Unleashing the Power of Planning to Create Disaster-Resistant Communities

Burby, Raymond J.; Beatley, Timothy; Berke, Philip; Deyle, Robert E.; French, Steven P.; Godschalk, David R.; Kaiser, Edward J.; Kartez, Jack D.; May, Peter; Olshansky, R.; Paterson, Robert G.; Platt, Rutherford H.

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“…For example, the development of flood insurance, flood risk mapping systems, and general risk management approaches that specifically address the probability of certain future trends are commonly used in spatial planning research and are gaining increasing attention in water management (e.g., Burby et al 1999). Furthermore, in the social sciences the concept of adaptive (water-) management has been introduced, which aims at more institutional flexibility and provides stakeholders with a central role in an iterative "social learning process" (Folke et al 2002, Pahl Wostl et al 2005.…”

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Dealing with Uncertainty in Flood Management Through Diversification

Aerts¹,

Botzen²,

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ABSTRACT. This paper shows, through a numerical example, how to develop portfolios of flood management activities that generate the highest return under an acceptable risk for an area in the central part of the Netherlands. The paper shows a method based on Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT) that contributes to developing flood management strategies. MPT aims at finding sets of investments that diversify risks thereby reducing the overall risk of the total portfolio of investments. This paper shows that through systematically combining four different flood protection measures in portfolios containing three or four measures; risk is reduced compared with portfolios that only contain one or two measures. Adding partly uncorrelated measures to the portfolio diversifies risk. We demonstrate how MPT encourages a systematic discussion of the relationship between the return and risk of individual flood mitigation activities and the return and risk of complete portfolios. It is also shown how important it is to understand the correlation of the returns of various flood management activities. The MPT approach, therefore, fits well with the notion of adaptive water management, which perceives the future as inherently uncertain. Through applying MPT on flood protection strategies current vulnerability will be reduced by diversifying risk.

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Dealing with Uncertainty in Flood Management Through Diversification

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Veen³

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“…Malheureusement, les dispositifs de planification restent en décalage par rapport à cette prise de conscience. Burby et al [1] mettent en cause le développement économique local dans les zones à risque, mais en dernière analyse, ils pensent que c'est le niveau fédéral qui est le principal responsable, car il a indirectement encouragé cette politique. De plus aujourd'hui, il constitue plutôt un obstacle qu'une aide à l'inversion de tendance, qui permettrait de réduire les risques par la prévention locale dans les plans de risque.…”

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“…Comme dans d'autres Etats brésiliens, les défen-seurs de l'idée d'une nouvelle politique de l'eau, basée sur des agences à la française, espèrent qu'elle pourrait démulti-plier les procédures participatives et négociées comme celle de Curitiba, qui se développent spontanément. Aux EtatsUnis, nos collègues urbanistes ne plaident pas pour que la Fédération se substitue aux Etats, et encore moins aux collectivités locales, dans la planification des risques, mais pour qu'elle développe des mécanismes économiquement incitatifs à un capacity building local, notamment dans les plans 7, tout en remettant en cause sa propre politique passée qui tendait à encourager les prises de risques inutiles [1].…”

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“…Focusing attention on social vulnerabilities that predated a disaster is as equally important as disaster relief and response (Masozera, Bailey & Kerchner, 2007). Disaster response can often fail to reach minorities and poor due to reasons like complex application process and transportation problems (Burby et al, 1999) (Dash, Peacock & Morrow, 1997). Middle and higher income disaster victims are more comfortable than low income groups in negotiating disaster recovery bureaucracy for assistance and aid (Fothergill & Peek, 2004).…”

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A Public-Private Partnership Model for Managing Disasters in India

Ganapathy¹

2017

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The frequency of natural disasters across the globe has increased and the intensity of each disaster has only exposed all nations to the vulnerabilities associated with the occurrence of disasters. Rapid urbanization, climate change, the growing gap between the haves and have-nots, inability of the state machinery to meet the needs of the socially marginalized communities and exponential growth in population are some of the reasons for the occurrence of natural disasters and the adverse effects associated with them. The financial burden of disasters is something that the government alone cannot handle. Therefore there is a greater need for private sector participation in disaster management more than ever before. Disaster planning is equally important as response and recovery and the private sector can play a crucial role in this area. Public private participation in disaster management is needed to encourage greater involvement of the private sector in disaster management efforts. The main challenge is to make such partnerships more productive so that disaster management can be effective. This study has reviewed the body of work in this area to highlight the challenges associated with public private participation in disaster management and the key research areas emerging from the same. Limited insurance and reinsurance capacity has led to the need to examine alternative risk transfer mechanisms to meet the financial obligations in the aftermath of a disaster. This effort addresses the public private participation in disaster management from both angles viz. the involvement of private sector in disaster planning, response and recovery as well as involvement in alternative risk transfer mechanisms. Based on experiences of private sector in disaster management in various regions of the world, this study has recommended actions that need to be taken by the state machinery to evolve a regulatory framework so that greater value can be derived from public private partnerships.Key words: Public-Private participation, disaster management, disaster, disaster recovery, reinsurance, alternative risk transfer, resilience. IntroductionIn an increasingly fragile world, climate change, urbanization, exponential growth in population in some regions and environmental degradation has resulted in increase in the frequency and intensity of disasters. It has therefore become important to get risk management right. A recent World Bank report concluded that the cost of disasters has quadrupled over the last 30 years -from an annual average of around a year in the 1980's to annual losses of some US$ 200 billion today. Unpredictable nature of environmental hazards are challenging for governments, communities and individual households as they lack the capacity to manage the covariant risk presented by droughts, floods and hurricanes (Kelman & West, 2009;Mycoo, 2011, Campbell & Beckford, 2009. Over 25 million people were affected by droughts in the Horn of Africa and the Sahel. Typhoon Haiyan in Philippines impacted over 16 millio...

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Unleashing the Power of Planning to Create Disaster-Resistant Communities

Cited by 184 publications

References 5 publications

Dealing with Uncertainty in Flood Management Through Diversification

Dealing with Uncertainty in Flood Management Through Diversification

Prévention des inondations en Europe : hydraulique, assurances, ou solidarité ?

A Public-Private Partnership Model for Managing Disasters in India

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