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Abstract：
Remote Arctic communities have often been depicted as being particularly vulnerable to the challenges of disasters, with their location and lack of infrastructure exacerbating risk. This study explores the characteristics of local resilience in the Arctic using the case study of the communities of the north-western Westfjords. A total of 42 semi-structured interviews were carried out with various community members, seeking to uncover the features of inbuilt resilience that contribute to successes and vulnerabilities. These were transcribed, coded, and categorised in relation to an integrated framework for assessing community resilience in disaster management, which groups topics via the themes of environmental, social, governance, economic, and infrastructure. All themes played a role in the success of local coping strategies, with easy access to the natural environment central to physical and mental well-being. Despite this, vulnerabilities of the community were evident, including insufficient local healthcare workers during a severe COVID-19 outbreak in a care home, the absence of a local quarantine hotel, and insufficient information in foreign languages for non-natives of Iceland. The general trend of following rules and expert advice was demonstrative of strong social capital, with locals trusting those in charge, nationally and locally, to manage the pandemic.
摘要：
偏远的北极社区经常被描述为特别容易受到灾害的挑战，他们的位置和缺乏基础设施加剧了风险。本研究以西北西峡湾社区为例，探讨了北极地区局部复原力的特征。共进行了42次半结构化访谈,寻求发现有助于成功和漏洞的内置弹性特征。这些是转录的，编码,并根据评估灾害管理中社区复原力的综合框架进行分类，通过环境主题将主题分组，社会,治理，经济,和基础设施。所有主题都在当地应对策略的成功中发挥作用，轻松进入自然环境，对身心健康至关重要。尽管如此,社区的脆弱性是显而易见的，包括在养老院爆发严重的COVID-19疫情期间，当地医护人员不足，没有当地的检疫酒店,冰岛人的外语信息不足。遵循规则和专家建议的总趋势是强大的社会资本的证明，当地人信任负责人，全国和地方，来管理大流行。
