Invisible Resilience: Indigenous Knowledge Systems of Earthquake Disaster Management in Kagera Region, Tanzania

Utafiti ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 247-270
Author(s):  
Herbert Hambati
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Environmental Disaster ◽  
North West ◽  
Disaster Victims ◽  
Red Tape ◽  
The Government ◽  
Global Arena

Abstract Indigenous environmental disaster management systems are maintained in remotely located communities through intergenerational transmission. This fieldwork illuminates a wealth of unprecedented survival techniques, strategies and skills for offsetting the worst effects of a natural disaster in earthquake-prone areas of north-west Tanzania. Normally, responses from the government and its foreign development partners are hamstrung by bureaucratic red tape, taking too long in reaching disaster victims to be of any actual help. The formal mechanisms of global assistance constitute disaster management failure by design. Rather, it is the local experts who sustain human lives in the weeks and months before external aid comes to the rescue. Yet local communities’ contributions to their own survival remain invisible to central government and the global arena. Traditional means of forecasting environmental catastrophes and of providing essential assistance in the aftermath of natural disasters are reflections of cultural values, socio-economic sophistication and scientific expertise within communities whose resilience needs to be recognized, assisted and promoted. Educational curricula of the future, involving a new generation of academicians, should integrate this crucial indigenous knowledge into the nation’s mainstream disaster management framework.

EFEKTIVITAS PENDAPATAN DAERAH KABUPATEN PACITAN DALAM PROSES PEMULIHAN PASCA BENCANA

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 480
Author(s):  
Devi Nur Cahaya Ningsih
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Disaster Recovery ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Recovery Process ◽  
Regional Income ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Post Disaster

Flood and landslide that occurred at the end of 2017 in Pacitan Regency induced huge losses. However, with good cooperation from all levels of The Pacitan's society, the impact of the disasters could resolve in 4 months. This study aims to determine the steps taken by the government of Pacitan Regency to achieve effectiveness in realizing the original regional income of Pacitan Regency, especially for post-disaster recovery. The research method used is descriptive qualitative, through interviews with the Head of the Disaster Management Section of Pacitan Regency. The results obtained indicate The government of Pacitan Regency has policies that can secure their Original Regional Income. The Regional Original Income is always achieved well before disasters, during disasters, and after disasters. Apart from implementing policies, the effectiveness of regional income in the time of disaster recovery process in Pacitan Regency is also encouraged by the assistance funds obtained from the central government, regional governments, and the private sector. Meanwhile, involving the community with an attitude of good cooperation that is one of a characteristic of the Indonesian society could quickly restore the condition of the Pacitan Regency.

scholarly journals ROLE OF INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE IN MANAGING FLOODS PROJECTS

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (9) ◽  
pp. 87-96
Author(s):  
MUSHTAQ AHMAD
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Early Warning Systems ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
The Government ◽  
Indigenous Methods ◽  
The Village

Climate change is increasing the frequency of disasters in the world. Accordingly, disaster management strategies are also changing. The UN has focused on acknowledging the Indigenous Knowledge in disaster management strategies. In this study, the village Khursheed in District Sargodha has been focused due to facing frequent floods since decades. They have developed some methods to counter floods. The study was qualitative containing three focus group discussions and thirty interviews, reveals that villagers have devised their own flood forecast and early warning systems. The indigenous methods of constructions of buildings and agricultural techniques have rendered the village more resilient. The elevated spiritual level has enhanced their immune system to face floods. The government needs to devise local level disaster management strategies which should incorporate indigenous and modern knowledge.

Collaborative governance difficulty and policy implication

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 212-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Min Seok Bang ◽  
YunYoung Kim
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Management ◽  
Management System ◽  
Collaborative Governance ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Incident Management ◽  
Organizational System ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Disaster Victims ◽  
The Government ◽  
Government Network

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the case of the disaster involving the South Korean ferry, Sewol; offer policy implications; and point to the difficulty of collaboration in the functioning of the national disaster management system. Design/methodology/approach – The government network approach of this paper is adopted in order to study how to link different policy actors, how to deal with disaster issues in their networking, and how to produce social-political resilience. This paper explores why the national incident management system was not working properly in terms of “governance networking”, and focuses on changes that have been made to the legal system and the government organizational system since 2000. Findings – The principle results of the analysis are as follows: first, the collaboration between organizations that existed at the time of the accident focused only on sharing resources, and service delivery involved little connection between organizations. Second, assessment of the scale of the disaster was not carried out correctly because of dysfunctional relations between government network organizations and disaster victims, which affected both sides’ awareness of policy issues and priorities. Originality/value – This paper found that an integrated disaster management framework was not available, and activities were carried out for the sake of form. Also, no governance network for collaboration had been systematically built up, and there was also little collaboration between public and private organizations.

Practices and Status of Preparedness of Vulnerable Household in Disaster Management in Disaster Prone Hill Areas of Nepal

Patan Pragya ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-52
Author(s):  
Raghu Bir Bistha
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
Economic Loss ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Effective Measure ◽  
Safe Place ◽  
Catchment Areas

Preparedness is called wisdom to reduce disaster risk and its undesired economic loss. It saves to 4 USD, if 1 USD is allocated on preparedness to disaster risk reduction (DRR). Therefore, DRR is considered an effective measure to improve preparedness. This paper examines practices and status of preparedness of vulnerable household in disaster management in disaster prone hill areas of Nepal based on primary data collected household survey of the study area of Sot Khola Catchment Areas: Gadhi, Lekhagaon and Kunathari by using descriptive statistics under explorative and descriptive research design. Its result is existing indigenous knowledge, skill and practices as preparedness measures. Almost households have preferred to move safe place as key preparedness measure of households because of their indigenous knowledge, skill and practice. Its effectiveness is more than other options. Therefore, Nepal as a disaster-prone country has to focus specifically on preparedness from local government to the central government for saving life and economic loss.

scholarly journals What Role Do Disaster Victims Play as the Mainstream for Future Disaster Preparedness in Korea? Case Studies of Foundations Established by Disaster Victims

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 182
Author(s):  
Seol A. Kwon ◽  
Sang Il Ryu
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Disaster Preparedness ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Risk Mitigation ◽  
Regional Government ◽  
Vulnerability Reduction ◽  
Disaster Victims ◽  
Disaster Survivors

Historically, the primary agents performing key roles in disaster preparedness, as well as risk mitigation and vulnerability reduction, in Korea have been the central government, local government, and regional government. Recently, and without controversy, the disaster management paradigm has shifted from disaster relief to disaster preparedness, risk mitigation, and vulnerability reduction. This study examines case studies in an effort to document the integral roles that direct victims and their families have played in disaster preparedness. The success of the Foundation for Disaster Preparation, established by survivors of disasters, is analyzed through a framework using media interviews. The results of this study demonstrate that disaster survivors and bereaved families play significant roles as primary agents in the effective management of various regeneration projects as well as in the strengthening of resilience after disasters. As the case studies show, legitimate disaster victims are more informed concerning the requirements for disaster management because they have experienced first-hand the trauma caused by a disaster and its aftermath. These subdivided activities are expected to provide assistance by characteristics of local governments, types of disasters, and targets.

scholarly journals MANAGEMENT DISASTER IN MATERNITY AREAS

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ai Rahmawati ◽  
Bhekti Imansari ◽  
Devita Madiuw ◽  
Ida Nurhidayah ◽  
Pipih Napisah ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Disaster Preparedness ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Interpersonal Therapy ◽  
Disaster Victims ◽  
Disaster Situation ◽  
The Government ◽  
Postpartum Mothers ◽  
The Impact

Indonesia is one of the countries in the world that is often affected by natural disasters. The disaster has broad-impact such as infrastructure damage, loss of material, and impacts on residents who live in the disaster area including pregnant women, postpartum women, and newborns. The impact that often occurs is stress in pregnant women and postpartum. Also, babies born also may have low birth weight and premature. The purpose of this literature study was to review disaster management in the maternity area in various countries. The electronic database included EBSCO hosts, PubMed and google scholar. Keyword for searching articles was "management disaster", " disaster preparedness " and "maternity area". A total of 859 articles were found and only 15 articles were chosen for analysis. Based on the literature analysis, it was found that there was a need to prepare for a disaster situation, especially women and infants in the maternal period (antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum and neonatal care) in Indonesia. Disaster management divide into three periods, first, before a disaster the government should provide a referral hospital to accommodate maternal patients and teams to deal with maternal problems. When the disaster occurred, identification of disaster victims using the triage OB TRAIN. After a disaster, maternal patients may experience stress and depression. Prenatal depression intervention includes interpersonal therapy, music therapy, and maternal relaxation. Preventing postpartum depression in postpartum mothers is done by breastfeeding their child. There is a need for a design disaster management for maternal patients in Indonesia that consist of three periods: pre-disaster, during disasters, post-disaster.Keywords: Management disaster, disaster preparedness, maternity areas

scholarly journals PEMAHAMAN MASYARAKAT TERHADAP KEBIJAKAN PUBLIK DI DESA PH KECAMATAN BBL, BEKASI, JAWA BARAT

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 484
Author(s):  
Dennis Akbar Satrio
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
National Development ◽  
Research Results ◽  
The Public ◽  
Improvement Programs ◽  
Village Communities ◽  
The Government

Village communities have socio-cultural values and close kinship relationships maintains the values. In the national development, village communities also demand public policies that stand on the people's side for prosperity achievement. However, the village community does not fully understand various public service programs of welfare improvement in their village. In this matter, all public policies coming from the regional and central government regarding public welfare must be known in all levels of society. It does not only relate to community groups that are geographically close to the government center. The research purpose is to obtain the holistic picture of the understanding of rural communities towards public policies with the villagers' welfare orientation. This research used a qualitative method with the deliberate decision of the informants to obtain the required data and information. The research results show that the people of PH Village definitely does not know and understand various public policies for welfare improvement. Another research results indicate that the socialization of the public policies faces obstacles for internal factors in the government work units and otherwise, the public do not care about the welfare improvement programs. Masyarakat desa memiliki nilai – nilai sosial budaya yang dipertahankan dalam hubungan kekerabatan yang erat. Sejalan dengan perkembangan pembangunan, masyarakat desa juga menuntut kebijakan publik yang berpihak kepada rakyat demi tercapainya kesejahteraan. Kendati demikian masyarakat desa ternyata tidak sepenuhnya mengetahui berbagai program pelayanan public untuk meningkatkan kesejahteraan untuk masyarakat.  Padahal semua kebijakan publik yang berasal dari pemerintah daerah maupun pemerintah pusat menyangkut kesejahteraan harus diketahui oleh seluruh lapisan masyarakat. Bukan hanya kelompok masyarakat yang secara geografis dekat dengan pusat pemeritahan saja. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk memperoleh gambaran holistik terhadap pemahaman masyarakat desa terhadap kebijakan publik yang berorientasi untuk kesejahteraan warga desa. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif dengan penetapan informan secara sengaja untuk memperoleh data dan informasi yang diperlukan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan, bahwa masyarakat Desa PH belum mengetahui dan memahami berbagai kebijakan publik yang memberikan pelayanan publik untuk meningkatkan kesejahteraan. Temuan lain adalah sosialisasi kebijakan publik mengalami hambatan karena faktor internal di unit – unit kerja pemerintahan dan masyarakat yang kurang peduli terhadap program peningkatan kesejahteraan.

PENERAPAN ALGORITMA K-MEANS UNTUK PENGELOMPOKAN DAERAH RAWAN BENCANA DI INDONESIA

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Amril Mutoi Siregar
Keyword(s):  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Accurate Data ◽  
Disaster Victims ◽  
Central Java ◽  
North Sulawesi ◽  
Natural Beauty ◽  
Or Groups ◽  
Disaster Data ◽  
The Government ◽  
Almost All

Indonesia is a country located in the equator, which has beautiful natural. It has a mountainous constellation, beaches and wider oceans than land, so that Indonesia has extraordinary natural beauty assets compared to other countries. Behind the beauty of natural it turns out that it has many potential natural disasters in almost all provinces in Indonesia, in the form of landslides, earthquakes, tsunamis, Mount Meletus and others. The problem is that the government must have accurate data to deal with disasters throughout the province, where disaster data can be in categories or groups of regions into very vulnerable, medium, and low disaster areas. It is often found when a disaster occurs, many found that the distribution of long-term assistance because the stock for disaster-prone areas is not well available. In the study, it will be proposed to group disaster-prone areas throughout the province in Indonesia using the k-means algorithm. The expected results can group all regions that are very prone to disasters. Thus, the results can be Province West java, central java very vulnerable categories, provinces Aceh, North Sumatera, West Sumatera, east Java and North Sulawesi in the medium category, provinces Bengkulu, Lampung, Riau Island, Babel, DIY, Bali, West Kalimantan, North Kalimantan, Central Sulawesi, West Sulawesi, Maluku, North Maluku, Papua, west Papua including of rare categories. With the results obtained in this study, the government can map disaster-prone areas as well as prepare emergency response assistance quickly. In order to reduce the death toll and it is important to improve the services of disaster victims. With accurate data can provide prompt and appropriate assistance for victims of natural disasters.

A Study On Challenges Faced By Small Scale Entrepreneurship Management In Tirunelveli City

2019 ◽  
Vol 118 (10) ◽  
pp. 244-251
Author(s):  
Dr. V. Sangeetha ◽  
S.Selva Kumari ◽  
M. Deena ◽  
K. Chandra
Keyword(s):  
First Generation ◽  
Central Government ◽  
New Products ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
The Government

In modern days entrepreneurship are increased and they were faced a lot of issues and challenges. Entrepreneur is one who has creative and innovative ideas for a business. The entrepreneurship reduces the unemployment. The Government was encouraged the Entrepreneurs and give award for them. Main objective for these awards is to recognize the business and business man and improve the marketability introduced new products for a market. The Central Government issues award for entrepreneurs who have a age of 40 years and they must be first generation entrepreneurs. They were holding a 51% of equity and ownership of business and then women must individually own 75% or more of the enterprise.

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