TY - JOUR
T1 - The dynamism of post disaster risk communication
T2 - A cross-country synthesis
AU - Lin, Kuan Hui Elaine
AU - Khan, Shabana
AU - Acosta, Lilibeth A.
AU - Alaniz, Ryan
AU - Olanya, David Ross
N1 - Funding Information:
NGOs, including international and local NGOs, can play significant roles in post-disaster reconstruction. In Honduras, two studied cases, Suyapa and Pino Alto were resettled through intensive NGO involvement due to the absence of the governmental roles. The functions of the NGOs, however, varied greatly in each case leading to vastly different outcomes. Had the government overseen the efforts and coordinated best practices across resettlements, as seen in the Taiwanese case below, the results could have been different. In the Taiwanese case, two relocation sites were built under joint work of government-NGO-enterprise synergies. Daai was funded mainly by the Tzuchi Buddhist Foundation, and Rinari was by the Taiwan World Vision. Moreover, many enterprises and local factories voluntarily provided temporary or permanent jobs for the impacted households to rebuild livelihoods. All of the work was coordinated under the leadership of the MPDRC committee as platform to facilitate communication among different parties. In the case of the Philippines, international and local NGOs also function as the most important resource providers in disaster rescue, relief, and reconstruction. And the work was informed in the governmental agencies [ 53 , 54 ]. This helped to provide consistency and oversight of the process making it more efficient. In the Indian and Ugandan cases, NGOs also play important resource providers; however, the lack of strong governmental leadership has resulted in unregulated and ineffective reconstruction in local communities (Uganda), and disorganized distribution and excessive supply of relief goods in affected communities due to inaccurate understanding of local needs (India).
Funding Information:
This research was funded by the International START Secretariat, as follow-on research from the World Social Science Fellows Programme and 2013 seminar on ?Risk Interpretation and Action: Decision-making Under Conditions of Uncertainty?. The seminar took place from 8-14 December in New Zealand and was co-sponsored by the International Social Science Council (ISSC), the RIA working group of the Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR), the IRDR International Center of Excellence, Taipei, the International START Secretariat, and the Royal Society of New Zealand. We acknowledge the initiative of the above institutions to bring about the precious opportunities for promoting the original ideas of the project, and the local hosts and lectures for the seminar, namely, Massey University Wellington and the University of Canterbury in Christchurch.
Funding Information:
This research was funded by the International START Secretariat , as follow-on research from the World Social Science Fellows Programme and 2013 seminar on ‘Risk Interpretation and Action: Decision-making Under Conditions of Uncertainty’. The seminar took place from 8-14 December in New Zealand and was co-sponsored by the International Social Science Council (ISSC), the RIA working group of the Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) , the IRDR International Center of Excellence , Taipei, the International START Secretariat , and the Royal Society of New Zealand . We acknowledge the initiative of the above institutions to bring about the precious opportunities for promoting the original ideas of the project, and the local hosts and lectures for the seminar, namely, Massey University Wellington and the University of Canterbury in Christchurch.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2020/9
Y1 - 2020/9
N2 - In contrast to the momentous literature on risk communication before and during disasters, studies addressing the significance of communication in post disaster recovery and reconstruction phase are limited. This paper aims to fill this gap by paying special attention to the cross-scale interactions and communications in the phase that has a potential to influence not only individual level decision-making about risk but also institutional decisions and policy-making by various stakeholders. Several empirical cases are examined from five countries – Taiwan, Philippines, India, Uganda and Honduras – each of which survived hydrometeorological disasters including flash flood, landslides triggered by storms or tropical cyclones. This study investigates legislative, institutional, cultural, social, and personal factors underlying the dynamism, and develops an integrative risk communication framework. It applies a three-stage methodological analysis including documentary reviews, key informant interviews and semi-structured questionnaire survey with local communities, governmental officials and other stakeholders in the case studies. The study argues that cross-scale risk communication not only has great impacts on individual decision-making on reconstruction and resettlement, but also has implications for long-term planning and development.
AB - In contrast to the momentous literature on risk communication before and during disasters, studies addressing the significance of communication in post disaster recovery and reconstruction phase are limited. This paper aims to fill this gap by paying special attention to the cross-scale interactions and communications in the phase that has a potential to influence not only individual level decision-making about risk but also institutional decisions and policy-making by various stakeholders. Several empirical cases are examined from five countries – Taiwan, Philippines, India, Uganda and Honduras – each of which survived hydrometeorological disasters including flash flood, landslides triggered by storms or tropical cyclones. This study investigates legislative, institutional, cultural, social, and personal factors underlying the dynamism, and develops an integrative risk communication framework. It applies a three-stage methodological analysis including documentary reviews, key informant interviews and semi-structured questionnaire survey with local communities, governmental officials and other stakeholders in the case studies. The study argues that cross-scale risk communication not only has great impacts on individual decision-making on reconstruction and resettlement, but also has implications for long-term planning and development.
KW - Perception
KW - Post disaster reconstruction
KW - Resettlement
KW - Risk cognition
KW - Risk communication
KW - Uncertainty
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2020.101556
DO - 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2020.101556
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85082710432
SN - 2212-4209
VL - 48
JO - International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
JF - International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
M1 - 101556
ER -