TY - JOUR
T1 - Disaster resilience as a complex problem
T2 - 76th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2016
AU - Blackman, Deborah
AU - Nakanishi, Hitomi
AU - Benson, Angela
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - The paper proposes that a reason why long-term disaster initiatives fail is the adoption of a linear, complicated problem based approach rather than seeing recovery as a complex system. The argument is that initial post-disaster responses are complicated with a subsequent transition to a complex problem. Transition is proffered as a missing link between short-term responses (rescue and relief) and long-term disaster recovery. Case data from Japan and Christchurch suggests that three system elements influencing potential transition are: the actors and their purpose; new forms of social capital and a move to greater co-production with community. Influencing these effectively will support greater traction to achieve the move to long-term recovery.
AB - The paper proposes that a reason why long-term disaster initiatives fail is the adoption of a linear, complicated problem based approach rather than seeing recovery as a complex system. The argument is that initial post-disaster responses are complicated with a subsequent transition to a complex problem. Transition is proffered as a missing link between short-term responses (rescue and relief) and long-term disaster recovery. Case data from Japan and Christchurch suggests that three system elements influencing potential transition are: the actors and their purpose; new forms of social capital and a move to greater co-production with community. Influencing these effectively will support greater traction to achieve the move to long-term recovery.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85026253925&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.mendeley.com/research/disaster-resilience-complex-problem-giving-disaster-resilience-new-meaning
U2 - 10.5465/AMBPP.2016.308
DO - 10.5465/AMBPP.2016.308
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85026253925
SN - 2151-6561
VL - 2016
SP - 124
EP - 129
JO - Academy of Management Proceedings
JF - Academy of Management Proceedings
IS - 1
Y2 - 5 August 2016 through 9 August 2016
ER -