The Emergence of Different Local Resilience Arrangements Regarding Extreme Weather Events in Small Municipalities—A Case Study from the Wielkopolska Region, Poland

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dc.abstract.enCompared with other parts of the world, Poland is a relatively safe country in terms of natural disasters. Nevertheless, extreme weather events have become a significant threat in recent years, especially for local communities. These are exposed to intense rainfall, heavy wind, and heatwaves, as are larger towns. However, small municipalities have different economic, social, and human potential for undertaking preventive actions regarding meteorological extremes. In this paper, we are looking at what activities local communities from the Wielkopolska region in Poland undertake to cope with extreme weather events—specifically, heavy rainfall and heatwaves. We analyze the municipalities that are most and least exposed to extremes, based on meteorological data. These are further compared with local resilience measures in the event of extreme meteorological events through the risk management analysis of selected municipalities. The emergence of two approaches regarding extreme weather events has been observed. First, local arrangements consist of different resilience types. Both of the identified approaches are concentrated around rescue activities, representing recovery resilience. They differ in the second component of resilience: municipalities that have suffered more from weather extremes manifest more resistance resilience, whereas those communities where fewer meteorological events took place demonstrate more creativity-type resilience.
dc.affiliationWydział Inżynierii Środowiska i Inżynierii Mechanicznej
dc.affiliationWydział Rolnictwa, Ogrodnictwa i Bioinżynierii
dc.affiliation.instituteKatedra Budownictwa i Geoinżynierii
dc.affiliation.instituteKatedra Melioracji, Kształtowania Środowiska i Gospodarki Przestrzennej
dc.affiliation.instituteKatedra Terenów Zieleni i Architektury Krajobrazu
dc.contributor.authorChoryński, Adam
dc.contributor.authorPińskwar, Iwona
dc.contributor.authorGraczyk, Dariusz
dc.contributor.authorKrzyżaniak, Michał
dc.date.access2025-10-30
dc.date.accessioned2025-10-30T13:02:44Z
dc.date.available2025-10-30T13:02:44Z
dc.date.copyright2022-02-11
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstract<jats:p>Compared with other parts of the world, Poland is a relatively safe country in terms of natural disasters. Nevertheless, extreme weather events have become a significant threat in recent years, especially for local communities. These are exposed to intense rainfall, heavy wind, and heatwaves, as are larger towns. However, small municipalities have different economic, social, and human potential for undertaking preventive actions regarding meteorological extremes. In this paper, we are looking at what activities local communities from the Wielkopolska region in Poland undertake to cope with extreme weather events—specifically, heavy rainfall and heatwaves. We analyze the municipalities that are most and least exposed to extremes, based on meteorological data. These are further compared with local resilience measures in the event of extreme meteorological events through the risk management analysis of selected municipalities. The emergence of two approaches regarding extreme weather events has been observed. First, local arrangements consist of different resilience types. Both of the identified approaches are concentrated around rescue activities, representing recovery resilience. They differ in the second component of resilience: municipalities that have suffered more from weather extremes manifest more resistance resilience, whereas those communities where fewer meteorological events took place demonstrate more creativity-type resilience.</jats:p>
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dc.description.volume14
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/su14042052
dc.identifier.issn2071-1050
dc.identifier.urihttps://sciencerep.up.poznan.pl/handle/item/5632
dc.identifier.weblinkhttps://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/4/2052
dc.languageen
dc.pbn.affiliationagriculture and horticulture
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dc.relation.pagesart. 2052
dc.rightsCC-BY
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dc.share.typeOPEN_JOURNAL
dc.subject.enextreme weather events
dc.subject.enresilience
dc.subject.enadaptation
dc.subject.enmunicipalities
dc.subject.enheat waves
dc.subject.enextreme rainfall
dc.subject.enPoland
dc.titleThe Emergence of Different Local Resilience Arrangements Regarding Extreme Weather Events in Small Municipalities—A Case Study from the Wielkopolska Region, Poland
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project.funder.nameThis research was funded by the NATIONAL SCIENCE CENTRE (Narodowe Centrum Nauki), grant number UMO-2014/15/N/HS6/04129