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DOI	10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2020.102102
	Relating root causes to local risk conditions: A comparative study of the institutional pathways to small-scale disasters in three urban flood contexts
	Fraser A.; Pelling M.; Scolobig A.; Mavrogenis S.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	0959-3780
卷号	63
英文摘要	The continued rise of global disaster losses pushes our attention yet further to the causal factors that drive risks, beyond the frame of standardised risk assessment models. A key gap in our understanding of the causality of disasters remains establishing how spatially and temporally distant factors – ‘root causes’ – drive local risk conditions. This is particularly the case for small-scale but high-impact disasters. It includes understanding the role that institutions play in influencing such pathways of risk production. This paper addresses this question using a holistic approach to risk analysis that links past drivers to contemporary conditions. We apply this in three case studies of coastal flood management in urban areas of differential size and integration within the European Union - Rethymno (Crete), Genoa (Italy) and St Maarten (Dutch Caribbean). The paper reveals the importance of local institutions in mediating the impacts of higher-level economic and political changes on local risks. It provides new empirical evidence of the relationship between austerity, institutional reform and local disaster risk reduction. The analysis supports a stronger causal epistemology of resilience to disasters but also leads to re-consideration of the institutional entry points for risk reduction, and the importance of considering context and trade-offs. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd
关键词	European Union flood flood control holistic approach natural disaster risk assessment trade-off urban agriculture urban area
语种	英语
来源机构	Global Environmental Change
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/133281
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Fraser A.,Pelling M.,Scolobig A.,et al. Relating root causes to local risk conditions: A comparative study of the institutional pathways to small-scale disasters in three urban flood contexts[J]. Global Environmental Change,2020,63.
APA	Fraser A.,Pelling M.,Scolobig A.,&Mavrogenis S..(2020).Relating root causes to local risk conditions: A comparative study of the institutional pathways to small-scale disasters in three urban flood contexts.,63.
MLA	Fraser A.,et al."Relating root causes to local risk conditions: A comparative study of the institutional pathways to small-scale disasters in three urban flood contexts".63(2020).