Capturing community influence on public preparedness

Petit, Frédéric; Fisher, Ronald E.; Yaeger, Joy; Collins, Michael J.

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“…The local population, therefore, needs to cope with supply insufficiencies of critical infrastructures, such as medical emergencies, within the first three days after a disaster. The availability of resources such as food, water, medical provisions and first-aid kits, and electricity alternatives for this time period saves lives during and after disasters (Petit et al 2011). Thus, we defined stockpiling of food and drinking water and the availability of alternative power sources for cooking, lighting, and alternative access to information as key indicators of individual disaster preparedness and societal resilience.…”

Section: Measurement Of Disaster Preparedness At the Household Levelmentioning

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Disaster preparedness and resilience at household level in Yangon, Myanmar

Heinkel

Thiebes²,

Than

et al. 2022

Nat Hazards

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Resilience has become important in disaster preparedness and response. Unfortunately, little is known about resilience at the household level. This study presents the results of a survey into individual and household level preparedness to disaster events in Yangon, Myanmar, which is prone to natural disasters such as tropical cyclones, flooding, and earthquakes. The study aimed to understand societal resilience and to provide information that could be used to develop a holistic framework. In four different Yangon townships, 440 households were interviewed. The results of the survey indicate how risk preparedness could be improved by specific measures related to the following five factors: (1) increasing the general public’s knowledge of first aid and its role in preparedness; (2) improving mobile phone infrastructure and capacity building in its usage so that it can be used for communication during disasters, along with building up a redundant communication structure; (3) better use and organisation of volunteer potential; (4) more specific involvement of religious and public buildings for disaster response; and (5) developing specific measures for improving preparedness in urban areas, where the population often has reduced capacities for coping with food supply insufficiencies due to the high and immediate availability of food, shops and goods in regular times. The findings of this survey have led to specific recommendations for Yangon. The identified measures represent a first step in developing a more general framework. Future research could investigate the transferability of these measures to other areas and thus their suitability as a basis for a framework.

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Section: Measurement Of Disaster Preparedness At the Household Levelmentioning

confidence: 99%

Disaster preparedness and resilience at household level in Yangon, Myanmar

Heinkel

Thiebes²,

Than

et al. 2022

Nat Hazards

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“…The local population, therefore, needs to cope with supply insu ciencies of critical infrastructures, such as medical emergencies, within the rst three days after a disaster. The availability of resources such as food, water, and medical provisions and rst-aid kits and electricity alternatives for this time period saves lives during and after disasters (Petit et al 2011). Thus, we de ned stockpiling of food and drinking water and the availability of alternative power sources for cooking, lighting, and alternative access to information as key indicators of individual disaster preparedness and societal resilience.…”

Section: Measurement Of Disaster Preparedness At the Household Levelmentioning

confidence: 99%

Disaster Preparedness and Resilience at Household Level in Yangon, Myanmar

Heinkel

Thiebes²,

Than

et al. 2021

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Resilience has become important in disaster preparedness and response. Unfortunately, little is known about resilience at the household level. This study presents the results of a survey into individual and household level preparedness to disaster events in Yangon, Myanmar, which is prone to natural disasters such as tropical cyclones, flooding, and earthquakes. The study aimed to understand societal resilience and to provide information that could be used to develop a holistic framework. In four different Yangon townships, 440 households were interviewed. The results of the survey indicate how risk preparedness could be improved by specific measures related to the following five factors: 1) increasing the general public’s knowledge of first-aid and its role in preparedness; 2) improving mobile phone infrastructure so that it can be used for communication during disasters, along with building up a redundant communication structure; 3) better use and organisation of volunteer potential; 4) more specific involvement of religious and public buildings for disaster response; and 5) developing specific measures for improving preparedness in urban areas, where the population often has reduced capacities for coping with food supply insufficiencies due to the high and immediate availability of food, shops and goods in regular times. The findings of this survey have led to specific recommendations for Yangon. The identified measures represent a first step in developing a more general framework. Future research could investigate the transferability of these measures to other areas and thus their suitability as a basis for a framework.

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“…Some papers suggest that the individuals' preparedness to CI failures is eventually decisive for societal resilience at large (Petit et al, 2011). CI (minimum) supply in case of a disaster in the end is a question of ethical choices -who does receive how much and based on which reasons?…”

Section: Gaps Within and Between CI Minimum Supply And Social Vulnermentioning

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The role of minimum supply and social vulnerability assessment for governing critical infrastructure failure: current gaps and future agenda

Garschagen

Sandholz

2018

Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci.

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Abstract. Increased attention has lately been given to the resilience of critical infrastructure in the context of natural hazards and disasters. The major focus therein is on the sensitivity of critical infrastructure technologies and their management contingencies. However, strikingly little attention has been given to assessing and mitigating social vulnerabilities towards the failure of critical infrastructure and to the development, design and implementation of minimum supply standards in situations of major infrastructure failure. Addressing this gap and contributing to a more integrative perspective on critical infrastructure resilience is the objective of this paper. It asks which role social vulnerability assessments and minimum supply considerations can, should and do – or do not – play for the management and governance of critical infrastructure failure. In its first part, the paper provides a structured review on achievements and remaining gaps in the management of critical infrastructure and the understanding of social vulnerabilities towards disaster-related infrastructure failures. Special attention is given to the current state of minimum supply concepts with a regional focus on policies in Germany and the EU. In its second part, the paper then responds to the identified gaps by developing a heuristic model on the linkages of critical infrastructure management, social vulnerability and minimum supply. This framework helps to inform a vision of a future research agenda, which is presented in the paper's third part. Overall, the analysis suggests that the assessment of socially differentiated vulnerabilities towards critical infrastructure failure needs to be undertaken more stringently to inform the scientifically and politically difficult debate about minimum supply standards and the shared responsibilities for securing them.

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Capturing community influence on public preparedness

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Disaster preparedness and resilience at household level in Yangon, Myanmar

Disaster preparedness and resilience at household level in Yangon, Myanmar

Disaster Preparedness and Resilience at Household Level in Yangon, Myanmar

The role of minimum supply and social vulnerability assessment for governing critical infrastructure failure: current gaps and future agenda

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