Community resilience mechanism in an unexpected extreme weather event: An analysis of the Kerala floods of 2018, India

Joseph, Joice K.; Anand, Dev; Prajeesh, Parameswaran; Zacharias, Anand; Varghese, Anu; Pradeepkumar, A.P.; Baiju, K. R.

doi:10.1016/j.ijdrr.2020.101741

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“…As a result, this concept has been adapted to various contexts, including biology, ecology, pedagogy, psychology, and sociology, among others. Some of the most prominent types of resilience explored in the literature entail: the socio-ecological resilience ( Islam et al, 2020 ; McLeod et al, 2021 ; Cinner & Barnes, 2019 ; Ruiz, 2011 ) derived from the socio-ecological systems approach and used in ecosystem management ( Berkes, Colding and Folke, 2002 ; Fernández, 2017 ; Sabatinelli and Aguilar, 2018 ); social resilience ( Wickes et al, 2017 ; Khalili et al, 2015 ; Lwin et al, 2020 ; Saja et al, 2021 ; Wang, Guo y Kuo, 2020 ); organizational resilience ( Salanova, 2020 ; Reis et al, 2017 ; Alarcón et al, 2019 ); urban climate resilience ( Tyler & Moench, 2012 ); and community resilience ( Zhang et al, 2020 ; Rendon et al, 2021 ; Musavengane & Kloppers, 2020 ; Uriarte, 2010 , 2013 ; Joseph et al, 2020 ; Pfefferbaum and Van Horn, 2014 ; Kirmayer et al, 2009 ; Pollok et al, 2019 ). The latter focuses on the examination of community capacities, capabilities, and resources to respond to adverse events ( Paton & Johnston, 2001 ) and is the focus of this study.…”

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“…To better understand the community's response to these distinctive threats and to embrace their compound effects, we adopt different theoretical approaches: community resilience and social network theory. While the concept of community resilience has been extensively explored in the literature (for the latest application of this theory see Zhang et al, 2020 ; Rendon et al, 2021 ; Musavengane & Kloppers, 2020 ; and Joseph et al, 2020 ), little or no attempt has been made to invoke the social network theory in a qualitative setting involving in-depth semi-structured interviews and focus groups with key informants (some relevant quantitative studies include Navarro, 2017 ; Tobin et al, 2014 ). Thus, we believe that this novel methodological approach combining different theoretical lenses helps embrace the complexity associated with the resilience actions developed by communities in response to COVID-19 and climate change.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Community eco-tourism in rural Peru: Resilience and adaptive capacities to the Covid-19 pandemic and climate change

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Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management

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The recent outbreak of COVID-19 has been devastating for international tourism, adversely affecting destinations, organizations, and local communities. In particular, the crisis highlights the need for local communities reliant on rural tourism to enhance their resilience to the risks simultaneously generated by the pandemic and accelerating impacts of climate change. This is important as the effects of these hazards are intertwined and cannot be treated in isolation. We explore community responses and resilience through case study Quebrada Verde, Peru, a small rural community in the Andes Mountains. Specifically, we report on a qualitative examination involving in-depth semi-structured interviews and focus groups with key informants from the community, supplemented by relevant documentary analysis. Drawing on community resilience and social networks perspectives, we find that the community's preparedness to both threats is unbalanced. On one hand, the community eco-tourism system has developed sufficient tools to adapt to the temporary effects of COVID-19 derived from the community's self-organization skills and topophilia. Specifically, the community possesses a cohesive social structure, it has a solid cultural identity rooted in its customs and traditions, and maintains a social humour that enables it to see the positive aspects of adversity. On the other hand, the analysis of the measures towards strengthening the resilience to climate change delivers mixed results. In particular, the relationship that the community has built with other local organizations to successfully prevent and react to climate change is weak. Therefore, stronger efforts towards bridging this gap must be implemented in order to sustain the wider social network of such organizations, of which the community is a part. This would enable further development and implementation of appropriate risk management strategies to counteract climate change, enhancing the community's resilience of its eco-tourism system to this emergent threat. Importantly, this finding might be relevant to other local communities seeking to improve their resilience to COVID-19 and climate change.

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Community eco-tourism in rural Peru: Resilience and adaptive capacities to the Covid-19 pandemic and climate change

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Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management

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“…Community resilience can be alluded to as the capacity of a local area to use its accessible assets in the administration of unfriendly circumstances and was one of the first concerns of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015)(2016)(2017)(2018)(2019)(2020)(2021)(2022)(2023)(2024)(2025)(2026)(2027)(2028)(2029)(2030). This term has acquired broad acknowledgment in disaster management [22]. The Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance defined resilience as "the ability of a community to pursue its development and growth objectives while managing its flood risk over time in a mutually reinforcing way" [10,23].…”

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“…As communities in different areas face various levels of hazards and their capacities are also different, identifying one standard framework for assessing resilience will raise complexity [24]. For a long time, community resilience mainly focused on interactions between elements like social, physical, economic, and infrastructural entities [22].…”

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Assessing Community Disaster Resilience in Flood-Prone Areas of Bangladesh: From a Gender Lens

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Rahman

Khan

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The main purpose of this study was to assess the level of community flood resilience with a special focus on gender. A gender perspective ensures the representation of diversified voices in the study. From concept development to data representation, all the steps were completed ensuring gender-based inclusion. Both quantitative and qualitative approaches were used to conduct the study. A total of 402 responses were analyzed as the sample. A linear structured questionnaire was developed by using a five-point Likert scale to collect quantitative data. As part of the qualitative tool, in-depth observation was used in the study. The study found that female members of the community lag in terms of disaster resilience comparing to their male counterparts. The scores in different components of resilience assessment framework indicate that there are gaps in terms of level of resilience from the gender perspective. The same disaster can create a disproportionate level of impact on women and men due to an unequal level of resilience. The study indicates that assessing community disaster resilience and introducing resilience enhancement interventions should focus on a gender-based approach.

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“…Kerala has been experiencing floods in 2018 and 2019, resulting in more than 400 causalities due to the event (The World Bank 2018 ). There is a dire need to create a new model for Kerala that incorporates an integrative and comprehensive disaster resilience approach in disaster relief operations (Joseph et al 2020 ).…”

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Modelling a community resilience index for urban flood-prone areas of Kerala, India (CRIF)

Ali

George

2022

Nat Hazards

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Communities are ever-evolving, cities are constantly expanding, and the threat of natural hazards has escalated like never before. Cities can develop and prosper only if their society is resilient to external shocks. Measuring community resilience over time is crucial with the influence of technology and change in community lifestyles. With the frequent onset of floods in Kerala in recent years, the community must be well-prepared for future calamities. Thus, this paper develops a community resilience index for Kerala’s urban flood-prone areas (CRIF) through a rigorous bottom-up approach. The criteria for the index were developed using multi-criteria decision analysis that covered a fuzzy Delphi study, an empirical study using multi-variate probit regression, and an AHP analysis. The fuzzy Delphi study selected seven criteria: ‘social’, ‘economical’, ‘governance/political’, ‘health’, ‘communication/coordination, ‘education’, and ‘infrastructure’ from 65 experts . The empirical study helped apprehend the public’s viewpoints under each criterion. Finally, the AHP analysis helped assign appropriate weights to the criteria which 28 experts designated. The index is also designed according to the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015–2030). Further, the CRIF Index is put into action through a case study of the Kochi Municipal Corporation area, and the results are also validated using the Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient method. Results from validation returned a value of 0.7209 for the perceived CRIF method and 0.5798 for the external validation method, which corresponds to a ‘high’ and ‘moderate’ correlation, respectively. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11069-022-05299-7.

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Community resilience mechanism in an unexpected extreme weather event: An analysis of the Kerala floods of 2018, India

Cited by 44 publications

References 42 publications

Community eco-tourism in rural Peru: Resilience and adaptive capacities to the Covid-19 pandemic and climate change

Community eco-tourism in rural Peru: Resilience and adaptive capacities to the Covid-19 pandemic and climate change

Assessing Community Disaster Resilience in Flood-Prone Areas of Bangladesh: From a Gender Lens

Modelling a community resilience index for urban flood-prone areas of Kerala, India (CRIF)

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