Resilient dwellings or resilient people? Towards people-centred reconstruction

Schilderman, Theo; Lyons, Michal

doi:10.1080/17477891.2011.598497

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“…Aiming to ‘build back better’—to enhance the economic, physical, and social resilience of a community—has become an essential feature of post‐disaster shelter strategy (Blaikie et al, ; Clinton, ; Paul, ; Schilderman and Lyons, ; Mannakkara, Wilkinson, and Potangaroa, ). Making use of the window of opportunity opened during the recovery phase to achieve this aim is widely advocated by academics, policymakers, and practitioners alike; this period can be utilised to ensure that conditions of vulnerability are not recreated during the building process and that safer structures are built, ones that will be more able to withstand the shock of recurring hazardous events (Schilderman, ; Ong et al, ; Twigg et al, ).…”

Section: Post‐disaster Shelter Programmes: Supporting Self‐recovery Amentioning

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Building safety in humanitarian programmes that support post‐disaster shelter self‐recovery: an evidence review

2019

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The humanitarian sector is increasingly aware of the role that good quality evidence plays in the underpinning of effective and accountable practice. This review addresses the need for reliable evidence by evaluating current knowledge about the intersection of two key outcome targets of post‐disaster shelter response: supporting shelter self‐recovery and building back safer. Evidence about post‐disaster shelter programmes that aim to improve hazard resistance while supporting shelter self‐recovery has been systematically analysed and evaluated. Technical support, especially training in safer construction techniques, was found to be a central programme feature, but the impact of this and other programme attributes on building safety was largely not ascertainable. Programme reports and studies lack sufficient detail, especially on the hazard resistance of repaired houses. Accounts of shelter programmes need to include more reliable reporting of key activities and assessment of outcomes, in order to contribute to the growing evidence base in this field.

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Section: Post‐disaster Shelter Programmes: Supporting Self‐recovery Amentioning

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Building safety in humanitarian programmes that support post‐disaster shelter self‐recovery: an evidence review

2019

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“…En otras palabras, mientras que por un lado los beneficios pretendían ayudar y estaban pensados para reducir las dificultades de la población, por otro lado, éstos mismos beneficios pueden haber erosionado la resiliencia de la comunidad al facilitar una transformación drástica de sus medios de subsistencia y produciendo una dependencia del apoyo del Estado. Cambiar drásticamente los medios de subsistencia hacia una dependencia del estado podría poner en peligro la capacidad de la comunidad de Chaitén para reaccionar y recuperarse de los impactos negativos de futuros desastres (Schilderman & Lyons, 2010).…”

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“…Esto ocurre en la medida en que el 'riesgo volcánico' ofrece un poderosa excusa para que las autoridades (Schilderman & Lyons, 2010) desatiendan el problema detrás de no llevar a cabo éstas medidas; las inundaciones de invierno en el sector sur empobrecen cada vez más a su población, haciéndolas más vulnerables, mientras que la falta de conectividad entre el norte y el sur limita el acceso a los servicios, creando graves desigualdades en la movilidad urbana, afectando de igual forma la vulnerabilidad de la población.…”

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Explorando potenciales vínculos entre resilencia y justicia ambiental: el caso de Chaitén, Chile

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RESUMENEn mayo de 2008, la ciudad de Chaitén fue evacuada debido al riesgo de una erupción volcánica. Días más tarde, graves inundaciones como consecuencia de la erupción produjeron su casi total desaparición. En los meses siguientes, el Estado desarrolló diversos planes para la reubicación de Chaitén, así como estrategias para promover la resiliencia y recuperar a la población. Planes y estrategias que, de aquel tiempo a esta parte, no obtuvieron los resultados esperados, perjudicado implícitamente a la población y su capacidad de resistir, adaptarse a, y recuperarse de futuros desastres. A siete años de la erupción, este trabajo explora la asimetría espacial, socio-económica y ambiental de la ciudad de Chaitén, explicada en parte a la erupción volcánica, pero también (y más importante aún) a decisiones gubernamentales 'erráticas' y a los efectos 'inesperados' de las políticas diseñadas para recuperar a la población. Algunas de las razones para explicar la situación actual de Chaitén, son la 'improvisación' con la que se abordó la evacuación y el programa de recuperación, así como la 'indecisión' del Estado sobre la reubicación de la localidad. De esta manera, Chaitén se ha constituido en una ciudad desigual en términos de justicia ambiental, en donde además de otras asimetrías, los efectos de las política públicas se distribuyen de manera inequitativa. En este sentido, este trabajo indaga en la manera en como los procesos diseñados para incrementar la resiliencia de una población pueden, por el contrario, producir un impacto negativo en la justicia ambiental, y por lo tanto, producir nuevas situaciones de vulnerabilidad y riesgo.

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“…After reviewing post-disaster reconstruction processes in ten countries, Schilderman and Lyons [84] concluded that, while top-down, donor-driven recovery processes resulted in technically safer housing, the process failed to support overall resilience. A lack of community involvement in resettlement decisions can lead to policies made on false assumptions, leaving community residents to choose between returning to hazard-prone areas or struggling with poorly met needs in a new location [79].…”

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A Typology Framework for Trade-Offs in Development and Disaster Risk Reduction: A Case Study of Typhoon Haiyan Recovery in Tacloban, Philippines

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Development and disaster risk are deeply linked. Disasters reverse development gains; development initiatives influence the risk, vulnerability, and exposure of people, assets, and environments to disasters. Hence, knowledge of key dimensions of the potential trade-offs between development and disaster risk reduction (DRR) may inform decision-making processes, goals, and initiatives in ways that have potential to address unsustainable development practices that are commonplace in countries of all economic levels. This paper presents, explores, and tests a conceptual framework for analysing the trade-offs that underpin this relationship as evidenced through policy goals, initiatives, and decision-making processes. We categorise key dimensions of relevant trade-offs into five specific dimensions: (i) The aggregation of development and DRR gains and losses, (ii) risk prioritisation when seeking to reduce multiple risks, (iii) the equity of decision-making processes and outcomes, (iv) the balancing of near-and long-term goals, and (v) the distribution of power and participation. By framing key questions related to each trade-off dimension, we test the framework in the context of a major disaster recovery process in Tacloban, the Philippines, following Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) in November 2013. We consider how decision-making trade-offs can be made more visible and useful in the pursuit of transformative change in development and DRR.

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Resilient dwellings or resilient people? Towards people-centred reconstruction

Cited by 54 publications

References 6 publications

Building safety in humanitarian programmes that support post‐disaster shelter self‐recovery: an evidence review

Building safety in humanitarian programmes that support post‐disaster shelter self‐recovery: an evidence review

Explorando potenciales vínculos entre resilencia y justicia ambiental: el caso de Chaitén, Chile

A Typology Framework for Trade-Offs in Development and Disaster Risk Reduction: A Case Study of Typhoon Haiyan Recovery in Tacloban, Philippines

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