Factors Influencing Post-disaster Reconstruction Project Management for Housing Provision in the Gaza Strip, Occupied Palestinian Territories

Enshassi, Adnan; Chatat, Tarik; Meding, Jason von; Forino, Giuseppe

doi:10.1007/s13753-017-0155-4

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“…The term "management" in the built environment-related profession is mostly associated with project and construction management, which is unable to deal with the complexities and uncertainties of larger reconstruction projects involving non-physical factors/tasks and the management of people. The management of people and organizations is radically different from normal engineering processes, leading to failure (Enshassi et al, 2017). Additionally, Bilau and Witt (2016) identified management issues, which include the quality of human resources, workmanship and management, monitoring and control, coordination and communication and financial management.…”

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Critical success factors for managing post-disaster reconstruction projects: the case of Angola

Sospeter

Rwelamila

Gimbi³

2020

CEB

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Although some studies have been carried out on project management of “typical” construction projects, little work has been done on what makes Post-Disaster Reconstruction Projects (PDRPs) successful. This paper analyses the Critical Success Factors (CSFs) for implementation of PDRPs in Angola. The paper adopted a survey and interviews. Data was collected from project participants within the ministry of planning, provincial government office of planning and local government in Angola. A questionnaire with closed questions was completed by 130 survey respondents. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 7 practitioners selected through purposive sampling. The findings indicate that adequate funding, effective planning, competent project managers, good communication, the active involvement of stakeholders, good written contract, political stability, less bureaucracy in the reconstruction process, economic stability and sufficient resources are the CSFs. The findings further revealed that, there are no differences in the responses between the groups especially between managers and consultants and between contractors and consultants. The findings strongly suggest that CSFs are key resources and skills that determine the successful implementation of a project in terms of its direction and benefits and proposes that stakeholders and project managers should consider these factors for best practices when managing PDRPs. Since PDR is context specific, countries with the same economic status, environment and post-disaster event may benefit from the results. Hence, the study offers new insights to gain an understanding of the CSFs that contribute to best PDR practices.

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Section: Success Factors For Pdrpsmentioning

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Critical success factors for managing post-disaster reconstruction projects: the case of Angola

Sospeter

Rwelamila

Gimbi³

2020

CEB

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“…Statistical analysis using SPSS (Statistical Software for Social Science) as well as AMOS (Analysis of Moment of Structures) were deployed to validate the project management success traits and to analyze their influence on project success. This approach of integrating qualitative and quantitative techniques was also found in earlier research that investigated CSFs in disaster-related projects (Choudhary and Mehmood 2013;Ophiyandri et al 2013;Enshassi et al 2017).…”

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An Inquiry into Success Factors for Post-disaster Housing Reconstruction Projects: A Case of Kerala, South India

Anilkumar

Banerji

2020

Int J Disaster Risk Sci

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The 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami triggered significant destruction to housing and related infrastructures across various coastal districts of south India. Research shows that tsunami reconstruction projects in Kerala experienced different degrees of success and failure. On this background, this study explored factors that contributed to the successful implementation of tsunami housing projects in Kerala by (1) consolidating various critical success factors (CSFs) for post-disaster reconstruction (PDR) projects under “project management success traits” through content analysis of existing literature; (2) deriving a conceptual model that envisages project success in PDR contexts; and (3) assessing the impacts of those success traits on tsunami housing projects using confirmatory factor analysis. Necessary data were gathered through a survey of various stakeholders involved in tsunami reconstruction projects in Kerala using structured questionnaires. The research revealed that PDR project success is attributed to critical dimensions of project management such as institutional mechanisms, reconstruction strategies, project implementation, and stakeholder management. A conceptual model with the interplay of project success, success traits, as well as their CSFs identified the project management actions that must be monitored during reconstruction. Since the project management approach is widely recognized for PDR projects, these success traits hold huge potential for effective organization and management of housing reconstruction projects. The study also helped to identify project management traits that need improvements for the successful implementation of post-disaster housing projects in Kerala. Thus the research findings can serve as a foundational study for formulating project management strategies appropriate to PDR projects in Kerala.

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“…In total, USD 1,864 billion of USD 3,499 billion pledged at the International Conference on Palestine and Reconstructing Gaza in Cairo, Egypt, on 12 October 2014 was disbursed, in a pattern similar to after 2009 (see Table 4). A housing-sector stakeholder survey conducted in 2014 highlights that a low level of funding is the major obstacle to project management; supply chain issues affecting the procurement of material resources ranked second (Enshassi et al, 2017). More than financial shortages, though, resource scarcity has impeded reconstruction.…”

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Reconstruction under siege: the Gaza Strip since 2007

Barakat

Milton²,

Elkahlout

2019

Disasters

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This paper examines the siege of the Gaza Strip, a self-governing Palestinian territory, since 2007. Research on sieges tends to concentrate on the coping strategies of besieged communities, humanitarian issues associated with the impacts, humanitarian access, and the prioritisation of needs, with little or no attention paid to reconstruction. However, Gaza is unusual as a siege environment within which reconstruction has become a high priority in the aftermath of its three destructive wars with Israel. Following an overview of research on sieges in contemporary warfare and a brief contextualisation of Gaza, this paper examines why reconstruction outcomes have varied over time through the application of a theoretical framework that stipulates the importance of four key factors: time; needs; scarcity; and political context. Based on an analysis of these variables, Gaza was found to be a most-likely case for reconstruction under siege. Nonetheless, the large-scale reconstruction necessary to transform Gaza has not been actualised.

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Factors Influencing Post-disaster Reconstruction Project Management for Housing Provision in the Gaza Strip, Occupied Palestinian Territories

Cited by 29 publications

References 36 publications

Critical success factors for managing post-disaster reconstruction projects: the case of Angola

Critical success factors for managing post-disaster reconstruction projects: the case of Angola

An Inquiry into Success Factors for Post-disaster Housing Reconstruction Projects: A Case of Kerala, South India

Reconstruction under siege: the Gaza Strip since 2007

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