An Asset-Based Approach to Enhancing Adaptive Capacity -- Looking at Risk MAP differently Bob Freitag CFM Director of the Institute for Hazards Mitigation Planning and Research and Senior Instructor, UW
Results: “We need stronger neighborhoods, increased walkability, greater sense of place, mixed land uses, closer neighbor and family ties and trust;”
Some approaches: Appreciative Inquire: Asset based approach. (as compared to a vulnerability based approach.) Ecosystem Services: HWB goods and services provided by a variety of capital. (natural, social and human built) Public Involvement : Use of stories (Scenarios), Focus Groups, World Café. 5e Educational Methods: (engagement, exploration, explanation, elaboration and evaluation) Resilience as the ability to self-organize. (General Resilience, Specified Resilience, Remembering, Revolt, Feedbacks, Threshold / Tipping Point and Transformability)
a. Map risks / Opportunities. Develop Scenario. c. Assess risks / opportunities regarding HWB and vetted plans d. Evaluate / contextualize strategies b. Assess risks / opportunities regarding HWB 1 Identify Risks/ Opportunities (Scoping meeting) Assess Risks/ Opportunities regarding HWB – Round 1 Communicate Risks/ 0pportunities regarding HWB – Round 2 Mitigate Risks/exploit opportunities (in context of future vision) – Round 3 Risk MAP (Reduce Threats to HWB) Responsibilities: Project Team Activity Community Activity 2 3 4
approaches that strengthened the process: Stressing opportunities along with risk Incorporating a rigorous public process Developing a pre-event baseline built off of what community stakeholders appreciated about their communities Identify ecosystem services values attributable to natural capital and tools that can document the strength of human networks Incorporating visioning of the community’s future Resilience as a community’s ability to self-organize
Resilience within the context of the four phases of emergency management Change Response Recovery 1Preparedness Response 2 Mitigation possible in any phase
Resilience within the context of the four phases of emergency management Change Response Recovery 1Preparedness Response 2 Mitigation possible in any phase 1.Remembering 2.Revolt 3.Feedback 4.Tipping Point 5.Transformability 6.Collapse
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