Citizen participation and citizen evaluation in disaster recovery
By: KWEIT, Mary Grisez; KWEIT, Robert W
.
Material type: 
ArticlePublisher: Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, December 2004Subject(s): Citizen Participation | Disaster Recovery | Disaster and Political Change | Politics and AdministrationThe American Review of Public Administration 34, 4, p. 354-373Abstract: In April 1997, Grand Forks, North Dakota, and East Grand Forks, Minnesota, experienced a disastrous flood. Both cities have been textbook examples of success according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. They have an update infrastructure, paid for largely by the federal government. Their downtowns are on the road to recovery with new construction and business. The paths of the two cities have diverged in the social and political aftermath of the flood. East Grand Forks, following consultant suggestions, instituted extensive citizen participation initiatives. East Grand Forks has experienced political stability and citizen satisfaction. Grand Forks relied primarily on bureaucratic guidance to react to the disaster. Grand Forks has experienced changes in government structure, turnover of elected and appointed officials, and much less positive citizen evaluation. This study examines the effect of perceptions of citizen participation on the citizens´ evaluation of the success of the recovery.
In April 1997, Grand Forks, North Dakota, and East Grand Forks, Minnesota, experienced a disastrous flood. Both cities have been textbook examples of success according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. They have an update infrastructure, paid for largely by the federal government. Their downtowns are on the road to recovery with new construction and business. The paths of the two cities have diverged in the social and political aftermath of the flood. East Grand Forks, following consultant suggestions, instituted extensive citizen participation initiatives. East Grand Forks has experienced political stability and citizen satisfaction. Grand Forks relied primarily on bureaucratic guidance to react to the disaster. Grand Forks has experienced changes in government structure, turnover of elected and appointed officials, and much less positive citizen evaluation. This study examines the effect of perceptions of citizen participation on the citizens´ evaluation of the success of the recovery.
Click on an image to view it in the image viewer
There are no comments for this item.