Cheong So-Min, Assenova Valentina A
Department of Geography and Atmospheric Science, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, United States of America.
Management Department, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America.
PLoS One. 2021 Nov 17;16(11):e0259368. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0259368. eCollection 2021.
Absorptive capacity-the ability to learn and apply external knowledge and information to acquire material resources-is an essential but overlooked driver in community adaptation to new and unprecedented disasters. We analyzed data from a representative random sample of 603 individuals from 25 coastal communities in Louisiana affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. We used simultaneous equation models to assess the relationship between absorptive capacity and resource acquisition for affected individuals after the disaster. Results show that the diversity of individuals' prior knowledge coupled with the community's external orientation and internal cohesion facilitate resource use. They go beyond simply providing resources and demonstrate individual and community features necessary for absorbing information and knowledge and help devise adaptation strategies to address the dynamics of changing economic, social, and political environment after the disaster.
吸收能力——学习并应用外部知识和信息以获取物质资源的能力——是社区适应新的、前所未有的灾难的一个重要但被忽视的驱动因素。我们分析了来自路易斯安那州25个受深水地平线石油泄漏影响的沿海社区的603名个体的代表性随机样本数据。我们使用联立方程模型来评估灾难后受影响个体的吸收能力与资源获取之间的关系。结果表明，个体先前知识的多样性，再加上社区的外部导向和内部凝聚力，有助于资源利用。它们不仅仅是简单地提供资源，还展示了吸收信息和知识所需的个体和社区特征，并有助于制定适应策略，以应对灾难后不断变化的经济、社会和政治环境的动态变化。
