Collaborative Research: Community Recovery and Colorado's Extreme Floods of 2013: Policy Learning in the Context of Resources, Coalitions, and Political Conditions

合作研究：社区恢复和 2013 年科罗拉多州极端洪水：资源、联盟和政治条件背景下的政策学习

• 批准号: 1714277
• 负责人: Deserai Crow
• 金额: $ 11.09万
• 依托单位: University of Colorado at Denver-Downtown Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-09-01 至 2018-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1714277&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Community; Recovery; Colorado

One of the most damaging natural hazards, flooding annually causes billions of dollars in damage, response, and recovery losses for U.S. communities. As populations increase in flood prone areas, communities are becoming more vulnerable to floods. The responsibility for flood management has shifted from the federal to the local level and communities are now responsible for making decisions about if, how, and where to rebuild. Because of their potentially recurring nature, floods offer an opportunity for communities to learn from and adapt to these experiences with the goal of increasing resiliency through reflection, modification of former policies, and adoption of new policies. By following the response to the September 2013 floods in Colorado communities, this study will investigate how communities successfully learn from extreme events to increase resilience and decrease vulnerability to future floods. The project seeks to contribute to the fields of public policy and natural hazards research with the following objectives: to advance knowledge of policy learning in the aftermath of extreme events; to advance knowledge of disaster recovery, specifically as it relates to the role that community processes, citizens, and other stakeholders play in promoting long-term recovery and resilience; and to inform governments of lessons from flood responses to the September 2013 floods, with the goal of contributing to the effectiveness of governance in flood-affected communities.The PIs will conduct longitudinal comparative case studies of seven Colorado communities, located in Colorado's three most severely impacted counties from the September 2013 floods. This study will follow communities through their recovery and planning process over a period of three years. Four types of data will be used to examine flood recovery processes and outcomes. First, in-depth interviews will be conducted of participants in the planning and decision process of the community at three intervals during the recovery process. Second, surveys will be conducted with a larger sample of recovery process participants than those interviewed. Third, periodic surveys of community residents will be conducted. Finally, documents related to flood recovery and demographic data will also be gathered. Combined, these data will enable both qualitative and quantitative analysis of recovery processes and stakeholder participation, extent of damage, coalition beliefs and behavior, political context, and resource availability in communities.

洪水是最具破坏性的自然灾害之一，每年给美国社区造成数十亿美元的损失、响应和恢复损失。随着洪水易发地区人口的增加，社区越来越容易受到洪水的影响。洪水管理的责任已从联邦转移到地方一级，社区现在负责决定是否重建、如何重建以及在何处重建。由于洪水可能反复发生，洪水为社区提供了学习和适应这些经验的机会，目的是通过反思、修改以前的政策和采用新政策来增强抵御能力。通过跟踪科罗拉多州社区对 2013 年 9 月洪水的反应，本研究将调查社区如何成功地从极端事件中吸取教训，以提高抵御能力并降低对未来洪水的脆弱性。该项目旨在为公共政策和自然灾害研究领域做出贡献，其目标如下： 增进极端事件后政策学习的知识；增进对灾难恢复的了解，特别是因为它与社区进程、公民和其他利益相关者在促进长期恢复和复原力方面发挥的作用有关；并向政府通报 2013 年 9 月洪水应对措施的经验教训，目标是提高受洪水影响社区的治理有效性。PI 将对科罗拉多州的七个社区进行纵向比较案例研究，这些社区位于科罗拉多州三个最严重的地区2013 年 9 月洪水影响的县。这项研究将在三年内跟踪社区的恢复和规划过程。将使用四种类型的数据来检查洪水恢复过程和结果。首先，在恢复过程中将分三期对社区规划和决策过程的参与者进行深入访谈。其次，调查将针对比受访者更大的恢复过程参与者样本进行。三是定期对社区居民进行调查。最后，还将收集与洪水恢复和人口数据相关的文件。结合起来，这些数据将能够对恢复过程和利益相关者的参与、损害程度、联盟信念和行为、政治背景以及社区中的资源可用性进行定性和定量分析。