okyere, Gajendran Thayaparan, Mitchell Byrne, Jonatan Lassa, Kerstin K. Zander, Md. Nawrose Fatemi, Kim Maund
Summary: Social capital is a crucial resource in vulnerable cities of developing countries with weak disaster management capacities and limited responses. However, little is known about how different types of social capital contribute to flood preparedness and community resilience, especially in informal settlement settings. Based on a survey in Ghana, we found that personal and collective social capitals significantly predict flood preparedness and community resilience, with collective social capital having a stronger predictive ability. Additionally, flood preparedness acts as a mediator between personal and collective social capital and community resilience.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Fiona E. Newman Thacker, Marc Castellnou Ribau, Harm Bartholomeus, Cathelijne R. R. Stoof
Summary: The concept of fire resilience, particularly in the context of fire resilient landscapes, has gained increasing attention as society seeks to understand and coexist with wildfires. However, the lack of an integrated definition has hindered comprehensive research in this area. Based on a synthesis of literature and input from scientists and practitioners, a common definition for fire resilient landscapes is proposed as "a socio-ecological system that accepts the presence of fire, whilst preventing significant losses through landscape management, community engagement and effective recovery." This definition can guide policy development and practical implementation of fire resilient landscapes, as demonstrated through its application in Mediterranean and temperate Europe.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Matthew Hamilton, Jonathan Salerno, Alexandra Paige Fischer
Summary: The study evaluates the significance and function of feedback loops embedded within cognitive maps among stakeholders in a fire-prone region in the U.S. West. The findings indicate that cognition of feedback loops is limited among individuals but becomes prominent within groups, highlighting the importance of collaborative decision-making and identifying areas of cognitive biases.
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Paul M. M. Johnson, Hiba Baroud, Corey E. E. Brady, Mark Abkowitz
Summary: This study used statistical learning techniques to analyze participants' investment decisions in public infrastructure projects aimed at improving community resilience to disasters. The results showed that participants tend to overcontribute, indicating a general risk aversion. However, individuals with higher trait Openness scores were more inclined to adopt a risk-neutral strategy, while fewer available resources resulted in lower perceived utilities from infrastructure developments. Additionally, some input variables had nonlinear effects on decisions, suggesting the need for more sophisticated statistical learning methods to reexamine previous research that assumes linear relationships between individuals' dispositions and responses in applications of game theory or decision theory.
Article
Urban Studies
Maheen Shahid, Irfan Ahmad Rana, Ali Jamshed, Fawad Ahmed Najam, Ather Ali, Ayman Aslam
Summary: This study found that informal settlements have stronger social ties, networks, and trust in the community, while formal settlements have better access to consolidated and knowledge resources. There is a strong positive correlation between actual social capital and perceived social capital.
Article
Forestry
Heather M. Thompson, Mark R. Lesser, Luke Myers, Timothy B. Mihuc
Summary: Ecosystem recovery following wildfire is influenced by fire severity and frequency, as well as regional factors. Insects, often overlooked, play crucial roles in ecosystem services and their response to fire can impact the recovery process. A study in a jack pine barrens in New York found that insect groups had varying responses to a wildfire, with some increasing in abundance immediately after the disturbance and others showing a delayed positive response. Diversity, especially among Diptera, increased over time at the post-fire site. However, several taxa declined in response to fire disturbance. Further studies are needed to understand the recovery of this community and inform land management practices.
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Eliza de Vet, Christine Eriksen, Kate Booth, Shaun French
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK SCIENCE
(2019)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Christine Eriksen, Gregory L. Simon, Florian Roth, Shefali Juneja Lakhina, Ben Wisner, Carolina Adler, Frank Thomalla, Anna Scolobig, Kate Brady, Michael Bruendl, Florian Neisser, Maree Grenfell, Linda Maduz, Timothy Prior
Article
Geography
Scott McKinnon, Christine Eriksen
Summary: This paper investigates the ruined homes as spaces imbued with memory through oral history interviews with survivors of the 2003 Canberra firestorm. It explores the gradual process of unmaking of home by fire and the slow and embodied process of engagement with the space by firestorm survivors. It provides important lessons for the engagement with home-in-ruins in the 21(st) century where disasters are becoming more frequent and intense.
SOCIAL & CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY
(2023)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Kate Booth, Chloe Lucas, Christine Eriksen, Eliza de Vet, Bruce Tranter, Shaun French, Travis Young, Scott McKinnon
Summary: As climate change and extreme weather events become more frequent, the importance of house and contents insurance in managing risks is gaining attention. However, underinsurance is a complex and under-researched phenomenon. Through analyzing the experiences of insured and uninsured households in bushfire-prone areas of Australia, this study identifies underinsurance as a multifaceted issue influenced by various factors. To address underinsurance effectively, four key themes are proposed: place, integration, hegemony, and solidarity. Strategies for addressing disasters and global environmental change should be equitable and inclusive regardless of households' insurance status.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
(2022)
Article
Geography
Billy Tusker Haworth, Scott McKinnon, Christine Eriksen
Summary: The needs and capacities of gender and sexual minorities are often overlooked in crisis response and disaster risk reduction. More focus on diversity, inclusive knowledge production, and LGBTQIA+ inclusion in research is necessary to address social, cultural, and political factors that contribute to spatial inequalities, marginalization, and disaster vulnerability.
Article
Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Myriam Dunn Cavelty, Christine Eriksen, Benjamin Scharte
Summary: How can a focus on socio-technical vulnerability and uncertainty make cyber security more resilient? In this article, the authors discuss the co-evolution of cyber security and resilience thinking and argue that a sole focus on aggregate systems neglects the important differences in how cyber threats are experienced and dealt with by individuals. They propose conceptualizing cyber security as a social problem + technology, and highlight the need for interdisciplinary research, public debate, and an uncertainty discourse in politics and policymaking.
JOURNAL OF RISK RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Christine Eriksen
Summary: The Perspective highlights the risks posed by wildfires that release radioactive material originally deposited into the environment by nuclear disasters. As wildfires occur more frequently due to climate change and land use changes, nuclear wildfires have become a pressing yet little discussed issue that requires urgent attention.
Article
Geography
Eliza de Vet, Christine Eriksen, Scott McKinnon
Summary: This paper examines the impact of parents prioritizing children's needs on household recovery after the 2013 Blue Mountains bushfires in New South Wales. Emotion work and emotions surrounding home were found to be central to parents' experiences during the recovery process. The study highlights the importance of addressing psychosocial aspects of disaster recovery for improving outcomes for families affected by disasters.
Article
Geography
Christine Eriksen, Eliza de Vet
Summary: Home and contents insurance is crucial for disaster resilience in Australia, helping households recover after disasters. While insurance reduces post-disaster stress, the depth and length of recovery are more influenced by personal and situational factors.
GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Christine Eriksen, Scott McKinnon, Eliza de Vet
AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
(2020)
Article
Geography
Eliza de Vet, Christine Eriksen
AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHER
(2020)
Article
Geography
Christine Eriksen
EMOTION SPACE AND SOCIETY
(2019)
Article
Geography
Christine Eriksen
POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY
(2019)
Article
Forestry
Rachel Reimer, Christine Eriksen
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WILDLAND FIRE
(2018)
Review
Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Victoria Sword-Daniels, Christine Eriksen, Emma E. Hudson-Doyle, Ryan Alaniz, Carolina Adler, Todd Schenk, Suzanne Vallance
JOURNAL OF RISK RESEARCH
(2018)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Hallie Eakin, Nadine Methner, Gina Ziervogel
Summary: There is a growing need to involve private actors in public adaptation in urban systems. Urban administrators have limited control over urban dynamics, and the actions of private actors have a significant influence. A conceptual framework combining cognitive and behavioral theory, institutional analysis, adaptive capacity, and research on urban adaptation governance is used to understand the potential for private provisioning. The case of Cape Town's response to drought illustrates the complex interactions that shape private actors' willingness to engage in public-oriented adaptation.
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS
(2024)