Greg Oulahen
Biographic Data
| ID | 2403232 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Greg Oulahen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Greg |
| FAMILY NAME | Oulahen |
| SIGNATURE | OULAHEN G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Toronto Metropolitan University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Flood adaptation policy alignment with resident perceptions of resilience in Vancouver, British Columbia
Vancouver’s municipal government calls on residents to shoulder some responsibility for flood resilience by directly participating in financing and implementing adaptation measures. This study aims to understand residents’ perceptions of resilience and how it should be pursued. Through an in-person survey (n = 200) we assess how resilience is typically understood by residents and which unique conceptualization (resilience as resistance, recovery,…
Flood risk management policies and conceptualizations of resilience in Vancouver, Canada
Public Perceptions of Resilience and Vulnerability Concepts for Adaptation
Resilience is everywhere in plans, policy, and academic literature on risk reduction and adaptation, and a common refrain of elected officials and disaster victims alike. Geographers have contributed much to the critical understanding of the theoretical foundations and implications of this now ubiquitous concept, and have made some initial steps in studying how local practitioners and other experts interpret and apply resilience in risk reduction…
Planning use values or values-based planning? "Rolling with" neoliberal flood risk governance in Vancouver, Canada
Neoliberal flood risk governance has become the norm in Canada and much of the rest of the global North in the interest, hypothetically, of achieving so-called efficiencies and resilience and, practically, out of desperation for access to any more resources to face a growing burden. This paper traces the path toward a flood risk governance model in Vancouver together with the development history of the city to illustrate the coproduction of urban…
Flood hazards, environmental rewards, and the social reproduction of risk
People pursue the environmental rewards that come with proximity to water despite associated flood risks. Governments are complicit in this exposure to flood hazards and prevailing institutional arrangements support it, begging the question of why all these actors keep making decisions that serve to reproduce risk in a society that should know better. This paper seeks to address the question by broadening the ontology of social reproduction. It d…
The production of unequal vulnerability to flood hazards
Key Messages Flood risk is a growing concern in Canada's cities but residents have differential risk. Factors related to societal structural forces, human agency, and place interact to produce unequal vulnerability to hazards. This review essay provides a conceptual framework for looking across scales and across actors to identify and situate the factors that influence vulnerability to flood hazards in Canada's cities
Using vulnerability and resilience concepts to advance climate change adaptation
Adaptation is necessary if we are to minimize risks associated with climate change impacts. Vulnerability and resilience are two important concepts in the literature on hazards and climate change but have been used in a variety of ways to investigate human interaction with a hazardous environment. The result is widespread adoption of the terms but confusion about their relationship and how best they can advance work on climate change adaptation. …
Unequal Vulnerability to Flood Hazards
Indexes that measure social vulnerability to hazards have gained acceptance as a research tool that can inform local policymaking. Many indexes, however, are created remotely by researchers without using the input of those working in local policy. If practitioners are involved in creating an index that they find accurate and useful, it is more likely they will incorporate the findings of the index in local policy decisions. This article describes…
Using vulnerability and resilience concepts to advance climate change adaptation
Adaptation is necessary if we are to minimize risks associated with climate change impacts. Vulnerability and resilience are two important concepts in the literature on hazards and climate change but have been used in a variety of ways to investigate human interaction with a hazardous environment. The result is widespread adoption of the terms but confusion about their relationship and how best they can advance work on climate change adaptation. …
Flood hazards, environmental rewards, and the social reproduction of risk
People pursue the environmental rewards that come with proximity to water despite associated flood risks. Governments are complicit in this exposure to flood hazards and prevailing institutional arrangements support it, begging the question of why all these actors keep making decisions that serve to reproduce risk in a society that should know better. This paper seeks to address the question by broadening the ontology of social reproduction. It d…
Unequal Vulnerability to Flood Hazards
Indexes that measure social vulnerability to hazards have gained acceptance as a research tool that can inform local policymaking. Many indexes, however, are created remotely by researchers without using the input of those working in local policy. If practitioners are involved in creating an index that they find accurate and useful, it is more likely they will incorporate the findings of the index in local policy decisions. This article describes…
Planning use values or values-based planning? "Rolling with" neoliberal flood risk governance in Vancouver, Canada
Neoliberal flood risk governance has become the norm in Canada and much of the rest of the global North in the interest, hypothetically, of achieving so-called efficiencies and resilience and, practically, out of desperation for access to any more resources to face a growing burden. This paper traces the path toward a flood risk governance model in Vancouver together with the development history of the city to illustrate the coproduction of urban…
Flood risk management policies and conceptualizations of resilience in Vancouver, Canada
Using vulnerability and resilience concepts to advance climate change adaptation
Adaptation is necessary if we are to minimize risks associated with climate change impacts. Vulnerability and resilience are two important concepts in the literature on hazards and climate change but have been used in a variety of ways to investigate human interaction with a hazardous environment. The result is widespread adoption of the terms but confusion about their relationship and how best they can advance work on climate change adaptation. …
Unequal Vulnerability to Flood Hazards
Indexes that measure social vulnerability to hazards have gained acceptance as a research tool that can inform local policymaking. Many indexes, however, are created remotely by researchers without using the input of those working in local policy. If practitioners are involved in creating an index that they find accurate and useful, it is more likely they will incorporate the findings of the index in local policy decisions. This article describes…
The production of unequal vulnerability to flood hazards
Key Messages Flood risk is a growing concern in Canada's cities but residents have differential risk. Factors related to societal structural forces, human agency, and place interact to produce unequal vulnerability to hazards. This review essay provides a conceptual framework for looking across scales and across actors to identify and situate the factors that influence vulnerability to flood hazards in Canada's cities
Flood hazards, environmental rewards, and the social reproduction of risk
People pursue the environmental rewards that come with proximity to water despite associated flood risks. Governments are complicit in this exposure to flood hazards and prevailing institutional arrangements support it, begging the question of why all these actors keep making decisions that serve to reproduce risk in a society that should know better. This paper seeks to address the question by broadening the ontology of social reproduction. It d…
Planning use values or values-based planning? "Rolling with" neoliberal flood risk governance in Vancouver, Canada
Neoliberal flood risk governance has become the norm in Canada and much of the rest of the global North in the interest, hypothetically, of achieving so-called efficiencies and resilience and, practically, out of desperation for access to any more resources to face a growing burden. This paper traces the path toward a flood risk governance model in Vancouver together with the development history of the city to illustrate the coproduction of urban…
Public Perceptions of Resilience and Vulnerability Concepts for Adaptation
Resilience is everywhere in plans, policy, and academic literature on risk reduction and adaptation, and a common refrain of elected officials and disaster victims alike. Geographers have contributed much to the critical understanding of the theoretical foundations and implications of this now ubiquitous concept, and have made some initial steps in studying how local practitioners and other experts interpret and apply resilience in risk reduction…
Flood risk management policies and conceptualizations of resilience in Vancouver, Canada
Flood adaptation policy alignment with resident perceptions of resilience in Vancouver, British Columbia
Vancouver’s municipal government calls on residents to shoulder some responsibility for flood resilience by directly participating in financing and implementing adaptation measures. This study aims to understand residents’ perceptions of resilience and how it should be pursued. Through an in-person survey (n = 200) we assess how resilience is typically understood by residents and which unique conceptualization (resilience as resistance, recovery,…
Disaster Management and Resilience (8 works) · Geography (8 works) · Flood Risk Assessment and Management (7 works) · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration (6 works) · Environmental planning (6 works) · Environmental resource management (6 works) · Flood myth (6 works) · Environmental Science (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works)