Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Barriers to Postdisaster Housing Reconstruction: Issues of Place and Power Mismatch
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6562-3861
Puerto Rico has a long and complicated history with the US, and although the archipelago is no longer a colony, the colonial relationship remains embedded in US–Puerto Rico relations. In the disaster context, this historical legacy manifests as mismatches in power and place between where recovery is planned and policies are created (the federal US) and where disaster is experienced and recovery is carried out (Puerto Rico). This research investigated how these mismatches have affected housing reconstruction in Puerto Rico since Hurricanes Irma and Maria, with a particular focus on local actors, US-affiliated nonlocal agencies, and global-scale actors. Using semistructured interviews with representatives from Puerto Rico–based reconstruction organizations with extensive knowledge of housing reconstruction, this study investigated how place and power mismatches have created barriers to the housing reconstruction process in Puerto Rico after Hurricanes Irma and Maria. Our findings reimagine an existing mismatch framework (spatial, temporal, functional, knowledge, and norms) through the lenses of power and place. In doing so, we demonstrate that power and place are more than descriptive features of disaster recovery, but are dynamic dimensions that require alignment among all involved actors to achieve desirable recovery outcomes. The paper ends with a discussion of key strategies for facilitating the integration of multiple-scale actors along the dimensions of power and place.
Barriers to Postdisaster Housing Reconstruction: Issues of Place and Power Mismatch
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6562-3861
Puerto Rico has a long and complicated history with the US, and although the archipelago is no longer a colony, the colonial relationship remains embedded in US–Puerto Rico relations. In the disaster context, this historical legacy manifests as mismatches in power and place between where recovery is planned and policies are created (the federal US) and where disaster is experienced and recovery is carried out (Puerto Rico). This research investigated how these mismatches have affected housing reconstruction in Puerto Rico since Hurricanes Irma and Maria, with a particular focus on local actors, US-affiliated nonlocal agencies, and global-scale actors. Using semistructured interviews with representatives from Puerto Rico–based reconstruction organizations with extensive knowledge of housing reconstruction, this study investigated how place and power mismatches have created barriers to the housing reconstruction process in Puerto Rico after Hurricanes Irma and Maria. Our findings reimagine an existing mismatch framework (spatial, temporal, functional, knowledge, and norms) through the lenses of power and place. In doing so, we demonstrate that power and place are more than descriptive features of disaster recovery, but are dynamic dimensions that require alignment among all involved actors to achieve desirable recovery outcomes. The paper ends with a discussion of key strategies for facilitating the integration of multiple-scale actors along the dimensions of power and place.
Barriers to Postdisaster Housing Reconstruction: Issues of Place and Power Mismatch
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6562-3861
Puerto Rico has a long and complicated history with the US, and although the archipelago is no longer a colony, the colonial relationship remains embedded in US–Puerto Rico relations. In the disaster context, this historical legacy manifests as mismatches in power and place between where recovery is planned and policies are created (the federal US) and where disaster is experienced and recovery is carried out (Puerto Rico). This research investigated how these mismatches have affected housing reconstruction in Puerto Rico since Hurricanes Irma and Maria, with a particular focus on local actors, US-affiliated nonlocal agencies, and global-scale actors. Using semistructured interviews with representatives from Puerto Rico–based reconstruction organizations with extensive knowledge of housing reconstruction, this study investigated how place and power mismatches have created barriers to the housing reconstruction process in Puerto Rico after Hurricanes Irma and Maria. Our findings reimagine an existing mismatch framework (spatial, temporal, functional, knowledge, and norms) through the lenses of power and place. In doing so, we demonstrate that power and place are more than descriptive features of disaster recovery, but are dynamic dimensions that require alignment among all involved actors to achieve desirable recovery outcomes. The paper ends with a discussion of key strategies for facilitating the integration of multiple-scale actors along the dimensions of power and place.
Barriers to Postdisaster Housing Reconstruction: Issues of Place and Power Mismatch
Nat. Hazards Rev.
Talbot, Jessica (Autor:in) / Poleacovschi, Cristina (Autor:in) / Rongerude, Jane (Autor:in)
01.05.2023
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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