Island contributions to disaster research

Kelman, Ilan; Lewis, James; Mercer, Jessica

doi:10.3197/ge.2015.080102

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“…Adaptation costs are higher in islands compared to the mainland. For example, when impacted by extreme events such as cyclones and droughts, the entire territory of the SIST might be affected, majorly impacting the island's economy in comparison to a larger mainland state where only a small part of the land area and economy is affected (Kelman et al, 2015). Costs per capita are especially high for islands with smaller land area, greater distance to the mainland or core island, which increases transport costs (e.g.…”

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Learning from small islands in the Western Indian Ocean (WIO): A systematic review of responses to environmental change

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Ocean & Coastal Management

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Learning from small islands in the Western Indian Ocean (WIO): A systematic review of responses to environmental change

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Shanker

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Ocean & Coastal Management

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“…We retain the definition proposed by Kelman et al (2015) in their article, where they borrowed from the work of the IPCC 2013-2014. Vulnerability is, "The propensity or predisposition to be adversely affected.…”

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“…Resilience is defined as The capacity of a social-ecological system to cope with a hazardous event or disturbance, responding or reorganizing in ways that maintain its essential function, identity, and structure, while also maintaining the capacity for adaptation, learning, and transformation. We retain two important elements which make resilience appear the opposite of vulnerability as: 1) "the capacity (...) to cope with a potentially dangerous situation" (p. 132, Kelman et al, 2015), and 2) the ability to learn from this event. It is a dynamic capacity to learn.…”

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Volcanic risk management practice evolution between vulnerability and resilience: The case of Arequipa in Peru

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This paper proposes a new way of understanding the debate between vulnerability and resilience. We mobilize on the theoretical level the notion of “paradigm” in the sense of Kuhn and, on the methodological level, Foucault’s notion of “apparatus” to understand volcanic risk management practices. Through an interdisciplinary approach, combining management, geography and Earth sciences, we study the evolution of volcanic risk management practice in Arequipa (Peru) from the 1990s to the present. To do this, we look at the history of volcanic risk management in Arequipa, using a qualitative interview methodology based on six in-depth centered interviews from the main actors of this history, supported by a 2-month ethnography which allowed access to large institutional documentation (reports, studies, archives, maps, pictures...). Management practices in Arequipa appear to be centered on the paradigm of vulnerability since the 1990s. Some operations since 2015 named as resilient emerge but they are still inscribed in the vulnerability paradigm. The results show the relevance of the theoretical and methodological framework chosen for Arequipa but also the possibility of using it in a more general way.

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“…Considering both telluric and climate-related hazards on the Azores islands, has risk awareness concerning the occurrence of natural phenomena in general, and specifically climate change, emerged among the local population? Since the island systems are excellent socio-ecological laboratories for experiments on the rapidity of global change [22,23], they are in a unique context for answering this question. Lastly, this article aims to assess the risk awareness of the Azorean population and to find a relationship between risk awareness and reported mitigation strategies, which can provide the first steps for reducing vulnerabilities and building societal resilience in the Azores.…”

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Telluric and Climate-Related Risk Awareness, and Risk Mitigation Strategies in the Azores Archipelago: First Steps for Building Societal Resilience

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Islands are often considered excellent socio-ecological laboratories for testing the rapidity of global change since they experience the climate effects of sea-level rise faster than other areas. The Azores are a Portuguese volcanic archipelago located on the junction of the three tectonic plates: the Eurasian, the African and the North American plates. São Miguel, the main island of the Azores archipelago, hosts three active volcanoes, but the last significant volcanic eruption was the Capelinhos volcano on the island of Faial in 1957. Hence, the Azores offers the opportunity to assess insular risk awareness, facing both telluric and climate-related hazards. The key research question emerges from their natural situation: how does the local population perceive the threat of the natural hazards that occur in Azores? Because risks are socially constructed and depend on the uniqueness of territories, risk mitigation strategies must focus on the individual experiences of local dwellers, as a relationship between risk awareness and such strategies may be expected. To analyze this relationship, a web-based survey with a questionnaire including these variables was administered to a sample of Azoreans. The study aimed to assess risk awareness of the Azorean population and find a relationship between this and reported mitigation strategies. The results gave a preliminary insight into Azorean risk awareness of natural hazards and showed a significant positive relationship between risk awareness-raising activities and reported mitigation strategies. This is relevant information for municipalities and regional governments of areas with similar risk exposures, showing that, although risk awareness alone is not enough for measures to be implemented, it may be an important motivational first step for this to occur.

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Island contributions to disaster research

Cited by 6 publications

References 40 publications

Learning from small islands in the Western Indian Ocean (WIO): A systematic review of responses to environmental change

Learning from small islands in the Western Indian Ocean (WIO): A systematic review of responses to environmental change

Volcanic risk management practice evolution between vulnerability and resilience: The case of Arequipa in Peru

Telluric and Climate-Related Risk Awareness, and Risk Mitigation Strategies in the Azores Archipelago: First Steps for Building Societal Resilience

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