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| Titel |
Challenges to social capacity building in flood-affected areas of southern Poland |
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J. Działek, W. Biernacki, A. Bokwa |
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Englisch
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1561-8633
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In: Natural Hazards and Earth System Science ; 13, no. 10 ; Nr. 13, no. 10 (2013-10-18), S.2555-2566 |
| Datensatznummer |
250085534
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 copernicus.org/nhess-13-2555-2013.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| Various aspects of beliefs, behaviour and expectations of at-risk populations
were analysed in four case study localities in southern Poland that were
affected by flooding in 1997 and 2001. They represent localities of
different sizes and are characterised by different paths of historical
development. Two of them are deep-rooted communities with dense, strong
family and neighbourhood ties, while the other two experienced an almost total
replacement of their population due to decisions taken after World War II
and still suffer from less developed social networks. Historical events also
resulted in the disruption of local memories of flooding and transmission of
knowledge about natural hazards. A questionnaire survey was conducted in late
autumn 2006, followed by structured telephone interviews and focus group
interviews in spring 2008. The results of the survey and interviews were
analysed with reference to the social capacity framework and its five
dimensions: knowledge, motivational, network, economic and governance
capacities. Network capacities, that is resources of bonding and bridging
social capital, were considered a key notion when analysing and interpreting
the results. The differences in the local resources and abilities available
in each of the localities to prepare a response to natural hazards were
revealed. Consequently, challenges faced in the process of building and
strengthening social capacity were identified as well as ways to address
these challenges. It was concluded that there are general trends and
tendencies that need to be considered in risk management strategies, however
the different starting points of each case study community calls for
different means and approaches, as well as producing somewhat different
expected outcomes. |
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