Goal-oriented networks and capacity building for natural hazards
Networks and networking are important for building social capacities for natural hazards. However, up to now, it has been an open question which types of networks contribute to capacity building under certain circumstances. The paper focuses on the type of a goal-oriented network. The distinction be...
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| Published in | Natural hazards and earth system sciences Vol. 14; no. 1; p. 81 |
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| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
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Katlenburg-Lindau
Copernicus GmbH
01.01.2014
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| Online Access | Get full text |
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| Summary: | Networks and networking are important for building social capacities for natural hazards. However, up to now, it has been an open question which types of networks contribute to capacity building under certain circumstances. The paper focuses on the type of a goal-oriented network. The distinction between goal orientation and goal directedness is used to show the following: goal directedness of networks to build capacities for natural hazards involves intensive and continuous processes of "sensemaking" (Weick, 1995) to specify the network goal. This process of specifying an initial goal statement is important in small and large networks at the regional level. The governance form of a lead organization network facilitates goal specification. The paper illustrates these findings through evidence from two case studies conducted in the Dresden region in Germany. |
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| ISSN: | 1561-8633 1684-9981 |
| DOI: | 10.5194/nhess-14-81-2014 |