Governance and resilience: A case of re-development after a bushfire disaster

© 2017 Elsevier Inc. The case study on the re-building program of the Victoria bushfire disaster of 7th Feb 2009 provides insights on the relationship between governance structures in post-disaster re-development and the goal of building sustainable and resilient communities. The paper links ‘go...

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Main Authors: Gajendran, T., Oloruntoba, Richard
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC 2017
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/81837
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description © 2017 Elsevier Inc. The case study on the re-building program of the Victoria bushfire disaster of 7th Feb 2009 provides insights on the relationship between governance structures in post-disaster re-development and the goal of building sustainable and resilient communities. The paper links ‘governance’ to ‘resilience’ using Stage VI of Turner's 1976 model as a theoretical lens. A qualitative research strategy was utilized to elicit descriptive qualitative responses from which research goals were addressed. The findings show that the design of governance structures for re-building after a disaster impacts the ability to secure resilience. Also, several resilience aspects seem to be impacted by governance issues relating to: the balance between urgency vs. need of space; the role of formal and informal stakeholders; the social-psychological dimension in information sharing as well as entrepreneurial opportunities in rebuilding, and economic sustainability.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-818372021-06-15T03:16:30Z Governance and resilience: A case of re-development after a bushfire disaster Gajendran, T. Oloruntoba, Richard Social Sciences Business Regional & Urban Planning Business & Economics Public Administration Disaster resilience adaptive governance Victoria bushfires COMMUNITY RESILIENCE ENVIRONMENTAL-CHANGE ADAPTIVE GOVERNANCE HUMAN AGENCY CAPACITY ADAPTATION LESSONS MODEL PREPAREDNESS HEALTH © 2017 Elsevier Inc. The case study on the re-building program of the Victoria bushfire disaster of 7th Feb 2009 provides insights on the relationship between governance structures in post-disaster re-development and the goal of building sustainable and resilient communities. The paper links ‘governance’ to ‘resilience’ using Stage VI of Turner's 1976 model as a theoretical lens. A qualitative research strategy was utilized to elicit descriptive qualitative responses from which research goals were addressed. The findings show that the design of governance structures for re-building after a disaster impacts the ability to secure resilience. Also, several resilience aspects seem to be impacted by governance issues relating to: the balance between urgency vs. need of space; the role of formal and informal stakeholders; the social-psychological dimension in information sharing as well as entrepreneurial opportunities in rebuilding, and economic sustainability. 2017 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/81837 10.1016/j.techfore.2017.03.016 English ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC restricted
spellingShingle Social Sciences
Business
Regional & Urban Planning
Business & Economics
Public Administration
Disaster resilience
adaptive governance
Victoria bushfires
COMMUNITY RESILIENCE
ENVIRONMENTAL-CHANGE
ADAPTIVE GOVERNANCE
HUMAN AGENCY
CAPACITY
ADAPTATION
LESSONS
MODEL
PREPAREDNESS
HEALTH
Gajendran, T.
Oloruntoba, Richard
Governance and resilience: A case of re-development after a bushfire disaster
title Governance and resilience: A case of re-development after a bushfire disaster
title_full Governance and resilience: A case of re-development after a bushfire disaster
title_fullStr Governance and resilience: A case of re-development after a bushfire disaster
title_full_unstemmed Governance and resilience: A case of re-development after a bushfire disaster
title_short Governance and resilience: A case of re-development after a bushfire disaster
title_sort governance and resilience: a case of re-development after a bushfire disaster
topic Social Sciences
Business
Regional & Urban Planning
Business & Economics
Public Administration
Disaster resilience
adaptive governance
Victoria bushfires
COMMUNITY RESILIENCE
ENVIRONMENTAL-CHANGE
ADAPTIVE GOVERNANCE
HUMAN AGENCY
CAPACITY
ADAPTATION
LESSONS
MODEL
PREPAREDNESS
HEALTH
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/81837