Building Forest Fires Resilience, the Incorporation of Local Knowledge into Disaster Mitigation Strategies
The severity of the socio-economic, political, and ecological damage caused by forest fires each year requires action plans for disaster risk reduction (DRR). Despite efforts made to incorporate participatory mechanisms into risk governance, much of the research on disaster risk reduction in academi...
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| description | The severity of the socio-economic, political, and ecological damage caused by forest fires each year requires action plans for disaster risk reduction (DRR). Despite efforts made to incorporate participatory mechanisms into risk governance, much of the research on disaster risk reduction in academia is conducted under the deficit model. This paper proposes public engagement as a mechanism for incorporating community-based knowledge, experiences, and practices into DRR plans. Based on the case study of forest fires in Galicia (Spain), developed within the MITIGACT project, we explore, through the analysis of in-depth interviews, how forest fires are defined, how disaster management plans are evaluated and what concrete proposals are considered. The results highlight the need to strengthen social governance at the local level and to balance the resources dedicated to the three phases of prevention, extinction, and recovery, moving from a linear to a circular model. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a8146c0936a2467f9aff2d81bfb827322023-11-18T21:22:35ZengMDPI AGSocial Sciences2076-07602023-07-0112742010.3390/socsci12070420Building Forest Fires Resilience, the Incorporation of Local Knowledge into Disaster Mitigation StrategiesElvira Santiago-Gómez0Carmen Rodríguez-Rodríguez1Department of Sociology and Sciences Communication, A Coruña University, 15005 A Coruña, SpainDepartment of Sociology and Sciences Communication, A Coruña University, 15005 A Coruña, SpainThe severity of the socio-economic, political, and ecological damage caused by forest fires each year requires action plans for disaster risk reduction (DRR). Despite efforts made to incorporate participatory mechanisms into risk governance, much of the research on disaster risk reduction in academia is conducted under the deficit model. This paper proposes public engagement as a mechanism for incorporating community-based knowledge, experiences, and practices into DRR plans. Based on the case study of forest fires in Galicia (Spain), developed within the MITIGACT project, we explore, through the analysis of in-depth interviews, how forest fires are defined, how disaster management plans are evaluated and what concrete proposals are considered. The results highlight the need to strengthen social governance at the local level and to balance the resources dedicated to the three phases of prevention, extinction, and recovery, moving from a linear to a circular model.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/12/7/420forest fireresiliencedisaster risk reductionpublic engagement |
| spellingShingle | Elvira Santiago-Gómez Carmen Rodríguez-Rodríguez Building Forest Fires Resilience, the Incorporation of Local Knowledge into Disaster Mitigation Strategies Social Sciences forest fire resilience disaster risk reduction public engagement |
| title | Building Forest Fires Resilience, the Incorporation of Local Knowledge into Disaster Mitigation Strategies |
| title_full | Building Forest Fires Resilience, the Incorporation of Local Knowledge into Disaster Mitigation Strategies |
| title_fullStr | Building Forest Fires Resilience, the Incorporation of Local Knowledge into Disaster Mitigation Strategies |
| title_full_unstemmed | Building Forest Fires Resilience, the Incorporation of Local Knowledge into Disaster Mitigation Strategies |
| title_short | Building Forest Fires Resilience, the Incorporation of Local Knowledge into Disaster Mitigation Strategies |
| title_sort | building forest fires resilience the incorporation of local knowledge into disaster mitigation strategies |
| topic | forest fire resilience disaster risk reduction public engagement |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/12/7/420 |
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