This article examines responses by four remote communities in Fiji to the extensive damage caused by Tropical Cyclone Winston (TCW) of 2016, differences among these communities, and factors that make a particular community more disaster-resilient than others. In Fiji, traditional knowledge of climate and disaster mitigation has been known to contribute to better disaster management resilience by communities. TCW of 2016 is one of the strongest cyclones that have struck the islands of Fiji, and many of its remote communities were severely damaged. Responses to the damage caused by TCW varied from community to community, and resilience was shown to depend on the availability of traditional knowledge of climate and disaster mitigation as well as the effective mobilization of social capital exhibited in the long-standing tradition in Fijian villages of mutual help within the community. Our findings suggest that communities without such resources are often left out in recovery processes and may be in particular need of support.

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传统知识，社会资本和社区对灾害的应对：严重气候事件后斐济偏远社区的复原力

本文研究了斐济四个偏远社区对2016年热带气旋温斯顿（TCW）造成的广泛破坏，这些社区之间的差异以及使特定社区比其他社区更具抗灾力的因素的反应。在斐济，众所周知的关于气候和减灾的传统知识有助于提高社区的灾害管理适应力。2016年的TCW是袭击斐济各岛的最强旋风之一，其许多偏远社区遭到严重破坏。对TCW造成的损害的回应因社区而异，并显示出抵御能力取决于对气候和减灾的传统知识的可获得性以及在社区内相互帮助的斐济村庄的悠久传统中表现出的社会资本的有效动员。我们的研究结果表明，缺乏此类资源的社区常常被排除在恢复过程之外，尤其需要支持。