Human-made disasters in a decentralized context: How Czech municipalities are dealing with the Ukrainian crisis

Abstract

IMPACT The article presents and reflects on empirical findings about how Czech municipalities have dealt with the Ukrainian refugee crisis. The findings come from an electronic survey conducted by the authors in co-operation with the Association of Towns and Municipalities of the Czech Republic.

Complemented with the results of refugee surveys, the findings show that municipalities can deal with the crises more successfully by building/expanding collaborative relations with stakeholders. The results are particularly relevant for countries with decentralized administrative systems.

Keywords

• Czech Republic
• decentralization
• human-made disasters
• refugees
• stakeholder collaboration
• Ukrainian crisis