Enhancing community resilience has increasingly involved national and regional governments adopting a multi-stakeholder approach because of the potential interagency benefits. This has led to questions about how best to involve stakeholder groups in translating community resilience policies into practice. This exploratory study contributes to this discussion by addressing two key areas that are fundamental in the concerted effort to build community resilience to natural hazards: (1) stakeholder understanding of community resilience as a concept; and (2) the difficulties associated with the processes of risk assessment and preparedness that stakeholders face locally in building community resilience. Data were collected through semistructured interviews with 25 practitioners and experts within Scotland’s resilience community, and were analyzed through an inductive approach to thematic analysis. These data show how the interpretation of community resilience differs across stakeholder groups. Analysis of the data reveals challenges around the nature of the risk assessment and its role in shaping risk perception and communication. Significant complications occur in communicating about low probability-high consequence events, perceived territoriality, competing risk prioritizations, and the challenges of managing hazards within a context of limited resources. The implications of these issues for policy and practice are also discussed.

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建立社区适应力的多利益相关方方法的内在复杂性

由于机构间的潜在利益，提高社区的适应力越来越多地促使国家和地区政府采取多利益相关方的方法。这引发了有关如何最好地让利益相关者团体参与将社区适应力政策转化为实践的问题。这项探索性研究为解决这一问题做出了贡献，解决了在共同努力中建立社区对自然灾害的抵御能力的两个基本领域：（1）利益相关者对社区抵御能力的理解；（2）利益相关者在建立社区适应力方面在本地面临的风险评估和准备过程相关的困难。数据是通过对苏格兰防灾社区内25位从业人员和专家进行的半结构化访谈而收集的，并通过归纳法进行主题分析。这些数据说明了社区利益相关者的解释在各个利益相关者群体之间是如何不同的。数据分析揭示了围绕风险评估的性质及其在塑造风险感知和沟通中的作用所面临的挑战。在就低概率，高后果事件，感知的地域性，竞争性的风险优先级以及在有限的资源范围内管理危害的挑战进行交流时，会出现重大的并发症。还讨论了这些问题对政策和实践的影响。数据分析揭示了围绕风险评估的性质及其在塑造风险感知和沟通中的作用所面临的挑战。在就低概率，高后果事件，感知的地域性，竞争性的风险优先级以及在有限的资源范围内管理危害的挑战进行交流时，会发生重大的并发症。还讨论了这些问题对政策和实践的影响。数据分析揭示了围绕风险评估的性质及其在塑造风险感知和沟通中的作用所面临的挑战。在就低概率，高后果事件，感知的地域性，竞争性的风险优先级以及在有限的资源范围内管理危害的挑战进行交流时，会发生重大的并发症。还讨论了这些问题对政策和实践的影响。