Positives and negatives of the Parks Model and the HMC Flashcards

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What are the limitations of the HMC?

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Generic and unquantifiable.
Is this a strength though? (adapted to lots of situations)

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What are the strengths of the HMC?

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Highlights areas requiring development
shape understanding of resilience.

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What is the purpose of the HMC?

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Help governments to note areas of weakness and improve an area’s resilience.
They can be compared to show how successful a previous strategy was.

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What does an area’s recovery depend on?
Human

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Governance at a local, national and international scale,
external help available
level of development
population (density, skill, education, age etc…)

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What does an area’s recovery depend on?
Physical

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Magnitude + intensity
Topography
type of hazard

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What is another name for the Parks model?

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Disaster Response Curve.

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What is a criticism of the Park’s model?

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Not good on a small scale
e.g - Katrina 2005 - some parts develop more quickly than others. (ninth ward vs French quarter)

Doesn’t note other issues that could be influencing it - social, political, environmental.

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Why is the Park’s model useful?

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Effectively compare hazard events.

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What factors does the curve of the DRC (disaster response curve) depend on?

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Scale of the event, nature of the event, level of development and governance provided internally and externally.

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Why are these top down approaches limiting?

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May not have the insider knowledge - assumptions made about social norms, written by and for dominant groups.

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