Locating potential sources of capacity and vulnerability in geographically remote areas: Reflections based on three case studies
The relationship between geographical and social forms of remoteness and the concepts of vulnerability and capacity remains unclear. Recognising that capacities and vulnerabilities tend to co-exist in a population, the article assumes that the dynamics between these concepts are situational. In this...
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/23008 2023-05-15T15:08:27+02:00 Locating potential sources of capacity and vulnerability in geographically remote areas: Reflections based on three case studies Hamza, Mo Eriksson, Kerstin Staupe-Delgado, Reidar 2021-07-02 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/23008 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102433 eng eng Elsevier International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction Hamza, Eriksson, Staupe-Delgado. Locating potential sources of capacity and vulnerability in geographically remote areas: Reflections based on three case studies. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 2021 FRIDAID 1947409 doi:10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102433 2212-4209 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/23008 openAccess Copyright 2021 The Author(s) VDP::Technology: 500 VDP::Teknologi: 500 Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed publishedVersion 2021 ftunivtroemsoe https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102433 2021-11-17T23:54:38Z The relationship between geographical and social forms of remoteness and the concepts of vulnerability and capacity remains unclear. Recognising that capacities and vulnerabilities tend to co-exist in a population, the article assumes that the dynamics between these concepts are situational. In this article we draw on three cases to analyse the issue. An Arctic case study provides insight on remoteness in terms of latitude, followed by an Andean case study reflecting on the role of altitude, and lastly an Island community case study provides a perspective on external isolation (recognising that island communities are also typically connected). From these cases we glean a number of preliminary insights for further investigation. One is that remote communities tend to avoid dependence on external actors when possible. Second, power dynamics between remote communities and centralised actors can make disaster management difficult if local capacities are overrun but trust is not present. Third, remoteness mainly becomes a direct source of vulnerability if remoteness translates into neglect, rendering places ‘peripheral’. Generalisable insights suggest that relationships take time to build and cannot be easily established after the fact. The cases hence suggest that remote areas typically have a strained relationship with centralised authorities which fosters local coping strategies but also a fear of external dependence, which may ultimately prove problematic in times of adversity. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Arctic International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 63 102433 |
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The relationship between geographical and social forms of remoteness and the concepts of vulnerability and capacity remains unclear. Recognising that capacities and vulnerabilities tend to co-exist in a population, the article assumes that the dynamics between these concepts are situational. In this article we draw on three cases to analyse the issue. An Arctic case study provides insight on remoteness in terms of latitude, followed by an Andean case study reflecting on the role of altitude, and lastly an Island community case study provides a perspective on external isolation (recognising that island communities are also typically connected). From these cases we glean a number of preliminary insights for further investigation. One is that remote communities tend to avoid dependence on external actors when possible. Second, power dynamics between remote communities and centralised actors can make disaster management difficult if local capacities are overrun but trust is not present. Third, remoteness mainly becomes a direct source of vulnerability if remoteness translates into neglect, rendering places ‘peripheral’. Generalisable insights suggest that relationships take time to build and cannot be easily established after the fact. The cases hence suggest that remote areas typically have a strained relationship with centralised authorities which fosters local coping strategies but also a fear of external dependence, which may ultimately prove problematic in times of adversity. |
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