TY - JOUR
T1 - Does Indigenous tourism contribute to Indigenous resilience to disasters? A case study on Taiwan's highlands
AU - Bayrak, Mucahid Mustafa
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the National Taiwan Normal University Academic Activity Grant for New Faculty Members entitled “Indigenous Tourism, Climate Displacement and Disaster Governance: Insights from Taiwan's Indigenous Communities” and the Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan [MOST- 110-2636-H-003-007, 2021]. The funders had no influence on the outcomes of this research.
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Different from Xinmei, applying for governmental funding was one of the main coping strategies for the respondents in Shanmei and Chashan to recover from typhoon Morakot as well as building up or maintaining their livelihoods (Statement 9). Households generally applied for funding and subsidies through or from the DA, Township Office, Council of Indigenous Peoples, Agricultural Council, Ministry of Labor, and the Red Cross. The DA usually played an intermediary role in bringing funds and subsidies to the people. The funding was primarily used to recover from typhoon damage as well as agricultural and tourism development, and amounts varied greatly: ranging between 2000 TWD (73 USD) to 300,000 TWD (10,888 USD). In Xinmei, respondents had less access to these types of funding (see Statements 10–11), as they were either unaware of these opportunities and their DA played a less effective role in its bridging function. More strikingly, Xinmei also received less governmental priority in post-disaster reconstruction as shown in section 4.4.
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PY - 2022/4
Y1 - 2022/4
N2 - Climate change poses a real threat to Taiwan's Indigenous communities. Many disaster risk reduction or post-disaster reconstruction interventions are implemented in a top down way. The central question of this study is: to what extent does Indigenous tourism build the Indigenous resilience of Taiwan's Indigenous communities after Typhoon Morakot? The research was conducted using a mixed methods approach among three Indigenous Tsou communities. All three communities were severely impacted by typhoon Morakot in 2009. Involvement in Indigenous tourism contributed to better post-disaster recovery and resilience, but discrepancies between the communities and even among households within the communities were observed.
AB - Climate change poses a real threat to Taiwan's Indigenous communities. Many disaster risk reduction or post-disaster reconstruction interventions are implemented in a top down way. The central question of this study is: to what extent does Indigenous tourism build the Indigenous resilience of Taiwan's Indigenous communities after Typhoon Morakot? The research was conducted using a mixed methods approach among three Indigenous Tsou communities. All three communities were severely impacted by typhoon Morakot in 2009. Involvement in Indigenous tourism contributed to better post-disaster recovery and resilience, but discrepancies between the communities and even among households within the communities were observed.
KW - Indigenous resilience
KW - Indigenous tourism
KW - Post-disaster recovery
KW - Taiwan
KW - Typhoon Morakot
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U2 - 10.1016/j.pdisas.2022.100220
DO - 10.1016/j.pdisas.2022.100220
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85125501192
SN - 2590-0617
VL - 14
JO - Progress in Disaster Science
JF - Progress in Disaster Science
M1 - 100220
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