Natural disasters as a development opportunity: a spatial economic resilience interpretation

Bănică, Alexandru; Kourtit, Karima; Nijkamp, Peter

doi:10.1007/s10037-020-00141-8

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“…Pakistan has developed an institute known as Natural Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) at the federal level to respond to disaster scenarios. The NDMA plan outlines how different stakeholders will work jointly for disaster management and mitigation [8][9][10]. The monetary support from donors is directed towards disaster reduction.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Flood risk management needs a strategy that can stabilize sustainability with present needs. So, integrated flood risk management includes a combination of both structural and non-structural measures [8][9][10][11]. River defenses such as the construction of levees, dams, dikes, embankments, and channelization are included in structural measures.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Post-Flood Risk Management and Resilience Building Practices: A Case Study

Munawar

Khan

Anum³

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Applied Sciences

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The study was conducted to assess the post 2010 flood risk management and resilience-building practices in District Layyah, Pakistan. Exploratory research was applied to gain knowledge of flood risk management to embed the disaster risk reduction, mitigation, and adaptation strategies at the local government and community level. Around 200 questionnaires were collected from the four devastated areas/union councils. Primary data from the field uncovered flood risk management practices by organizations, local government, and the community. It highlights resilience-building practices undertaken by the community through rehabilitation, community participation, and local indigenous practices. The role of the District Layyah’s local government and organizations to mitigate the 2010 flood and their contribution towards flood resilience in affected communities was investigated, as no comparable studies were carried out in the riverine belt of District Layyah previously. Moreover, the tangible and non-tangible measures to lessen the vulnerability to floods and improve flood risk governance at a local level were identified. This study makes a valuable contribution in strengthening the resilience building of vulnerable communities by recommending few changes in existing practices concerning flood risk at a local level.

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Section: Literature Review Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Post-Flood Risk Management and Resilience Building Practices: A Case Study

Munawar

Khan

Anum³

et al. 2021

Applied Sciences

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“…Organizations now need to detect change in their operating environments and take action. Man-made and natural disasters trigger business interruptions for all types of organizations and such disruptions are accompanied by loss of human lives and business collapse or failure and often high private and social costs (De Mel, McKenzie, & Woodruff, 2011;Banica, Kourtit, & Nijkamp, 2020). Organizations in all sectors of the economy cannot trivialize the probable impact of such risky events.…”

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Business Continuity Management in a Time of Crisis: Emerging Trends for Commercial Banks in Zimbabwe during and Post the Covid-19 Global Crisis

Muparadzi¹,

Rodze²

2021

OJBM

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Covid-19 has presented severe and increasingly complicated challenges which confront the very survival of banks in Zimbabwe. The urgency and relevance of business continuity management (BCM) to alleviate potential risks and quicken recovery remain important. While there is proliferation of literature on the impact of Covid-19 on businesses across the globe, there is little known about BCM strategies among Zimbabwean banks under Covid-19 conditions. This paper focuses on emerging trends in BCM approaches in the commercial banking sector in Zimbabwe and seeks to establish if existing BCM models provide an adequate response to the risks posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, establish strategies adopted by commercial banks in Zimbabwe to ensure an adequate response to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and to establish the likely implications of these strategies on the future of BCM in Zimbabwean commercial banks. Using a qualitative research approach, this paper concluded that existing BCM models among banks in Zimbabwe are not sufficient and are changing towards building permanent models with capacity to anticipate "surprises".

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“…Disaster is a severe disruption to the functioning of a community or society that involves widespread loss and impact on the people at any scale, materials or environment losses beyond the ability of affected communities to overcome with their resources (Bănică et al, 2020). Two aspects of this definition are highlighted in this research.…”

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Building Social Resilience after the 2014 Flood Disaster

Yusoff¹,

Yusoff²

2021

JSSH

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The 2014 flood disaster has brought physical destruction, damage as well as social disruption that caused normal life to become less stable. A state of social equilibrium needs to be restored through effective restoration solutions to normalise life after the disaster. This qualitative research aims to identify two main issues, namely social disruption and social resilience, by utilising a case study of the 2014 flood disaster in Hulu Dungun, Terengganu. A total of 15 victims were selected using the purposive sampling method based on a set of defined criteria–the data collection method comprised of in-depth interviews and non-participant observation. The data were analysed through thematic analysis techniques. The results showed that the disruption suffered by the victims included disruption of social roles, the uncertainty of employment, instability of social routine, and collective trauma. However, the availability of social resilience had enabled the victims to rebuild their lives after flood disasters and restore the ‘normal’ or ‘stable’ situations of social equilibrium. The research is expected to contribute to environmental sociology that has yet to receive widespread attention from sociological researchers in Malaysia. This research is a meaningful effort towards promoting and increasing the environmental sociology study, which to date, remains disoriented.

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Natural disasters as a development opportunity: a spatial economic resilience interpretation

Cited by 46 publications

References 67 publications

Post-Flood Risk Management and Resilience Building Practices: A Case Study

Post-Flood Risk Management and Resilience Building Practices: A Case Study

Business Continuity Management in a Time of Crisis: Emerging Trends for Commercial Banks in Zimbabwe during and Post the Covid-19 Global Crisis

Building Social Resilience after the 2014 Flood Disaster

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