Community resilience – Systems and approaches in remote settlements

• Published in: Progress in Disaster Science
• Main Author: Jacob Taarup-Esbensen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2022
• Subjects: Community resilience; Arctic; Greebland; Tsunami; Disaster management; Climate change; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Social sciences (General); H1-99; Uummannaq Fjord; Uummannaq
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pdisas.2022.100253; https://doaj.org/article/ced8ed97fabe4cbe9711da2ed1901f47

This paper explores community resilience to climate-related disasters in the Arctic using the example of a tsunami event in the Uummannaq fjord systems. In 2017 the fjord experienced an avalanche-induced tsunami that devastated one settlement while another was abandoned. Investigations revealed unst...