A Managed-Participatory Approach to Community Resilience

The Case of the New York Rising Community Reconstruction Program

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ID11674206
AuthorsSimon McDonnell (New York State Division of Homes and Community Renewal, New York City, USA, corresponding author), Pooya Ghorbani (New York Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery, New York City, USA), Courtney Wolf (New York State Division of Homes and Community Renewal, New York City, USA), Maria Jessa Cruz (SUNY Rockefeller Institute of Government, Albany, NY, USA), David M Burgy (New York Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery, New York City, USA), Swati Desai (SUNY Rockefeller Institute of Government, Albany, NY, USA), Daniel Berkovits (New York Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery, New York City, USA), Renata Silberblatt (New York Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery, New York City, USA)
Year2018
Volume49
Issue3
Pages309-324
Publication date2018-10-10
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe American Review of Public Administration (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0275-0740 • E-ISSN: 1552-3357
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0275074018804663
OpenAlexW2896434831
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited47

Research shows that resilient communities are best achieved through active public participation, informed by local input. However, post-disaster strategies in the United States are typically federally led and top-down in nature. We present an exploratory case study of resilience planning in New York State in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, which is a combination of public participation and government supervision. We name this approach “managed-participation” because it emphasizes engaging the public in post-disaster planning, guided by a high degree of state-level leadership. We adapt a theoretical proposition of horizontal and vertical integration framework for an exploratory analysis of the case. We find that New York’s approach contributes to both horizontal and vertical integration of impacted communities by enhancing active participation in resilience efforts, and taking advantage of the state government’s position to connect local needs with federal funding. Furthermore, by utilizing expertise and funding support to guide and translate local knowledge, it produces potentially more viable resilience plans

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