System Analysis in International Development: From Concept to Application in Flood Prone Communities

Keating, A., Mechler, R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2239-1578, Magnuszewski, P., Liu, W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3646-3456, & Mochizuki, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1000-4251 (2015). System Analysis in International Development: From Concept to Application in Flood Prone Communities. In: Systems Analysis 2015 - A Conference in Celebration of Howard Raiffa, 11 -13 November, 2015, Laxenburg, Austria.

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Abstract

Disasters pose a growing threat to sustainable development. Disaster risk management efforts have largely failed to arrest key drivers of uncontrolled urbanization and proliferation of assets in high risk areas. Systems analysis provides a unique interpretation of this failure, and a new pathway for remedy. Increasing “buzz” around the concept of disaster “resilience” (fundamentally a systems concept) has opened the door for the application of systems analysis in the complex arena of the social-ecological foundations of risk and development; yet it has been vaguely conceptualized, not offering a concrete approach to operationalization.
We propose a conceptualization of disaster resilience built on system thinking. This conceptualization is centered on wellbeing (healthy system functioning) and explicitly draws attention to system interactions over the long term. We then present a systems analysis conceptual framework for exploring the real-world interconnections between disasters and development. Finally we outline how this framework has been applied with stakeholders in Peru, and present key lessons pertinent for researchers applying systems thinking in complex, socio-ecological governance settings.

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Poster)
Research Programs: Risk & Resilience (RISK)
Risk, Policy and Vulnerability (RPV)
Depositing User: Michaela Rossini
Date Deposited: 19 Jan 2016 14:04
Last Modified: 14 Jun 2023 13:23
URI: https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/11782

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