Political inequality and local government capacity for Disaster Risk Reduction: Evidence from Mexico

Ruiz-Rivera, Naxhelli; Melgarejo-Rodríguez, Carlos R.

doi:10.1016/j.ijdrr.2017.05.024

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“…Policies and government support must encompass differential vulnerability and capacity mechanisms in order for communities to effectively adapt to changing conditions and climate events 12 . Evidence shows inequalities in the distribution of civil protection resources used to respond to climate events, indicating that the most vulnerable geographic regions and individuals may not be appropriately targeted 29 . In this study, government support for climate events was most frequently reported among those who experienced hurricanes or flooding, and in rural areas, possibly because there are more emergency response mechanisms in place for acute events.…”

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Climate-related experiences and harms in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic: results from a survey of 152,088 Mexican youth

Regules,

Pinchoff,

Gomez-Ugarte

et al. 2023

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The dual crises of COVID-19 and climate change are impacting the lives of adolescents and young people as they transition to adulthood in an uncertain world, yet they are often excluded from research and political discourse. We surveyed young people about their needs and experiences, critical to engaging them and designing effective programs and policies to address these intersecting harms. The 2022 round of a national online survey through the Violence Outcomes in COVID-19 Epoch (VoCes) Study surveyed 152,088 Mexican youth (15–24 years). Logistic regressions were implemented to identify characteristics associated with four climate responses (economic, work-related, receiving government support, or social network support). Overall, 8.1% of participants experienced a recent climate hazard, with major impacts including housing damage from floods, and crop/livestock losses from drought. Participants who experienced a climate hazard were more likely to have experienced a pandemic-related harm, suggesting a dual impact. Poor youth were more likely to report economic losses from both the pandemic and a climate event but least likely to receive government support. Economic effects from the pandemic are exacerbating climate-related harms, unequally threatening the poorest youth. Engaging young people in decision-making and supporting the most vulnerable youth is critical for the next generation to thrive.

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Climate-related experiences and harms in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic: results from a survey of 152,088 Mexican youth

Regules,

Pinchoff,

Gomez-Ugarte

et al. 2023

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“…Extant literature acknowledges the role of local governments in (a) risk-reduction and disaster management, (b) adaptation of mitigation strategies to local needs (Dutta and Fischer, 2021), and (c) institutional capacity development ( Aoki, 2017 , Jabar and Lamberte, 2017 , Ruiz-Rivera and Melgarejo-Rodriguez, 2017 , Chadraabal et al, 2020 ). Local governments respond to disasters by developing action plans based on scientific data, providing public goods and services, coordinating with line departments, and eliciting the trust and participation of citizens ( Col, 2007 ).…”

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COVID-19, information management by local governments, and food consumption

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“…Despite the recognized importance of local capacity in reconstruction, however, experts have noted that postdisaster recovery efforts "tend to be overly fixated on the management" of assistance programs operating at the federal and state levels (Johnson, 2014). Outside-driven recoveries that neglect reliance on local government can be perceived by local communities as technocratic or disconnected from the needs of the people affected (Davidson et al, 2007;Ruiz-Rivera and Melgarejo-Rodríguez, 2017).…”

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Building Back Locally: Supporting Puerto Rico's Municipalities in Post-Hurricane Reconstruction

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Bordeaux²,

Gutierrez³

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Transformation and Innovation in the Wake of Devastation: An Economic and Disaster Recovery Plan for Puerto Rico (henceforth called the Recovery Plan). This plan fulfilled the mandate in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018. Under contract with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center (HSOAC) provided substantial support in developing this plan by soliciting and integrating inputs from a wide variety of stakeholders, contributing analysis where needed, and "holding the pen" to write the draft plan. The plan included an overview of damage and needs, courses of action (COAs) to meet those needs, costs of the COAs, and potential funding mechanisms for those costs.In September 2018, FEMA requested that HSOAC conduct several follow-on analyses to better target the efforts to implement the Recovery Plan, including an assessment of how FEMA can support the capacity of Puerto Rico's 78 municipalities to fulfill their responsibilities in reconstruction projects. This report documents the results of that analysis, which assessed how municipal governments participate in reconstruction projects, aimed to establish a baseline for their current reconstruction capacity, and evaluated how postdisaster reconstruction has been carried out in contexts similar to Puerto Rico. The result of this four-month effort was to identify concrete ways that FEMA and the government of Puerto Rico could support Puerto Rico's municipalities in fulfilling their substantial roles in reconstruction. This report will likely also be of interest to other stakeholders engaged in recovery activities in Puerto Rico, including the government of Puerto Rico, municipal governments, local agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and the private sector. Furthermore, this body of material contributes to the larger literature about reconstruction, disaster recovery, and resilience and may be of interest to other communities and local governments planning for or recovering from similar disasters.This research was sponsored by FEMA and conducted within HSOAC, a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC). More information about HSOAC's contribution to planning for recovery in Puerto Rico, along with links to other reports being published as part of this series, can be found at www.rand.org/hsoac/puerto-rico-recovery. About the Homeland Security Operational Analysis CenterThe Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Section 305 of Public Law 107-296, as codified at 6 U.S.C. § 185), authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the Under Secretary for Science and Technology, to establish one or more FFRDCs to provide independent analysis of homeland security issues. The RAND Corporation operates HSOAC as an FFRDC for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) under contract HSHQDC-16-D-00007. ivThe HSOAC FFRDC provides the government with independent and objective analyses and advice in core areas important to the department in support of policy development, decisionmaking, alternative appr...

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Political inequality and local government capacity for Disaster Risk Reduction: Evidence from Mexico

Cited by 20 publications

References 14 publications

Climate-related experiences and harms in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic: results from a survey of 152,088 Mexican youth

Climate-related experiences and harms in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic: results from a survey of 152,088 Mexican youth

COVID-19, information management by local governments, and food consumption

Building Back Locally: Supporting Puerto Rico's Municipalities in Post-Hurricane Reconstruction

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