Influence of Decision Making During Disasters and How It Impacts a Community

Withanaarachchi, J; Setunge, Sujeeva

doi:10.5703/1288284315349

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“…It occurs as new unexpected situations and usually require novel solutions. On the other hand, semi structured decision-making are decisions in which only part of the problem has a clear-cut answer provided by an accepted procedure (Withanaarachchi & Setunge, 2014). It is the grey area that lies between the structured and unstructured range.…”

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“…It can be planned ahead and specific ways to deal with them can be developed or action can be taken to prevent it from happening (Thompson, Green, Altay Walter Joanne Lapetina, Altay, Green, & Lapetina, 2006) For each type of decision making above, it is necessary to go through a decision-making process that is to define and analyse the problem, gather information, evaluate the alternative solutions, select the best solutions, implement the solution and follow-up back the solution after the disaster happened to improve in the future. Each type of decision making depends on where, when and who will decide, the severity of the disaster, the disaster phase and the geographical situation of the disaster (Withanaarachchi & Setunge, 2014), which can be summarised as in Table 1. Unstructured Non-routine decisions in which the decision maker must provide judgment, evaluation, and insights into the problem definition; there is no agreed upon procedures for making such decisions.…”

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“…Here part of the decision can be specified allowing for certain factors out of control. (Elliott, 2005;Withanaarachchi & Setunge, 2014)…”

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Decision Making in Disaster Management Cycle of Natural Disasters: A Review

Arifah¹,

Tariq²,

Juni

2019

IJPHCS

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Background: Decision making during disaster management is a challenging task because of the uncertain environment and involvement of multiple stakeholders. Decision makings types can be unstructured, semi structured or structured according to the disaster situation and phase of disaster. Decision making during disasters is crucial to ensure that every decision taken reduces impact from disaster to human life. Objective: The objective of this review is to identify the appropriate decision-making type according to the phases in the disaster management cycle accordingly. Materials and Methods: Scoping review base on the PRISMA diagram were conducted from four databases. Combination of keywords were adapted for each database. Inclusion and exclusion criteria were applied. A total of 21 articles were synthesized base on the three types of decision-making types following four phases of disaster management cycle. Data was extracted base on an agreed upon framework of data chart. Result: Information on decision types identified were synthesised according to the four phases in the disaster management cycle emerged. Findings are distributed evenly across all types of disaster that is floods, hurricanes, earthquakes and tsunamis. For the mitigation and preparedness phase, the two decision-making types that were commonly observed were the unstructured and structured type, while during the response and recovery phase all three-decision making unstructured, semi-structured and structured type is represented. Decisions are made by various levels of management according to the level of information available and certainty of a situation. The predominant decision-making type for disaster management during each phase is the unstructured decision making which is usually adopted by the top or middle management. Unstructured decision making involves making decision in uncertain environment. Conclusion: Decision making type applies according to situations and the level of decisionmaker making the decision. Unstructured decision-making type emerged as predominant in all phases of natural disaster management cycle due to uncertainty posed by disaster environment.

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Decision Making in Disaster Management Cycle of Natural Disasters: A Review

Arifah¹,

Tariq²,

Juni

2019

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“…disasters). Withanaarachchi and Setunge (2014) indicate that all types of disasters can impact people, communities, and the environment, as well as a damage and/or destroy cities and critical infrastructure. Moreover, each disaster is different, and the decisions must suit the needs and requirements of the situation in question accordingly.…”

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Decision-Making of Middle School Students during an Earthquake

Cin¹,

Değirmençay²

2018

Review of International Geographical Education Online

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The foreknowledge of peoples' decision-making process during an earthquake may give important clues as to whether or not their decisions will yield secure results. In the context of earthquake education, drawing upon these clues can potentially minimize the loss of life during earthquakes to a certain extent. Thus, the aim of this study was to determine decision-making process of students during an earthquake. The research was carried out in Giresun, Turkey. One hundred twenty-two (122) eighth grade students from three middle schools were included the study as a sample base. Three decision trees were developed in order to understand students' decision process (es). Students gave their answers on the three decision trees, whereupon their answers were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The results of the study showed that some students during an earthquake chose secure options, whilst others preferred options that can lead to negative results. Students' desire to escape from their locations during an earthquake was found to be the most common, but also the most unsafe decision. A number of other students, however, had opted to take a dangerous protection position during an earthquake. It was concluded that excessive fear of earthquakes and the negative influence of the media both have an effect on making unsafe decisions. The study suggested that people ought to be assured that there is a low possibility of buildings completely collapsing during an earthquake. It also recommended that people should take non-structural rather than structural risks into consideration during an earthquake, and that they ought to base their make decisions according to these risks.

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“…20 for been revised to conform with the current changes, as well as the complexity of disasters is often the case at present [10]. A recurring problem in the management of response to natural disaster is the lack of coordination between various rescue agencies involved [12]- [14]. These agencies include not only the emergency services such as police, fire and rescue, and ambulance, but also local and national government bodies, private sector organizations and volunteer groups [14]- [16].…”

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