气候变化领域集成服务门户(CCPortal): Wildfire preparedness, community cohesion and social-ecological systems

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DOI	10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2013.09.016
	Wildfire preparedness, community cohesion and social-ecological systems
	Prior T.; Eriksen C.
发表日期	2013
ISSN	0959-3780
卷号	23 期号:6
英文摘要	The consequences of wildfires are felt in susceptible communities around the globe on an annual basis. Climate change predictions in places like the south-east of Australia and western United States suggest that wildfires may become more frequent and more intense with global climate change. Compounding this issue is progressive urban development at the peri-urban fringe (wildland-urban interface), where continued infrastructure development and demographic changes are likely to expose more people and property to this potentially disastrous natural hazard. Preparing well in advance of the wildfire season is seen as a fundamental behaviour that can both reduce community wildfire vulnerability and increase hazard resilience - it is an important element of adaptive capacity that allows people to coexist with the hazardous environment in which they live. We use household interviews and surveys to build and test a substantive model that illustrates how social cohesion influences the decision to prepare for wildfire. We demonstrate that social cohesion, particularly community characteristics like 'sense of community' and 'collective problem solving', are community-based resources that support both the adoption of mechanical preparations, and the development of cognitive abilities and capacities that reduce vulnerability and enhance resilience to wildfire. We use the results of this work to highlight opportunities to transfer techniques and approaches from natural hazards research to climate change adaptation research to explore how the impacts attributed to the social components of social-ecological systems can be mitigated more effectively. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd.
英文关键词	Community cohesion; Preparedness; Resilience; Social-ecological system; Wildfire
学科领域	climate change; community care; demography; ecosystem resilience; household survey; natural hazard; nature-society relations; numerical model; prediction; urban development; vulnerability; wildfire; Australia
语种	英语
scopus关键词	climate change; community care; demography; ecosystem resilience; household survey; natural hazard; nature-society relations; numerical model; prediction; urban development; vulnerability; wildfire; Australia
来源期刊	Global Environmental Change
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/117852
作者单位	Center for Security Studies, ETH Zürich, Haldeneggsteig 4, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland; Australian Centre for Cultural Environmental Research, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Prior T.,Eriksen C.. Wildfire preparedness, community cohesion and social-ecological systems[J],2013,23(6).
APA	Prior T.,&Eriksen C..(2013).Wildfire preparedness, community cohesion and social-ecological systems.Global Environmental Change,23(6).
MLA	Prior T.,et al."Wildfire preparedness, community cohesion and social-ecological systems".Global Environmental Change 23.6(2013).