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TY - JOUR
T1 - Perspectives on social capacity building for natural hazards: outlining an emerging field of research and practice in Europe
AU - Kuhlicke, Christian
AU - Steinfuehrer, Annett
AU - Begg, Chloe
AU - Bianchizza, Chiara
AU - Bruendl, Michael
AU - Buchecker, Matthias
AU - De Marchi, Bruna
AU - Di Masso Tarditti, Marina
AU - Hoeppner, Corina
AU - Komac, Blaz
AU - Lemkow, Louis
AU - Luther, Jochen
AU - McCarthy, Simon
AU - Pellizzoni, Luigi
AU - Renn, Ortwin
AU - Scolobig, Anna
AU - Supramaniam, Meera
AU - Tapsell, Sue
AU - Wachinger, Gisela
AU - Walker, Gordon
AU - Whittle, Rebecca
AU - Zorn, Matija
AU - Faulkner, Hazel
PY - 2011/11
Y1 - 2011/11
N2 - Social capacity building for natural hazards is a topic increasingly gaining relevance not only for so-called developing countries but also for European welfare states which are continuously challenged by the social, economic and ecological impacts of natural hazards. Following an outline of recent governance changes with regard to natural hazards, we develop a heuristic model of social capacity building by taking into account a wide range of existing expertise from different fields of research. Particular attention is paid to social vulnerability and its assessment, as well as to risk communication and risk education as specific strategies of social capacity building. We propose to distinguish between interventionist and participatory approaches, thus enabling for a better understanding of existing practices of social capacity building as well as their particular strengths and weaknesses. By way of conclusion, we encourage more research on social capacity building for natural hazards in the European context which at present is highly diverse and, at least in parts, only poorly investigated.
AB - Social capacity building for natural hazards is a topic increasingly gaining relevance not only for so-called developing countries but also for European welfare states which are continuously challenged by the social, economic and ecological impacts of natural hazards. Following an outline of recent governance changes with regard to natural hazards, we develop a heuristic model of social capacity building by taking into account a wide range of existing expertise from different fields of research. Particular attention is paid to social vulnerability and its assessment, as well as to risk communication and risk education as specific strategies of social capacity building. We propose to distinguish between interventionist and participatory approaches, thus enabling for a better understanding of existing practices of social capacity building as well as their particular strengths and weaknesses. By way of conclusion, we encourage more research on social capacity building for natural hazards in the European context which at present is highly diverse and, at least in parts, only poorly investigated.
KW - Social capacity building
KW - Natural hazards
KW - Vulnerability
KW - Perception
KW - Communication
KW - Education
KW - Governance
KW - Participation
KW - RESOURCE-MANAGEMENT
KW - DISASTER RISK
KW - VULNERABILITY
KW - CONTEXT
KW - MITIGATION
KW - STRATEGIES
KW - GOVERNANCE
KW - COMMUNITY
KW - PROGRAM
KW - SOCIETY
U2 - 10.1016/j.envsci.2011.05.001
DO - 10.1016/j.envsci.2011.05.001
M3 - Journal article
VL - 14
SP - 804
EP - 814
JO - Environmental Science and Policy
JF - Environmental Science and Policy
SN - 1462-9011
IS - 7
ER -