Community response in disasters

An ecological learning framework

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11424828
AutoresJohn Preston (0000-0003-1219-4108, University of East London, autor de correspondencia), Charlotte Chadderton (0000-0001-6022-6931, University of East London), Kaori Kitagawa (0000-0003-0574-6920, University of East London), Casey Edmonds (0000-0003-3657-8392, University of East London)
Año2015
Volumen34
Número6
Páginas727-753
Fecha de publicación2015-11-02
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal of Lifelong Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0260-1370 • E-ISSN: 1464-519X
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02601370.2015.1116116
OpenAlexW2237226762
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas19
Referencias citadas22

Natural disasters are frequently exacerbated by anthropogenic mechanisms and have social and political consequences for communities. The role of community learning in disasters is seen to be increasingly important. However, the ways in which such learning unfolds in a disaster can differ substantially from case to case. This article uses a comparative case study methodology to examine catastrophes and major disasters from five countries (Japan, New Zealand, the UK, the USA and Germany) to consider how community learning and adaptation occurs. An ecological model of learning is considered, where community learning is of small loop (adaptive, incremental, experimental) type or large loop (paradigm changing) type. Using this model, we consider that there are three types of community learning that occur in disasters (navigation, organization, reframing). The type of community learning that actually develops in a disaster depends upon a range of social factors such as stress and trauma, civic innovation and coercion

Coercion (linguistics · Cognitive reframing · Community organization · Geography · Learning community · Natural disaster · Pedagogy · Political science · Public relations · Social learning · Sociology · Disaster Management and Resilience · Disaster Response and Management · Psychology · Social Psychology · Ecology