Applying systems thinking to flood disaster management for a sustainable development

Rehman, Junaid; Sohaib, Osama; Asif, Muhammad; Pradhan, Biswajeet

doi:10.1016/j.ijdrr.2019.101101

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“…Moreover, educational policy should target potential victims and community because a lot of people do not understand the value of wetlands [78]. Previous research indicated the value of an integrated approach comprising of active participation of all the relevant stakeholders, including, governments authorities, international and local and private sectors in resolving and addressing flooding problems [3]. It was revealed that torrential rainfall is not just the main cause of recent flood, but poor drainage system was actually the main cause of flood in the urban areas [23,27].…”

Section: Overview Of Causes Of Urban Floodmentioning

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Causes, impacts and coping strategies of floods in Ghana: a systematic review

Mensah

Ahadzie

2020

SN Appl. Sci.

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Urban flooding has become a major problem in many parts of the world due to its social, economic and environmental impact. In Ghana, flood occurs every year, which adversely affects livelihoods, property, infrastructure, lives and renders many people homeless. In this paper, we aim to understand the current state of flood research in Ghana, focusing on how the scholarly community has approached the causes, effects/impact, and the coping strategies adopted by people in the urban setting. Drawing on a comprehensive literature review, combined with individual co-author in-depth experience in research and practice in Ghana, we searched academic database such as SCOPUS, Web of Science, Springer, Taylor and Francis, Science Direct and Google scholar for recent studies. Our results, on the basis of 33 articles, indicate that poor urban planning and development (number of reported articles, n = 18), poor and inadequate drainage facilities (n = 11), poor environmental attitude (n = 10) and extreme rainfall (n = 8) are the top causes of urban flood in Ghana. The most commonly reported impacts/effects were physical cost (n = 7), destruction of economic infrastructure (n = 5) and health concerns (n = 4). The most reported coping strategies were relocation and protection of properties (n = 9) and construction of drains (n = 8). The review also pointed out critical research gaps in the context of Ghana and suggested a new area for future research direction and practice.

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“…In Pakistan, flood occurrence is pervasive and spreading uncontrollably. This led to a huge economic loss to the government in 2010 [3].…”

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Causes, impacts and coping strategies of floods in Ghana: a systematic review

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Ahadzie

2020

SN Appl. Sci.

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“…Mitigation is an activity that is included in the pre-disaster phase by increasing ecological services and improving the ability of the environment to deal with disasters [39]. In this case, flood mitigation can be conducted either through improvement/ physical development [40][41][42], as well as awareness, behaviors, and escalation of the ability to face the threat of disaster [43,44]. However, based on observations, mitigation activities undertaken by respondents are temporary and ceremonial.…”

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“…Based on disaster management rules, the planning process shifts from contingency plans to operational plans when disasters occur directly to victims [45]. After that, they turn into recovery plans including post-disaster rehabilitation and reconstruction plans [41]. Planning of both flood-affected and unaffected youth shows similarities; there is a very low effect on rehabilitation and evaluation activities.…”

Section: Disaster Impact Analysismentioning

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How Far Disaster Management Implemented Toward Flood Preparedness: A Lesson Learn from Youth Participation Assessment in Indonesia

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Dafip³

2021

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Flood is a common and frequent natural disaster in many countries that causes huge economic losses and casualties every year. Youth participation in flood disaster management (FDM) has not been much explored, especially in the non-prone area but contributing to flooding resilience. Therefore, this study aims to identify youth participation in disaster management to help an improvement in preparedness action. The research was conducted using a qualitative model: case study research, involving 191 young people aged 14-35-years in 16 sub-districts in Semarang City. The data, including youth’s action, knowledge, and participation in FDM, was collected using Google Form, observation, and interview, then statistically analyzed using Mann-Whitney’s test and path analysis. The results show the respondents in flood-affected areas are more actively participating in flood disaster management action because of their experience in facing flooding. Also, the planning step is significantly influenced by the FDM implementation. The planning process is the main defining factor in disaster management successfulness and essentially affecting mitigation, rehabilitation, and evaluation steps. The level of youth participation is deemed necessary to be increased to develop a more comprehensive disaster management program according to regional needs. We suggest that FDM should be transformed into disaster awareness which is delivered through education, socialization, training, and/or flood disaster response simulations.

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“…Similarly, the above mechanisms have heavily relied upon the systems thinking approach on the way to sustainable disaster management (Rehman et al., 2019). The systems thinking approach is to identify all active stakeholders (or participants) in the field and then investigates diverse organizational, infrastructural, technical, social, and environmental factors.…”

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A mechanism of disaster management in Korea: typhoons accompanied by flooding

2019

Heliyon

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This article analyzed the improvement of a mechanism in relation to Korean disaster management, particularly of typhoons accompanied by floods. The analysis was done on the basis of own cultural background to ultimately mitigate disaster. By utilizing qualitative content analysis, both triangle- and quadrangle-style approaches have been compared via four factors, namely, national government's policies, business strategies, researchers' efforts, and volunteer activities. The article is valuable as a review of a mechanism of Korean disaster management which has been initially and comprehensively outlined. The key finding is that Korea has to change its current triangle-style approach to a quadrangle-style approach to reduce the impacts of typhoons accompanied by floods. In doing so, both challenges and alternatives or solutions have been identified for Korea.

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Applying systems thinking to flood disaster management for a sustainable development

Cited by 82 publications

References 18 publications

Causes, impacts and coping strategies of floods in Ghana: a systematic review

Causes, impacts and coping strategies of floods in Ghana: a systematic review

How Far Disaster Management Implemented Toward Flood Preparedness: A Lesson Learn from Youth Participation Assessment in Indonesia

A mechanism of disaster management in Korea: typhoons accompanied by flooding

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