Hyperlocal Organizing: Collaborating for Recovery Over Time

Hyperlocal Organizing explores the difficult work of post-disaster recovery and demonstrates that broad interorganizational landscapes are needed to unite the grassroots, neighborhoods, communities, and institutions to solve problems of recovery and bring people home. It develops a new framework—hyperlocal organizing—to address the challenge of community survivability in the twenty-first century and is important for post-disaster recovery, addressing grand challenges such as climate change, environmental justice, and equitable community development.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 172 pages
Publication date: 21 March 2024
Publisher: Lexington Books

Hyperlocal Organizing: Collaborating for Recovery Over Time explores the complex process of post-disaster recovery. Jack L. Harris highlights the importance of broad interorganizational landscapes in uniting grassroots, neighborhoods, communities, and institutions to address recovery challenges and bring people home. However, government disaster policies and institutions often overlook the critical role of local knowledge and organizing. By examining the organizational landscape of the mid-Atlantic United States after Hurricane Sandy, Harris reveals how participation and collaboration can open multiple pathways to recovery by building resilience and democratizing governance. Drawing on powerful theories of communicating and organizing, this book introduces a novel framework called hyperlocal organizing to address the challenge of community survivability in the twenty-first century. Achieving community survivability requires strong organizational partnerships and interorganizational collaboration to tackle collective problems. The lessons presented by Harris are not only relevant to post-disaster recovery but also to addressing grand challenges such as climate change, environmental justice, and equitable community development. Scholars in environmental communication, disaster studies, and emergency management will find this book particularly valuable.

Weight: 277g
Dimension: 227 x 152 x 13 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781666927252