scholarly journals Factors Related to Coastal Communities’ Water-Related Natural Disaster Awareness, Preparedness, Resilience and Recovery in Three Cyclone Nargis Affected Areas in the Ayeyarwaddy Delta Region, Myanmar

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 304-313
Author(s):  
Zay Yar Min ◽  
◽  
Kampanad Bhaktikul ◽  
Sayam Aroonsrimorakot ◽  
Saranya Sucharitakul ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Natural Disaster ◽  
Coastal Communities ◽  
Delta Region ◽  
Cyclone Nargis

The Legal Politics of Jurisdiction: Understanding ASEAN's Role in Myanmar's Disaster, Cyclone Nargis (2008)

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karin LOEVY
Keyword(s):  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Foreign Aid ◽  
Natural Disaster ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Successful Intervention ◽  
Emergency Powers ◽  
Limited Perspective ◽  
Classic Theory ◽  
Cyclone Nargis

This paper exposes the limited perspective that we have over the problem of jurisdiction in emergencies. In the classic theory of emergency powers, sovereign control over borders is assumed, and jurisdictional problems are acknowledged when threats come from outside those borders or when they are handled outside. However, what characterizes many emergencies is not the exercise of sovereign jurisdiction but rather contestations over problems of jurisdiction and competing jurisdictional claims. To illustrate the need for a broader perspective over emergencies’ jurisdictional politics, this paper tells a multilayered story about a successful intervention by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in one of Myanmar's natural disasters (Nargis 2008). ASEAN's role in its Member State's disaster should be understood in view of its unique regional solution to the jurisdictional problem that this disaster raised—the problem of access by foreign aid to a domestic area affected by a natural disaster.

scholarly journals Does the Type of News Coverage Influence Donations to Disaster Relief? Evidence from the 2008 Cyclone in Myanmar

2009 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 499-505
Author(s):  
Philip H. Brown ◽  
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Po Yin Wong ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Natural Disaster ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Charitable Giving ◽  
Disaster Relief ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
Charitable Contributions ◽  
News Stories ◽  
Cyclone Nargis ◽  
Relief Efforts ◽  
The Relationship

This paper examines the relationship between media coverage of a major natural disaster and charitable giving for disaster relief, focusing on three questions: first, was media coverage of Cyclone Nargis in May 2008 correlated with charitable giving to disaster relief in Myanmar? Second, were charitable contributions earmarked for disaster relief in Myanmar impacted by the occurrence of a second major natural disaster — the May 2008 earthquake in Wenchuan, China? Third, how did different types of news stories affect same-day charitable giving to disaster relief efforts in Myanmar? These questions are analyzed in a rich multivariate regression framework, and results show that charitable giving is indeed correlated with media coverage, that donations to disaster relief in China appear to compete with those to disaster relief in Myanmar, and that “event-driven” news stories strongly and positively influence the level of giving whereas news stories classified as “institutional” or “human-interest” do not have any discernible impact.

scholarly journals THE PICTURE PILE TOOL FOR RAPID IMAGE ASSESSMENT: A DEMONSTRATION USING HURRICANE MATTHEW

2018 ◽  
Vol IV-4 ◽  
pp. 27-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. Danylo ◽  
I. Moorthy ◽  
T. Sturn ◽  
L. See ◽  
J.-C. Laso Bayas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assessment ◽  
Natural Disaster ◽  
Disaster Response ◽  
Satellite Images ◽  
Image Interpretation ◽  
European Space Agency ◽  
Coastal Communities ◽  
Space Agency ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Image Assessment

<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> In 2016, Hurricane Matthew devastated many parts of the Caribbean, in particular the country of Haiti. More than 500 people died and the damage was estimated at 1.9<span class="thinspace"></span>billion<span class="thinspace"></span>USD. At the time, the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) activated their network of volunteers to create base maps of areas affected by the hurricane, in particular coastal communities in the path of the storm. To help improve HOT’s information workflow for disaster response, one strand of the Crowd4Sat project, which was funded by the European Space Agency, focussed on examining where the Picture Pile Tool, an application for rapid image interpretation and classification, could potentially contribute. Satellite images obtained from the time that Hurricane Matthew occurred were used to simulate a situation post-event, where the aim was to demonstrate how Picture Pile could be used to create a map of building damage. The aim of this paper is to present the Picture Pile tool and show the results from this simulation, which produced a crowdsourced map of damaged buildings for a selected area of Haiti in 1 week (but with increased confidence in the results over a 3 week period). A quality assessment of the results showed that the volunteers agreed with experts and the majority of individual classifications around 92<span class="thinspace"></span>% of the time, indicating that the crowd performed well in this task. The next stage will involve optimizing the workflow for the use of Picture Pile in future natural disaster situations.</p>

Myanmar in 2008: Hardship, Compounded

Asian Survey ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 166-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald M. Seekins
Keyword(s):  
Natural Disaster ◽  
The State ◽  
Overwhelming Majority ◽  
Cyclone Nargis ◽  
Peace And Development

Cyclone Nargis struck Burma's Irrawaddy Delta on May 2––3, 2008, and claimed as many as 140,000 victims, the largest natural disaster in the country's history. However, the State Peace and Development Council proceeded with a referendum on a new constitution on May 10 and 24, which it claimed was approved by an overwhelming majority of voters.

State, Society and Natural Disaster: Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar (Burma)

2009 ◽  
Vol 37 (5) ◽  
pp. 717-737 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald Seekins
Keyword(s):  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Natural Disaster ◽  
Tropical Cyclones ◽  
Human Security ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Environment ◽  
State Security ◽  
Negative Factor ◽  
Cyclone Nargis ◽  
And Control

AbstractInternational efforts to provide relief to areas struck by natural disasters, such as tropical cyclones or earthquakes, are usually evaluated in terms of logistical, personnel and technical criteria — how to get needed supplies and services to affected populations quickly and effectively. These criteria are, of course, essential. However, the case of Cyclone Nargis, which struck the Ayeyarwady (Irrawaddy) Delta and other parts of southern Myanmar (Burma) on 2–3 May 2008, shows that the political environment can be a significant negative factor in aid delivery. Fearful of popular unrest and foreign influence, the Myanmar government tried to limit and control the provision of relief to an estimated 2.4 million cyclone survivors. It may be concluded from this experience that governments, such as Myanmar's, with limited popular support and legitimacy are likely to prioritise state security over human security, even in cases of extreme humanitarian need.

Women’s participation in the offshore and inshore fisheries entrepreneurship

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 247-275 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Ikechukwu Uduji ◽  
Elda Nduka Okolo-Obasi ◽  
Simplice Asongu
Keyword(s):  
Niger Delta ◽  
Cultural Influences ◽  
Coastal Communities ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Delta Region ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Entrepreneurship Development ◽  
Oil Companies ◽  
Niger Delta Region ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to critically examine the multinational oil companies’ corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives in Nigeria. Its special focus is to investigate the impact of the global memorandum of understanding (GMoU) on women involved in offshore and inshore fisheries entrepreneurship in the coastal communities of the Niger Delta region. Design/methodology/approach This paper adopts a survey research technique, aimed at gathering information from a representative sample of the population, as it is essentially cross-sectional, describing and interpreting the current situation. A total 800 respondents were sampled across the coastal communities of the Niger Delta region. Findings The results from the use of a combined propensity score matching and logit model indicate that the GMoU model is gender insensitive, as extensive inequality restrains fisherwomen’s participation in the offshore and inshore fisheries entrepreneurship, often due to societal norms and customs that greatly frustrate women’s development in fisheries. Practical implications This implies that if fisherwomen continue in this unfavourable position, their reliance on menfolk would remain while trying to access financial support and decision-making regarding fisheries entrepreneurship development. Social implications The inshore and offshore fisheries entrepreneurship development can only succeed if cluster development boards of GMoUs are able to draw all the resources and talents and if fisherwomen are able to participate fully in the GMoUs intervention plans and programme. Originality/value This research contributes to the gender debate in fisheries entrepreneurship development from a CSR perspective in developing countries and rationale for demands for social projects by host communities. It concludes that business has an obligation to help in solving problems of public concern, and that CSR priorities in Sub-Saharan Africa should be aimed towards addressing the peculiarity of the socio-economic development challenges of the countries and be informed by socio-cultural influences.

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