Kernels of change
Civil society challenges to state-led strategies for recovery and risk reduction in Turkey
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 12243239 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Cassidy Johnson (0000-0002-6080-6458, University College London, UK,, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 2011 |
| Volumen | 23 |
| Número | 2 |
| Páginas | 415-430 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2011-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Environment and Urbanization (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0956-2478 • E-ISSN: 1746-0301 |
| Editorial | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0956247811416071 |
| OpenAlex | W2020208951 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 6 |
| Referencias citadas | 10 |
Disaster recovery and risk reduction are most effective when the state can provide an enabling environment to support community action. Following the 1999 earthquakes in Turkey, there were many initiatives undertaken by civil society to fill the gaps left by government programmes that did not reach tenants who had lost their homes nor support livelihoods and social recovery of the people. Now, 11 years later, this paper looks at how these community-based recovery initiatives have transformed into initiatives around larger issues of building resilience and risk reduction. It examines the nature of their relationships with the state and with each other. The research is based on a cross-case analysis of three civil society organizations that were active in Düzce, one of the disaster-affected regions. It finds that while the community-based initiatives working in this area have built up the capacity of groups to demand change from the government, the lack of government support has meant that these groups have not been able to effectively act in partnership or cooperation with the government, which has impacted on their ability to scale up
Business · Civil society · Disaster recovery · Disaster risk reduction · Economic growth · Economics · General partnership · Geography · Government (linguistics · Livelihood · Local government · Political science · Resilience (materials science · State (computer science · Disaster Management and Resilience · Flood Risk Assessment and Management · Infrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability Analysis · Public Administration · Finance
| Obras citantes distintas | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citas por año | 0,5 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Velocidad de citación | current |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 6 |