RAPID: Exploring the Design and Implementation of Buyout Programs in Post-Disaster Settings

RAPID：探索灾后环境中买断计划的设计和实施

基本信息

批准号：
1844351
负责人：
Elyse Zavar
金额：
$ 2万
依托单位：
University of North Texas
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2018
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2018-09-01 至 2020-01-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1844351&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
RAPID Exploring Design Implementation Buyout

项目摘要

This Rapid Response Research (RAPID) project examines how local government agencies develop, design, and implement home buyout programs in the United States. Home buyout programs are intended to permanently reduce vulnerability from disasters by relocating residents away from areas that are prone to repeated hurricanes, flooding, or other hazards. Buyouts are typically funded by the federal government but implemented by state, county, or municipal agencies. How these programs are designed, communicated to the public, and carried out determines whether they achieve their purpose of mitigating against future disasters. Currently, however, local government agencies frequently struggle to implement buyouts because guidelines are unclear and there is an absence of agreed, well-founded practices for this type of program. Even with this limitation, buyouts are increasingly considered the best solution for improving the future for communities that experience repeated disasters. This scientific research contribution thus supports NSF's mission to promote the progress of science and to advance our national welfare with benefits that will inform planning to improve the resilience of United States communities, in particular to flooding. This project is funded through the RAPID grant mechanism to examine the home buyout program currently in process following the severe 2017 flooding in Harris County, Texas, which includes the city of Houston. This project examines at the micro level, the critical processes in the initial phases of post-disaster home buyout programs, examining decisions and outcomes in Harris County, Texas. This project uses semi-structured, qualitative interviews with government stakeholders and affected residents, observational data, and content analysis of internal and public program documents to address two key theoretical questions identified in the literature. First, it will further the understanding of the nature of buyout programs, as they are designed as mitigation programs and perceived as such by government agencies, but implemented in the time-compressed recovery period and viewed by residents as vehicles of recovery. Secondly, it will contribute to the literature on post-buyout land use and management by examining how implementing agencies plan to reintegrate buyout properties into public ownership and use.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该快速响应研究 (RAPID) 项目研究了美国地方政府机构如何制定、设计和实施购房计划。房屋买断计划旨在通过将居民搬离容易遭受飓风、洪水或其他灾害的地区，永久减少灾害造成的脆弱性。收购通常由联邦政府资助，但由州、县或市机构实施。这些计划的设计、向公众传达和实施的方式决定了它们是否能够实现减轻未来灾害的目的。然而，目前，地方政府机构在实施买断方面经常遇到困难，因为指导方针不明确，而且此类计划缺乏商定的、有充分依据的做法。即使有这样的限制，买断也越来越被认为是改善遭受反复灾难的社区未来的最佳解决方案。因此，这项科学研究贡献支持了 NSF 的使命，即促进科学进步和提高我们的国家福利，并为提高美国社区的抵御能力（特别是洪水的抵御能力）的规划提供信息。该项目通过 RAPID 拨款机制提供资金，用于审查 2017 年德克萨斯州哈里斯县（包括休斯顿市）发生严重洪水后目前正在进行的购房计划。该项目从微观层面审视灾后房屋买断计划初始阶段的关键流程，审视德克萨斯州哈里斯县的决策和结果。该项目使用对政府利益相关者和受影响居民的半结构化定性访谈、观察数据以及内部和公共计划文件的内容分析来解决文献中确定的两个关键理论问题。首先，它将进一步理解买断计划的性质，因为它们被设计为缓解计划，并被政府机构视为缓解计划，但在时间压缩的恢复期内实施，并被居民视为恢复工具。其次，它将通过研究执行机构计划如何将买断财产重新纳入公共所有权和使用，为关于买断后土地使用和管理的文献做出贡献。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的评估进行评估，被认为值得支持。智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准。