Disaster risk perceptions and multinational cooperation in Barentsburg, Svalbard
Svalbard’s geographical positioning, environmental characteristics and multinational population make it conducive for considering informality and multinational cooperation in disaster risk reduction and response. Most research examining disaster risks and disasters for Svalbard has focused on Norweg...
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ftagderuniv:oai:uia.brage.unit.no:11250/3043243 2023-05-15T15:39:15+02:00 Disaster risk perceptions and multinational cooperation in Barentsburg, Svalbard Duda, Patrizia Isabelle Kelman, Ilan Glick, Navonel Sokolenko, Vladislav Poussenkova, Nina Nikitina, Elena 2022 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3043243 https://doi.org/10.1017/S003224742200002X eng eng Cambridge University Press Norges forskningsråd: Project Number 286527 Duda, P. I., Kelman, I., Glick, N., Sokolenko, V., Poussenkova, N. & Nikitina, E. (2022). Disaster risk perceptions and multinational cooperation in Barentsburg, Svalbard. Polar Record, 58(6), 1-13. doi: urn:issn:0032-2474 https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3043243 https://doi.org/10.1017/S003224742200002X cristin:2017686 Navngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no © 2022 The Author(s) CC-BY 13 58 Polar Record 6 VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200 Peer reviewed Journal article 2022 ftagderuniv https://doi.org/10.1017/S003224742200002X 2023-01-18T23:42:27Z Svalbard’s geographical positioning, environmental characteristics and multinational population make it conducive for considering informality and multinational cooperation in disaster risk reduction and response. Most research examining disaster risks and disasters for Svalbard has focused on Norwegian efforts in and for the main settlement of Longyearbyen, with none covering Svalbard’s second-largest settlement of Barentsburg. This paper addresses this gap by analysing how 21 Barentsburg residents deal with disasters. We conducted semi-structured interviews, visually aided by the revised PRISM (Pictorial Representation of Illness and Self Measure) tool, to examine interviewees’ disaster perceptions, sources for disaster-related information and learning, and formal and informal sources for dealing with disaster risks and disasters. Our findings suggest that, despite being risk-aware, Barentsburg interviewees consider the settlement, and Svalbard as a whole, to be safe. The explanation is their faith in the existing disaster-related mechanisms, made up of both local Russian entities and the Norwegian rescue services, especially Svalbard’s governor (Sysselmesteren). Interviewees rely significantly on Russian and Norwegian informal actors and relationships for disaster-related information. These findings suggest that alongside formal approaches, informality may play a significant role in dealing with disasters in Barentsburg, which itself might serve as a platform for international cooperation. publishedVersion Paid open access Article in Journal/Newspaper Barentsburg Longyearbyen Polar Record Svalbard Unvieristy of Agder: AURA (Brage) Svalbard Longyearbyen Barentsburg ENVELOPE(14.212,14.212,78.064,78.064) Polar Record 58 |
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Svalbard’s geographical positioning, environmental characteristics and multinational population make it conducive for considering informality and multinational cooperation in disaster risk reduction and response. Most research examining disaster risks and disasters for Svalbard has focused on Norwegian efforts in and for the main settlement of Longyearbyen, with none covering Svalbard’s second-largest settlement of Barentsburg. This paper addresses this gap by analysing how 21 Barentsburg residents deal with disasters. We conducted semi-structured interviews, visually aided by the revised PRISM (Pictorial Representation of Illness and Self Measure) tool, to examine interviewees’ disaster perceptions, sources for disaster-related information and learning, and formal and informal sources for dealing with disaster risks and disasters. Our findings suggest that, despite being risk-aware, Barentsburg interviewees consider the settlement, and Svalbard as a whole, to be safe. The explanation is their faith in the existing disaster-related mechanisms, made up of both local Russian entities and the Norwegian rescue services, especially Svalbard’s governor (Sysselmesteren). Interviewees rely significantly on Russian and Norwegian informal actors and relationships for disaster-related information. These findings suggest that alongside formal approaches, informality may play a significant role in dealing with disasters in Barentsburg, which itself might serve as a platform for international cooperation. publishedVersion Paid open access |
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Duda, Patrizia Isabelle Kelman, Ilan Glick, Navonel Sokolenko, Vladislav Poussenkova, Nina Nikitina, Elena |
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Duda, Patrizia Isabelle Kelman, Ilan Glick, Navonel Sokolenko, Vladislav Poussenkova, Nina Nikitina, Elena |
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Disaster risk perceptions and multinational cooperation in Barentsburg, Svalbard |
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Disaster risk perceptions and multinational cooperation in Barentsburg, Svalbard |
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Disaster risk perceptions and multinational cooperation in Barentsburg, Svalbard |
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Norges forskningsråd: Project Number 286527 Duda, P. I., Kelman, I., Glick, N., Sokolenko, V., Poussenkova, N. & Nikitina, E. (2022). Disaster risk perceptions and multinational cooperation in Barentsburg, Svalbard. Polar Record, 58(6), 1-13. doi: urn:issn:0032-2474 https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3043243 https://doi.org/10.1017/S003224742200002X cristin:2017686 |
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