Vulnerability Through Resilience?

In dealing with perceived threats and hazards by coordinating and bundling diverse actors’ efforts, governance approaches potentially face a problem. Perceptions of threats as well as adequate action strategies aiming to build up resilience are both based on processes of social construction. Theref...

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Main Author: Tobias Schmidt
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: oekom verlag GmbH 2012-08-01
Series:Raumforschung und Raumordnung
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Online Access:https://rur.oekom.de/index.php/rur/article/view/832
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description In dealing with perceived threats and hazards by coordinating and bundling diverse actors’ efforts, governance approaches potentially face a problem. Perceptions of threats as well as adequate action strategies aiming to build up resilience are both based on processes of social construction. Therefore, what at first sight seem to be promising strategies for building resilience for all actors can conversely be considered as new threats and vulnerabilities by particular actors due to their differing perceptions. Within the context of a governance that intends to increase resilience this can potentially cause counterproductive effects. This paper demonstrates this possibility by means of a social constructivist notion of vulnerability and resilience. Socio-spatial identity building processes between the “International Building Exhibition” (“Internationale Bauausstellung”: IBA) and actors in the local area of Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg are used as an empirical example. This paper illustrates that historically developed social knowledge in the form of socio-spatial identities and local discourses can play an important role because it influences the specific perceptions of local actors.
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spelling doaj.art-5a2869d4f51e451dba16a5088741a8532022-12-22T04:29:03Zdeuoekom verlag GmbHRaumforschung und Raumordnung0034-01111869-41792012-08-0170410.1007/s13147-012-0174-yVulnerability Through Resilience?Tobias Schmidt0Leibniz-Institut für Regionalentwicklung und Strukturplanung e.V. (IRS), Flakenstraße 28–31, 15537, Erkner, Germany In dealing with perceived threats and hazards by coordinating and bundling diverse actors’ efforts, governance approaches potentially face a problem. Perceptions of threats as well as adequate action strategies aiming to build up resilience are both based on processes of social construction. Therefore, what at first sight seem to be promising strategies for building resilience for all actors can conversely be considered as new threats and vulnerabilities by particular actors due to their differing perceptions. Within the context of a governance that intends to increase resilience this can potentially cause counterproductive effects. This paper demonstrates this possibility by means of a social constructivist notion of vulnerability and resilience. Socio-spatial identity building processes between the “International Building Exhibition” (“Internationale Bauausstellung”: IBA) and actors in the local area of Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg are used as an empirical example. This paper illustrates that historically developed social knowledge in the form of socio-spatial identities and local discourses can play an important role because it influences the specific perceptions of local actors. https://rur.oekom.de/index.php/rur/article/view/832VulnerabilityResilienceGovernanceInternational Building Exhibition Hamburg- WilhelmsburgLocal actorsSocio-spatial identity
spellingShingle Tobias Schmidt
Vulnerability Through Resilience?
Raumforschung und Raumordnung
Vulnerability
Resilience
Governance
International Building Exhibition Hamburg- Wilhelmsburg
Local actors
Socio-spatial identity
title Vulnerability Through Resilience?
title_full Vulnerability Through Resilience?
title_fullStr Vulnerability Through Resilience?
title_full_unstemmed Vulnerability Through Resilience?
title_short Vulnerability Through Resilience?
title_sort vulnerability through resilience
topic Vulnerability
Resilience
Governance
International Building Exhibition Hamburg- Wilhelmsburg
Local actors
Socio-spatial identity
url https://rur.oekom.de/index.php/rur/article/view/832
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