Al‐Manji, S, Lovett, J orcid.org/0000-0002-5839-3770 and Mitchell, G orcid.org/0000-0003-0093-4519 (2021) Factors Affecting Disaster Resilience in Oman: Integrating Stakeholder Analysis and Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping. Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy, 12 (1). rhc3.12201. pp. 29-50. ISSN 1944-4079
Abstract
Planning for community resilience to disasters is a process that involves co‐ordinated action within and between relevant organizations and stakeholders, with the goal of reducing disaster risk. The effectiveness of this process is influenced by a range of factors, both positively and negatively, that need to be identified and understood so as to develop organizational capacity to build community resilience to disaster. This study investigates disaster planning and management in Oman, a country facing significant natural hazards, and with a relatively new system of institutional disaster management. Fuzzy cognitive mapping integrated with stakeholder analysis is used to identify relevant factors and their inter‐relationships, and hence provides an improved understanding of disaster governance. Developing an improved understanding of the complexity of this institutional behavior allows identification of opportunities to build greater resilience to disaster through improved planning and emergency response. We make recommendations for improved disaster management in Oman relating to governance (including improved plan dissemination and closer working with community organizations), risk assessment, public education, built environment development, and financing for disaster resilience.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 The Authors. Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Policy Studies Organization. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) |
Keywords: | Oman; organizational performance; resilience; fuzzy cognitive mapping; disaster management; cyclone; 组织表现; 复原力; 模糊认知图; 灾害管理; 气旋; Desempeño organizacional; resiliencia; mapeo cognitivo difuso; manejo de desastres; ciclón |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Geography (Leeds) > Centre for Spatial Analysis & Policy (Leeds) The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Geography (Leeds) > Ecology & Global Change (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 13 May 2021 13:43 |
Last Modified: | 25 Jun 2023 22:39 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1002/rhc3.12201 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:173711 |