Factors Affecting the Effectiveness of Flood Resilience Plan for Urban Sustainability of Ratnapura Municipal Council Area

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 32-42
Author(s):  
K.G.P.K. Weerakoon ◽  
J.A.D.U. Dharmapriya
Keyword(s):  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Urban Sustainability ◽  
Community Resilience ◽  
Ecological Resilience ◽  
Significant Feature ◽  
Cultural Resilience ◽  
Economic Resilience ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Municipal Council ◽  
Infrastructure Resilience

Natural disasters adversely affect urban built-up areas all over the world. Flood is the most destructive natural disaster that affects Ratnapura, the provincial capital of the Sabaragamuwa Province in Sri Lanka. This monsoonal flooding is a prolonged problem that arises mainly due to the overspill of River Kalu and other water bodies connected to the river during heavy rainy seasons. It causes short-term and long-term damages to human lives, properties, the economy, and the environment. Floods cause severe damages to private residential buildings. Hence, the availability of a flood resilience plan is a significant feature of the good governance of the Local Authorities. There are many factors to consider when preparing a flood resilience plan. This study aims to assess the factors affecting the effectiveness of the existing flood resilience plan in the Ratnapura Municipal Council Area. The main data instrument used is a questionnaire survey from residents in the flood-prone area. It assessed the effectiveness of actions taken by the government pre-disaster, during a disaster, and post-disaster. Various factors affecting the flood resilience plan were identified and categorized: community resilience, economic resilience, ecological resilience, emergency readiness and responsiveness, infrastructure resilience, and social and cultural resilience. Findings revealed that the respondents were more satisfied with emergency readiness and responsiveness out of the five main categories. In addition, respondents address the effectiveness of the existing flood resilience plan and its affected factors like community resilience, economic resilience, emergency readiness and responsiveness, infrastructure resilience and social, and cultural resilience. Findings will be helpful for town planners and the Municipal Council of Ratnapura to identify flood resilience strategies through community perspectives to mitigate the flood hazard and propose innovative strategies to achieve urban sustainability and build resilient communities.

Dinamika Kelompok dalam Resiliensi Komunitas Nelayan Menghadapi Kerusakan Ekosistem Laut

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 880
Author(s):  
Elok Hidayati
Keyword(s):  
Collective Action ◽  
Marine Ecosystem ◽  
Community Resilience ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Social Resilience ◽  
Fishing Community ◽  
Group Dynamic ◽  
Economic Resilience ◽  
Infrastructure Resilience

ABSTRAKELOK HIDAYATI. Dinamika Kelompok dalam Resiliensi Komunitas Nelayan Menghadapi Kerusakan Ekosistem Laut. Di bawah bimbingan NURMALA K. PANDJAITAN.Rusaknya ekosistem laut akibat aktivitas manusia dan perubahan iklim membawa dampak pada rusaknya terumbu karang dan punahnya berbagai jenis ikan. Komunitas nelayan yang paling dirugikan dengan bencana ini karena terancamnya sumber mata pencarian mereka. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah menganalisis dinamika kelompok dan resiliensi komunitas nelayan dalam menghadapi ancaman kerusakan ekosistem laut. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode survei dengan teknik pengumpulan data secara accidental dengan jumlah responden sebanyak 30 orang. Data primer diperoleh melalui wawancara berstruktur dengan menggunakan kuesioner dan wawancara mendalam pada beberapa informan untuk mendapatkan data kualitatif sebagai penunjang data kuantitatif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa komunitas nelayan mampu beradaptasi atau resilien baik pada komponen sosial (social resilience), ekonomi (economic resilience) maupun infrastruktur (infrastructure resilience) dalam menghadapi bencana kerusakan ekosistem laut. Hal ini ditopang oleh adanya kekuatan dalam dinamika kelompok terutama pada komunikasi kelompok dan kohesi kelompok sehingga dapat terbangun aksi kolektif untuk mengatasi berbagai permasalahan yang dihadapi.Kata kunci: aksi kolektif, dinamika kelompok, kepemimpinan dalam kelompok, resiliensi komunitas ABSTRACTELOK HIDAYATI. Group Dynamic in Fishing Community Resilience towards Marine Ecosystem Damage. Supervised by NURMALA K. PANDJAITAN.Marine ecosystem damage due to human activities and climate change has had an impact on the destruction of coral reefs and the extinction of various types of fish. The fishing community is the most affected by this disaster because their livelihood sources are threatened. The purpose of this study was to analyze group dynamic and the resilience of fishing communities in facing the threat of marine ecosystem damage. The method used in this research is a survey method with accidental data collection techniques with a total of 30 respondents. Primary data were obtained through structured interviews using questionnaires and in-depth interviews with several informants to obtain qualitative data to support quantitative data. The results showed that the fishing community was able to adapt or be resilient both to the social (social resilience), economy (economic resilience) and infrastructure (infrastructure resilience) components towards marine ecosystem damage. This is supported by the existence of strength in group dynamics, especially in group communication and group cohesion so that collective action can be built to overcome various problems faced.Keywords: collective action, community resilience, group dynamic, leadership in group

scholarly journals Issues of wind mode visualization and pedestrian comfort assessment when designing residential buildings on sloping territories in the Arctic zone

2019 ◽  
Vol 64 ◽  
pp. 03013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilya V. Dunichkin ◽  
Emanuele Naboni ◽  
Anna E. Korobeinikova ◽  
Olga I. Poddaeva
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Wind Regime ◽  
Local Climate ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Aerodynamic Roughness ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Subject of research: visualization of the wind regime of residential buildings on the slope area in the Arctic. Goals: the purpose of the study is to identify the problems of visualization of the wind regime on the slopes and the analysis of patterns of airflow around the sloping territories, affecting the comfort of pedestrians. Materials and methods: airflow patterns of slope areas with different characteristics and comfort assessment for humans are analyzed in the course of work. Geotechnical methods are presented in solving the problems of wind erosion and the stability of hillsides and complex terrain within the city limits. Results: The importance and novelty of the research in studying the relationship of slope geometry and environmental quality, as a decrease in comfort inevitably leads to a decrease in the development of nearby urban areas in settlements on the coast of the Arctic Ocean, problems with climate and local climate, as well as a decrease in the quality of life of people. The article considers the relationship of plastic relief with the aeration regime of the territory, the dependence of aerodynamic roughness on their height, features of aeration of the slope and hilly terrain, factors affecting the direction and speed of the wind and methods for studying the aeration regime of slope areas. Findings: The possibilities of applying existing approaches to research and visualization for slope areas are demonstrated. The direction of development of the technique for visualization of slope areas has been determined.

Framing Community Resilience Through Mobility and Gender

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 554-562 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kei Otsuki ◽  
◽  
Godfred Seidu Jasaw ◽  
Victor Lolig ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Relationships ◽  
Community Resilience ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Ecological Resilience ◽  
Northern Ghana ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Commercial Activities ◽  
And Gender ◽  
External Forces ◽  
The Impact

The study of community resilience observed in times of crisis has conventionally focused on the impact of external forces on sedentary and homogeneous communities embedded in specific ecological systems. Drawing on a qualitative case study of a rural community in northern Ghana, this paper reports that, even in a community of mostly small farmers, diversifying livelihoods is apparently a main coping strategy. This paper focuses on two, often overlooked, dimensions that underpin this livelihood diversification: mobility and gender. Mobility, the first dimension, indicates the work of livelihoods that develop outside the community such as the so-called “settler farming,” a variety of trading activities, and outmigration to cities. Gender, the second dimension, indicates cropping and commercial activities carried out differently by men and women. Both mobility and gender characterize diverse livelihood strategies, which evolve by enriching social relationships and extending networks. This paper argues that shedding light on social relationships and networks helps us to reframe the concept of community resilience from the community-based capacity of self-organization to the capacity of a flexible social system for being able to mobilize a wide variety of resources. Future research agendas must advance this understanding of resource mobilization in relation to ecological resilience and must clarify its technological and policy implications.

scholarly journals Thermal Performance of a High-Rise Residential Building with Internal Courtyard in Tropical Climate

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (7) ◽  
pp. 357
Author(s):  
Lobna Hassan Ali Hassan Elgheriani ◽  
Parid Wardi ◽  
AbdulBasit Ali Ali Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Performance ◽  
Indoor Environment ◽  
Natural Ventilation ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Residential Building ◽  
Building Design ◽  
Energy Performance ◽  
Significant Feature ◽  
High Rise ◽  
Passive Design

Natural ventilation is an effectual passive design approach to create a better indoor thermal condition as well as energy efficiency. The primary goal of building design is providing a healthy and comfortable indoor environment titled as sustainable architecture. Literature suggests that the significant feature that alteration has to take place on for better energy performance is the envelope design. This paper aims to augment the Window to Wall Ratio (WWR), orientation and courtyard corridor size for improving the design of naturally ventilated courtyard high-rise residential buildings. Briefly, the findings indicate that contending with WWR, orientation and courtyard corridor size could increase the potential of improving its natural ventilation and thus, thermal performance.

scholarly journals Analysis of Resilience of Family of Recipients of the Gemilang NTB Social Safety Net Program (JPS) During the Covid-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 04 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Nurjihadi ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Safety Net ◽  
Professional Staff ◽  
Family Resilience ◽  
Physical Endurance ◽  
Cultural Resilience ◽  
Social Safety Net ◽  
Economic Resilience ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
High Level

The goal of this study is to figure out how resilient families who get the Gemilang Social Safety Net (JPS) are in terms of physical resilience, economic resilience, social psychological and sociocultural resilience, and family resilience based on each type of work. Another part of this study will look at how income, the number of people living with you, and how many times you’ve been given JPS Gemilang affect your physical resilience. This is a quantitative study. The people who took part in this study were people who had JPS Gemilang stage III in the province of West Nusa Tenggara (NTB). Samples were chosen by a method called stratified random sampling. This study used the Treebox Method and multiple regression analysis to figure out how total income, number of dependents, and number of times receiving JPS Gemilang affected physical endurance, economic resilience, socio-psychological, and socio-cultural resilience, as well as how many times they were given the JPS Gemilang drug. According to a study done by looking at 100 samples, each person who gets JPS Gemilang has a high level of family resilience. This is true for the physical, economic, socio-psychological, and socio-cultural aspects that make up a person’s family. All of JPS Gemilang are in the top group. It doesn’t matter what job you do; your family is going to be able to handle it. People who work as professional staff, such as honorary teachers, honorary staff members, and teachers, do a lot of work that helps families be more resilient in general, but when they look at each of these things individually, they’re in the middle. Physical resilience, economic resilience, socio-psychological and socio-cultural resilience don’t seem to be affected by income, number of dependents, or number of times JPS Gemilang has been given to people. This is based on statistics.

scholarly journals Assessing the Vulnerability and Resilience of the Philippines to Disasters

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Rio Yonson
Keyword(s):  
Tropical Cyclones ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Spatial Scales ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Economic Resilience ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Socioeconomic Vulnerability ◽  
Household Level

<p>Some of the world’s most destructive disasters occurred in the Philippines, and a number of these happened in recent years. In 2011, 2012, and 2013, tropical cyclones Washi, Bopha, and Haiyan, respectively, left a staggering trail of over 8,000 deaths, as well as huge damages to assets and livelihoods. In 2009, tropical cyclones Ketsana and Pharma brought massive riverine floods, with a total damage and loss equivalent to 2.7% of the country’s GDP. This dissertation is an endeavour to measure disaster impacts and welfare risk, and to identify factors affecting vulnerability and resilience in different spatial scales in the Philippines. The first of four chapters is an extensive literature survey on the economic vulnerability and economic resilience to disasters. This serves as a prelude to the succeeding three empirical studies contained in Chapters 3 to 5. Chapter 3 aims to measure tropical cyclone-induced fatalities in the Philippine provinces, and identifies the factors that shape people’s vulnerability. It also quantifies the relative importance of hazard, exposure, and socioeconomic vulnerability in influencing fatalities. Chapter 4 is a household level study that quantitatively establishes the linkages between floods and diseases in the floodplains of a highly-urbanized city in the Philippines (Cagayan de Oro), and provides an estimate on the public finance implications of flood-induced diseases to the Philippine urban areas, and on the additional economic burden on affected households. Chapter 5 measures socioeconomic resilience and welfare risk from riverine flood disasters, and systematically quantifies the effectiveness of a menu of region-specific disaster risk reduction and management measures.</p>

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