Multiple resilience dividends at the community level: a comparative study of disaster risk reduction interventions in different countries

Rözer, Viktor ORCID: 0000-0002-2883-5347, Surminski, Swenja, Laurien, Finn, McQuistan, Colin and Mechler, Reinhard (2023) Multiple resilience dividends at the community level: a comparative study of disaster risk reduction interventions in different countries. Climate Risk Management, 40. ISSN 2212-0963

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Abstract

Climate-related disasters are increasing in many parts of the world, yet investment in disaster risk reduction (DRR) remains insufficient to manage these risks. This is despite growing recognition that DRR interventions can reduce potential impacts from disasters as well as deliver broader economic, ecological, and social co-benefits. Focusing on the net benefits of DRR, beyond avoiding losses and damages, is considered as an important strategy to strengthen the case for DRR as part of a sustainable development by academics and international organizations alike. However, there is very limited evidence of on-the-ground accounting of these “multiple resilience dividends” by those who act to reduce disaster risk at the local level. Using an innovative analytical approach, we investigate the knowledge gaps and challenges associated with considering multiple resilience dividends in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of DRR interventions at the community level for the example of flood risk. We use a newly developed framework to analyze empirical survey data on community-level DRR interventions as well as five in-depth case studies from Vietnam, Nepal, Indonesia, Afghanistan, and the United Kingdom. The analysis reveals a disconnect between available planning tools and the evidence of materialized multiple resilience dividends, which is a key obstacle to successfully apply the concept at the community level. Structured consideration of multiple resilience dividends from the planning to the monitoring and evaluation stages is required to secure local buy-in and to ensure that these dividends materialize as intended.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	© 2023 The Author(s).
Divisions:	Grantham Research Institute
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences
Date Deposited:	02 May 2023 13:45
Last Modified:	22 Apr 2024 21:33
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/118772

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