Post-Disaster Recovery and Economic Impact of Catastrophes in China

2014 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 1825-1846 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jidong Wu ◽  
Ning Li ◽  
Wei Xie ◽  
Yang Zhou ◽  
Zhonghui Ji ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Recovery ◽  
Recovery Period ◽  
Recovery Process ◽  
Economic Loss ◽  
Construction Sector ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Tangshan Earthquake ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
Regional Product ◽  
Post Disaster

This paper implements a temporal–spatial recovery measurement of the catastrophic 1976 Tangshan earthquake using available statistical data. The results show that the gross regional product (GRP) level of the Tangshan region achieved a new normality after seven years. During this recovery process, net indirect losses totaled RMB3.7 billion and net indirect gains totaled RMB3.9 billion at the 2007 price level. The area surrounding the Tangshan region benefited from the disaster, both in terms of GRP level and per capita GRP level, at least in the short term. The sector-level economic recovery process seems longer. The production level of the construction sector was 0.9 to 2.5 times that of the pre-disaster level during its 11-year recovery period. The per capita GRP level of the Tangshan region was 1.7 times that of pre-earthquake 30 years later. This quantitative disaster recovery analysis is critical for validating or initializing economic loss estimation models.

scholarly journals Development of Planning Support System for Urban Rehabilitation and Reconstruction

2008 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 422-428 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takaaki Kato ◽  
◽  
Itsuki Nakabayashi ◽  
Taro Ichiko ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Support System ◽  
Disaster Recovery ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Recovery Process ◽  
Disaster Planning ◽  
Planning Support ◽  
Planning Support System ◽  
Post Disaster

The past post-disaster recovery process had many difficulties in planning. The importance of residents participatory urban planning is true of post-disaster planning and ordinary planning; however, there are difficult problems as follows: time-scale conflict between desire of affected households for swift recovery of their individual lives and enough consideration of urban planning to avoid speed-before-quality planning, unsmooth discussion and consensus building because of mutual conflict of their interest in the residents, and a shortage of professionals in the case that an earthquake disaster hits wide and high-density urbanized region. The concept of "pre-disaster planning" has been propounded as measures to deal with these serious situations after 1995 Hyogo-ken Nambu Earthquake in Japan. Actual measures including "neighborhood community-training program for post-disaster recovery" of Tokyo Metropolitan have been implemented in various approaches. This study has pioneering approach in this context. We focus on planning support technologies based on a geographic information system (GIS) and establish planning support system for post-disaster community-based urban planning, which will smooth discussion and increase efficiency of planning work. An introduction of the system will result in reduction of total time needed on the planning process and supplement of professionals. Though there are some problems that we identified, they will be solved in accumulated experiences such as the training program in the near future.

scholarly journals RECOVERY CURVES FOR HOUSING RECONSTRUCTION IN SRI LANKA AFTER THE 2004 INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI

2010 ◽  
Vol 04 (02) ◽  
pp. 51-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
OSAMU MURAO ◽  
HIDEAKI NAKAZATO
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Disaster Recovery ◽  
Recovery Process ◽  
Indian Ocean Tsunami ◽  
Quantitative Methodology ◽  
2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami ◽  
Recovery Curves ◽  
The Government ◽  
Post Disaster

On the 26th of December 2004, the Tsunami damaged to five provinces in Sri Lanka and more than 40,000 people were displaced, lost, or killed within a short time. After the tsunami, the Government provided three types of houses for the victims (temporary shelters, transitional houses, and permanent houses). The authors conducted several field surveys and interviews in the damaged area to investigate the recovery conditions, and obtained dataset, which had been collected for 13 months since December 2004 by Rebuilding and Development Agency. It shows the construction status of transitional house and permanent house in the damaged areas. This paper demonstrates recovery curves for the transitional houses and the permanent houses. With the aim of constructing post-earthquake recovery curves for Sri Lanka, the factors of time (months) and completion ratio of building construction are used. The obtained curves quantitatively clarify the regional differences in the completion dates and processes of construction. The proposed quantitative methodology will be used for other damaged countries due to the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami. It means that this kind of analysis is essential for investigating post-disaster recovery process because it enables comparative studies of urban/rural planning among different types of post-disaster recovery processes throughout the world.

scholarly journals Nurturing Spiritual Resilience to Promote Post-disaster Community Recovery: The 2016 Alberta Wildfire in Canada

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nasreen Lalani ◽  
Julie L. Drolet ◽  
Caroline McDonald-Harker ◽  
Matthew R. G. Brown ◽  
Pamela Brett-MacLean ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Recovery ◽  
Protective Factor ◽  
Recovery Period ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Positive Health ◽  
Community Recovery ◽  
Fort Mcmurray ◽  
Values And Beliefs ◽  
Positive Outlook ◽  
Post Disaster

The 2016 Alberta wildfire, the largest insured natural disaster in Canada, led to a mass evacuation of residents of Fort McMurray, a small city in northern Alberta. The wildfire resulted in significant damages to housing and community infrastructure. The entire community was displaced for several weeks. Post-disaster, community members experienced individual and collective trauma, and other negative mental health impacts in response to the significant losses and grief they endured. Spirituality has been found to be a major protective factor in facilitating resiliency and recovery following the experience of disaster. Nonetheless, little focus has been directed toward how spirituality can strengthen and empower community capacity and growth during post-disaster recovery. Our study explored various meanings and concerns, along with tools and strategies that helped to nurture spiritual resilience and well-being among residents of Fort McMurray following the Alberta wildfire. Data were collected through interviews and focus group discussions with community influencers working to support long-term recovery efforts in the city. Participants identified a number of spiritual resources such as a strong sense of belonging, a shared positive outlook, faith and hope, compassion, and sense of gratitude, which contributed to increased resilience and positive health and well-being and helped them to support families and communities in the post disaster recovery period. Our findings indicate that spiritual values and beliefs can play a significant role in building resilience and promoting individual and communal healing and recovery post-disaster. These findings have important implications for post-disaster recovery strategies, as they highlight the need to ensure supports for interventions and initiatives that strengthen a collective sense of identity and social cohesion, informed by communal norms and beliefs, including programs and resources which support opportunities for reflexivity to foster shared healing and ongoing recovery processes.

The impact of social media on disaster relief effort – recovery coordination for Hurricane Harvey

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bidyut Hazarika ◽  
Alan Rea ◽  
Reza Mousavi ◽  
Kuanchin Chen
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Disaster Recovery ◽  
Disaster Relief ◽  
Recovery Period ◽  
User Engagement ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Disaster Event ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Relief Organizations ◽  
Post Disaster

Purpose This study aims to investigate patterns of social media posting occurring during the initial post-disaster recovery period. In addition, the study investigates the antecedents of user engagement with Twitter posts or “tweets.” Design/methodology/approach This study uses Hurricane Harvey as the research focus because of its $125bn in damage and the recovery effort associated with it. Analyzing nearly 38,000 tweets related to 2017’s Hurricane Harvey and specifically focuses on rescuers who became to be known as the “Cajun Navy.” Findings The popularity of the tweet significantly influences social media engagement; disaster relief organizations first should seek out alliances and partnerships with those who already are well-known or influential in social media. In addition, by regularly monitoring and participating in social media, such as encouraging retweets and mentions even when not responding to a disaster, agencies will gain social media followers and influence when these are most needed. Research limitations/implications By analyzing patterns of social media posts during and after Hurricane Harvey, this study attempts to quantify social media’s effectiveness during this disaster, in particular with a focus on what characteristics of Harvey-related Twitter posts most influenced user engagement. Practical implications Findings underscore the need for agencies to strengthen their social media presence and use it in all three phases of disaster conceptualization. Beyond managing communication with other agencies and the community, which alone is critical for an agency’s impact, social media offers the world as a potential audience for agencies that can deftly leverage it. Originality/value Social media has revolutionized not only communication but also inter-connectivity as people have normalized its use. Its ubiquity and efficiency have seen its incorporation into the critical area of emergency management, both during and after disasters. The main objective of this paper is to investigate and evaluate the usefulness of social media in disaster recovery efforts, focusing on its advantages in relation to a recent disaster event.

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.

The road to recovery Reimagining Kaikoura after a natural disaster

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna Fountain ◽  
Nicholas Cradock-Henry
Keyword(s):  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Natural Disaster ◽  
Disaster Recovery ◽  
Recovery Process ◽  
The Road ◽  
Tourist Destinations ◽  
Stakeholder Groups ◽  
Response And Recovery ◽  
Post Disaster ◽  
New System

It is widely recognized that tourist destinations are vulnerable to disruptions caused by natural disasters, and understanding tourism response and recovery to natural disasters is a critical topic of research internationally (Mair et al., 2016). Post-disaster recovery is defined as: “the development and implementation of strategies and actions to bring the destination back to a normal (pre-event) condition or an improved state” (Mair et al., 2016: 2). Recovery may commence immediately following a crisis or disaster, or can be delayed if a destination has been considerably damaged and residents and businesses profoundly affected. Scott et al. (2008) have suggested that the disaster recovery process contains three phases – recovery of damaged infrastructure, marketing responses (revolving around communication and recovery marketing), and adaptations to the new system. These phases may occur sequentially or simultaneously, with different stakeholder groups managing them (Mair et al., 2016).

Reflective Learning from Project Failure in a University/Agency/Community Partnership

2009 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 33-37
Author(s):  
Jonathan West ◽  
Kristina Peterson
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Recovery ◽  
Reflective Learning ◽  
Community Partnership ◽  
Technological Disaster ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Collaborative Efforts ◽  
Post Disaster

Disaster recovery efforts, especially directly following a natural or technological disaster, tend to focus on the immediate short-term needs of communities. The disaster recovery literature (Rolfe and Britton 1995, Tootle 2007) references the pressure governments are under to be proactive in the aftermath of a disaster. Unfortunately, by focusing so tightly on short-term needs, long-term planning, which can be critical to a community's ultimate resilience, can often be overlooked, inhibited, or disrupted. The fulfillment of an immediate short-term need can act as a force to push against and limit a community's long-term vision. Universities and government and non-profit agencies that work to provide valuable services to communities, especially in post-disaster situations, must be attuned to the long-term visions of the communities with which they work. At the Center for Hazards Assessment, Response, and Technology (CHART), we have taken advantage of the reflective character of participatory action research (PAR) in order to learn from our own shortcomings in such partnerships. An account of our missteps and wrong turns in regards to one particular project could be useful to others starting similar collaborative efforts.

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