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Abstract
The study explores the role of migration and diversity in building disaster resilience in Birmingham (UK) and Toyama (Japan). The conceptual framework developed in the thesis is informed by critical examination of the approaches to theorising social processes in resilience and draws from the intersections between migration (diversity) and disaster (resilience) literature focusing on complexity governance. Through the qualitative analysis of semi-structured interviews, ethnographic observations and policy documents conducted between March 2017 and May 2018, I map the efforts taken by public servants and practitioners to develop new or adjust the existing local practices in disaster resilience building to the changing new realities inherent to migration. My original contribution to knowledge is the application of superdiversity lens to analyse migration-driven diversity in disaster resilience. The central claim is that due to the increasing role that superdiversity plays locally, enabling all community members to reduce vulnerabilities, prepare and respond collectively to disasters becomes increasingly difficult. To elucidate this argument, I show that the previous forms of accommodating diversity are not sufficiently effective in addressing the growing complexity in disaster resilience building at the individual, community, and city levels. I argue that the findings highlight a need to move beyond simple and technical approaches to resilience policymaking by including diverse populations in resilience building, accommodating the efforts coming from a wider range of actors and new initiatives emerging locally. In addition, the analysis raises wider questions about how migration-driven diversities are conceptualized, perceived and responded to differently by different actors; the changing meaning of ‘community resilience’ and ‘community’ in general; and their implications for building resilient communities of the future.
| Type of Work: | Thesis (Doctorates > Ph.D.) | |||||||||
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| Award Type: | Doctorates > Ph.D. | |||||||||
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| Licence: | All rights reserved | |||||||||
| College/Faculty: | Colleges (2008 onwards) > College of Social Sciences | |||||||||
| School or Department: | Department of Political Science and International Studies | |||||||||
| Funders: | Economic and Social Research Council, Other | |||||||||
| Other Funders: | School of Government Society Doctoral Bursary, University of Birmingham, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Japan Foundation, Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation, Sir Richard Stapley Educational Trust | |||||||||
| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > G Geography (General) H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HM Sociology J Political Science > JA Political science (General) J Political Science > JZ International relations |
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| URI: | http://etheses.bham.ac.uk/id/eprint/11462 |
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