Flooding and the 'new normal

What Is the Role of Gender in Experiences of Post-Disaster Ontological Security

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ID4752178
AutoresTimothy J Haney (0000-0002-2288-8245, Professor of Sociology and Board of Governors Research Chair in Resilience and Sustainability Mount Royal University Canada, autor correspondente), Daran Gray‐scholz (Research Associate, Centre for Community Disaster Research Mount Royal University Canada)
Ano2020
Volume44
Fascículo2
Páginas262-284
Data de publicação2020-04-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoDisasters (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0361-3666 • E-ISSN: 1467-7717
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/disa.12372
PMID31231817
OpenAlexW2954611542
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas13
Referências citadas45

Disaster researchers have long analysed disruption to affected residents' ontological security, often represented by routines and familiar landmarks. Surprisingly little of this work, though, assesses who is most likely to experience feelings of disruption. Using a representative set of survey data, complemented by follow-up interview data from 40 residents affected by the Southern Alberta Flood of June 2013, this paper explores how demographic characteristics, such as gender and place attachment, impact on residents' sense of disruption and loss. The findings indicate that women and people with stronger emotional and social ties to their neighbourhoods are most likely to experience disrupted ontological security; home flooding and evacuation orders are also significant predictors. The qualitative interview data reveal that many participants felt unsettled and disrupted by myriad factors, such as ongoing construction, which prevented them from establishing a 'new normal'. The paper concludes by discussing the implications of these findings for policymakers and service providers

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