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Disasters affect communities differently. Worsening disasters, changing climate patterns, and the unprecedented shocks and pressures affecting these communities make it clear that individual municipalities often cannot adequately mitigate threats or recover on their own. This research assesses local infrastructure concerns and collaborative dynamics for advancing community resilience within and among local governments. It then compares these patterns across urban and rural areas. Using original survey data and interviews with local officials, it specifies and offers insight into the drivers of observed inconsistencies in communities’ resiliency-related actions while identifying areas where experiences and perspectives are similar across urban and rural places.

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infrastructure systems local resiliency urban-rural comparison collaboration disaster risk reduction

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Concerns and Collaboration Around Infrastructure Resilience in Rural and Urban Places

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