ABSTRACT

Public-private partnerships are essential to effective disaster response and recovery. Given their scare resources, it is neither efficient nor practical for governing bodies to bear the sole responsibility for maintaining an ever-ready disaster response infrastructure and workforce. While it is necessary and admirable for governments to improve their internal disaster response mechanisms, a community's resilience can also be enhanced by leveraging private entities and their assets. This study utilized the Adaptive co-management (ACM) framework to examine existing partnerships between emergency operations centers and the tourism industry in co-managing hurricane-related disasters. By utilizing group discussion and individual interviews, this study reveals the public sectors’ expectations of the tourism industry when partnering to co-manage disasters. The findings highlight theoretical and practical implications for current public-private partnerships and the need to improve these efforts in disaster management. Several critical deficiencies are identified and discussed, including interagency trust, financial support, and communication.

摘要

公私伙伴关系对于有效的灾害响应和恢复至关重要。鉴于其稀缺资源，管理机构承担维护随时准备好的灾害响应基础设施和劳动力的唯一责任既不高效也不实际。虽然政府改善其内部灾害响应机制是必要且令人钦佩的，但也可以通过利用私人实体及其资产来增强社区的复原力。本研究利用适应性共同管理 (ACM) 框架来检查应急行动中心与旅游业在共同管理飓风相关灾害方面的现有合作伙伴关系。通过小组讨论和个人访谈，这项研究揭示了公共部门在合作共同管理灾害时对旅游业的期望。研究结果强调了当前公私伙伴关系的理论和实践意义，以及改进这些灾害管理工作的必要性。确定并讨论了几个关键缺陷，包括机构间信任、财务支持和沟通。