Recovery after extreme events - Lessons learned and remaining challenges in Disaster Risk Reduction

In eg a i e Risk and Secu i y Resea ch
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Alexande Feke e, Alex Lechleu hne , Ompe Aimé Mudimu,
Celia No , Ul Sch emme , Ch is iane S ephan
Reco e y a e ex eme e en s
Lessons lea ned and emaining challenges in
Disas e Risk Reduc ion
Edi ed by Alexande Feke e, Ma hias Ga schagen, Celia No & Ch is iane S ephan
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Fo ewo d
Disas e s such as he Indian Ocean Tsunami 2004, bu also o he ex eme e en s such as cyclones,
ea hquakes and sunami subs an ially a ec he li es o many housands o people - hey a e e en s
adically and ab up ly changing local ci cums ances and needs. A he same ime hey can signi ican ly
eshape global pa adigms o Disas e Risk Reduc ion (DRR). Such e en s also b ing o ligh he challenges in
coo dina ing assis ance om he “global communi y” wi h all he in ended and un-in ended e ec s. Two o
he mos p essing ques ions he e o e a e whe he he di e en ac o s ha e lea ned om he disas e and
whe he p ocesses o DRR and li elihood imp o emen s ha e been implemen ed success ully.
This olume ga he s selec ed pape s add essing he ollowing key ques ions:
Lessons lea ned: Which lessons ha e been lea ned in a way ha a di e ence can be seen oday o he
li elihoods and esilience o local people in he egions a ec ed?
Lessons o be Lea ned: Despi e he body o knowledge c ea ed and e lec ed in a good numbe o
lessons lea ned s udies – wha is s ill unsol ed o needs o be emphasized?
Moni o ing and e alua ion: Which DRR measu es ha e been pe pe ua ed and how can hey be
moni o ed and e alua ed scien i ically?
Resilience e ec s and (unin ended) side-e ec s: Which coping, eco e y and adap a ion measu es a e
suppo ed by he esilience pa adigm and which o he a eas a e side-lined, neglec ed o e en
con a y o he in ended e ec s?
Dynamics in isk: In which cases has esilience building aken place? In which cases ha e ulne abili ies
been shi ed in e nally o new ulne abili ies been c ea ed?
Reloca ion/ ese lemen : How did he eloca ion/ ese lemen p ocess o displaced people ake place
and wha a e i s long- e m e ec s?
U ban- u al di ide: How ha e DRR measu es in u ban s. u al a eas di e ed and which linkages bu
also i s in ehabili a ion and econs uc ion ini ia i es can be obse ed be ween he wo?
Ea ly wa ning: Wha is he u u e o Ea ly Wa ning and how can impo an op-down in o ma ion
chains bene i om o be balanced wi h bo om-up eedback o use s and a ec ed people?
I appea s ha ex eme disas e e en s spa k a ple ho a o ac ions in academia, ci il socie y, media, policy,
p i a e sec o and o he o ganisa ions. T agic, as such disas e s a e, hey o e incen i es o lea ning, locally
and globally. La ely, disas e impac s ha e in many cases been de ac ed h ough he applica ion o
knowledge and expe ience gained om p e ious e en s. Howe e , he e a e s ill a numbe o challenges
wi h ega ds o lea ning om pas disas e s:
The ou comes o he Ge man Academic Exchange Se ice (DAAD) Alumni Semina 2016 „11 Yea s A e he
Indian Ocean Tsunami 2004 – Lessons o Disas e Reco e y, Rehabili a ion and Resilience”, conduc ed by TH
Köln - Uni e si y o Applied Sciences, Uni ed Na ions Uni e si y - Ins i u e o En i onmen and Human
Secu i y (UNU-EHS) and he Social Policy Analysis and Resea ch Cen e (SPARC) o he Facul y o A s,
Uni e si y o Colombo and his olume ha is one esul o he semina ie in wi h he Sendai F amewo k o
Disas e Risk Reduc ion (SFDRR9 endo sed in 2015, speci ically ega ding p io i y 1: unde s anding disas e isk
be e h ough he documen a ion and c i ical e lec ion o lessons lea ned a decade a e he sunami in he
Indian Ocean, bu also which o he eco e y p ocesses o o he e en s i la e in luenced. This olume also
add esses p io i y 2: s eng hening disas e isk go e nance o manage disas e isk by analysing which
ins i u ions ha e been c ea ed a e such ex eme e en s, which ‚mas e plans’ ha e been se and wha
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knowledge managemen and communica ion challenges emain. P io i y 3, in es ing in DRR o esilience, is
co e ed by in es iga ing he success ulness and sus ainabili y o in es men s immedia ely a e ex eme
e en s wi h a mid e m pe spec i e. P io i y 4 o he SFDRR inally, is ully co e ed by he pape s sc u inising
he lessons lea ned abou ‚Building Back’ and how o ad ance ou knowledge o ‚Build Back Be e ’. In
eco e y, ehabili a ion and econs uc ion.
We hank he au ho s o his olume o hei e o s and willingness o sha e hei insigh s on lessons lea ned
and emaining challenges in Disas e Risk Reduc ion. Mo eo e we hank he e iewe s A ina il A ina il,
Hanan o Ku nio und Vicen e Sando al o hei cons uc i e commen s.
We a e e y g a e ul o he help o Jan Bäume o p epa ing and edi ing he li e a u e lis s.
We also hank he Ge man Academic Exchange Se ice (DAAD) o he inancial suppo o he Alumni
Semina 2016 „11 Yea s A e he Indian Ocean Tsunami 2004 – Lessons o Disas e Reco e y, Rehabili a ion
and Resilience”.
Alexande Feke e1, Ma hias Ga schagen2, Celia No 1 & Ch is iane S ephan1
1TH Köln – Uni e si y o Applied Sciences, Ins i u e o Rescue Enginee ing and Ci il P o ec ion
2Uni ed Na ions Uni e si y – Ins i u e o En i onmen and Human Secu i y (UNU-EHS)
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Table o Con en
Planning and de elopmen ollowing disas e e en s .............................................................................................. 6
Economic Re i aliza ion o he Tsunami Vic im Communi y in Aceh P o ince, Indonesia .................................. 7
El i a Iskanda , Sa ida & So yan
Planning Fo Sa e Public Open Space in Recons uc ion Si es a e La ge-scale Disas e s:
Compa ing Indonesia and Japan ............................................................................................................................................ 12
Shi leyana & Riyan i Djalan e
Resilien -Designed Communi y S uc u es and Facili ies o Vulne able Coas al Ci ies:
Lessons Lea ned om Indonesia and he Philippines ..................................................................................................... 23
Ru h Ma ie I. Equipaje, Shi leyana & Cu Yul iza 
Wha abou he De elopmen o a F amewo k o Coas al Sma Ci ies? ................................................................ 36
H ishikesh Venka a aman, Nisha a Fe nando & Vallam Sunda 
Lea ning p ocesses igge ed - om indi idual s akeholde s o coun ies ................................................... 50
T ibal indigenous knowledge o sunamic haza d p one a eas in disas e educing isk
wi h pa icula s udy on Simeuleu Island Aceh and o he islands o sho e wes o Suma a ............................ 51
Hanan o Ku nio, Alexande Feke e & Ma hias Ga schagen
Lessons lea ned om Syiah Kuala
Uni e si y
in su i ing and eco e ing
om he 2004 Indian Ocean
Tsunami
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Hiz
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A e iew o he ci il p o ec ion sys em de elopmen in Pe u and ecen isk go e nance challenges
wi h ocus on he disas e isk managemen in he egion o Ica a e he 1997-1998 El Niño ......................... 66
I is Dominguez, Alexande Feke e & Ch is iane S ephan
Disas e Risk Managemen in Myanma - p ac ical insigh s in con ex o he
Indian Ocean Tsunami 2004, Cyclone Na gis 2008 and ecen e en s ...................................................................... 78
Moe Moe, Alexande Feke e, Celia No 
E alua ion o e o s: pe cep ions o sa is ac ion and long- e m e ec s ........................................................ 86
S udying ex eme e en s om he pe spec i e o he disas e elie wo ke s
in ol ed in 2013 loods in Ge many ...................................................................................................................................... 87
Ch is ian Baumga ne , Ch is ian Ben le & Alexande Feke e
Ankokkawala - a pos - sunami illage p ojec , i s implemen a ion and a en-yea s e iew .............................. 92
Man ed Dom oes
B ing back he lessons lea ned o he bene icia ies! ........................................................................................................ 99
Pia Hollenbach & Gab iela Neuhaus
Lessons on elie and eco e y a e disas ous e en s – Pe cep ion and sa is ac ion o elie wo ke s......102
Alexande Feke e, Celia No , Ch is iane S ephan & Ka olina Bedna ska

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Economic Re i aliza ion o he Tsunami Vic im Communi y in
Aceh P o ince, Indonesia
El i a Iskanda 1, Sa ida1 & So yan1
1Ag ibussiness Depa men , Syiah Kuala Uni e si y, Indonesia/ Tsunami Disas e Mi iga ion Resea ch Cen e,
Indonesia
Email: [email p o ec ed]; [email protected]); so yan[email p o ec ed]
In oduc ion
The ea hquake and sunami in Aceh on Decembe 26, 2004 des oyed mos o he wes coas o Aceh and i s
su ounding a eas, including Banda Aceh, Aceh p o ince’s capi al. Based on da a om he Disas e
Managemen Agency o Aceh p o ince, he sunami caused app oxima ely 236,116 dea hs and 74,000
missing people. Mo eo e , he sunami des oyed mos o he communi y ac i i y cen e s a ound he coas al
a eas.
The e a e some al e na i e possibili ies o help de elop economic ac i i y in disas e a ec ed a eas, including
suppo ing small and medium en e p ises, encou aging he es ablishmen o new businesses, a ac ing
o eign in es men (domes ic and in e na ional), in es ing in he physical in as uc u e, in es ing in so
in as uc u e (including human esou ces, ins i u ional ein o cemen and policy issues), suppo ing he
g ow h o speci ic business g oups, a ge ing he g ow h o spa ial a ge s, and a ge ing he g ow h o some
disad an aged g oups (Wo ld Bank, 2001)
Re i aliza ion is an e o o enli en an a ea ha had o iginally been h i ing bu hen su e ed a decline. The
p ocess o e i aliza ion includes imp o ing he physical, economic and social aspec s o an a ea (Daniswo o,
2002). Re i aliza ion is no only used o imp o e he physical cha ac e is ics o a place, bu also mus imp o e
he local economy and cul u al ecogni ion. The e i aliza ion p ocess equi es communi y in ol emen .
Howe e , he communi y should no jus suppo he o mal aspec s o he p ojec , bu people also eally
need o engage in all p ocesses o he de elopmen (La e na, 2002). Lee (2004) explains ha in o de o
e ain long- e m economic imp o emen s and op imize po en ial esou ces, g ea e o s a e needed o
imp o e he in as uc u e and acili ies in he communi y. Economic e i aliza ion is one aspec o
e i aliza ion ha should be e iewed now ha ele en yea s ha e passed since he sunami. One speci ic
a ea needs e i aliza ion when i s lack o economic g ow h o he economy will begin o de e io a e. This
occu s because o he loss o economic compe i i eness.
Ele en yea s a e he sunami, Aceh con inues o ise om ad e si y. This began wi h he ehabili a ion and
econs uc ion p ocess ini ia ed by BRR (Rehabili a ion and Recons uc ion Body o Aceh and Nias) om 2005
o 2009, and was comple ed wi h a ious physical and non-physical assis ances p o ided by local and
in e na ional non-go e nmen al o ganiza ions (NGO). A e wa ds, he de elopmen p ocess was conduc ed
by he Acehnese go e nmen . In his pe iod, he go e nmen c ea ed many p ojec s o imp o e communi y
li e, ocusing on he economic empowe men o communi y asse s. Howe e , he ecen condi ions o he
communi y ha e indica ed ha he de elopmen p ocess has no shown he expec ed esul s. Mos o he
sunami-a ec ed communi ies in he coas al a eas a e s ill in poo condi ion. The majo p oblems aced by
he sunami ic ims a e he loss o p ope y, lack o capi al and in as uc u e p oblems. This equi ed an
analysis o he economic e i aliza ion ele en yea s a e he sunami. To s udy he economic e i aliza ion o
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he disas e egion, we iden i ied he economic condi ions o he disas e communi ies as well as hei u u e
expec a ions o hei economic condi ions. This s udy conduc ed in sunami-a ec ed a eas in Banda Aceh
and Aceh Besa Dis ic , Aceh P o ince. The illages de e mined by he le el o damaged hey had. The
illages we e Meunasah Keude, Lampulo, Blang K ueng, Lampaseh, Lampisang and Lamlhom. This s udy
explained abou he de elopmen p og am implemen ed in he a ec ed a ea a e Tsunami. This esul has
been p esen ed in Na ional Semina o Indonesian Highe Ag icul u al Educa ion Communica ion Fo um
(FKPTPI) in Yogyaka a, Indonesia in No embe 2016.
Economic Empowe men P og am o A ec ed Communi y
Reco e y o economic ac i i ies was one o he main ocuses o dono s du ing he ehabili a ion and
econs uc ion pe iod (2005-2008). Thus, many hings we e done o make people able o suppo hemsel es
and hei amilies able o ise om ad e si y. The loss o amily, p ope y and businesses caused esigna ion
by a ec ed people so hey only expec ed suppo om o he pa ies. In economics, numbe o amily,
p ope y and land a e all p oduc ion inpu s, so ha i one o hem does no exis o is los , i will obs uc he
p oduc ion p ocess. Th ough he economic eco e y ac i i ies, dono s c ea ed a a ie y o p og ams ha
aimed o inc ease people's access o economic asse s, such as alloca ing capi al, equipmen and aining o
imp o e people's c ea i i y in he economic sec o . In his pe iod, many o eign dono s we e in ol ed in he
economic eco e y p ocess. The dono s included Ox am, In e na ional Relie and De elopmen (IRD), Islamic
Relie , UNICEF, Uni ed Na ion De elopmen P og amme (UNDP), Me cy Co ps, Asian De elopmen Bank
(ADB). The only go e nmen agency which was engaged in he ehabili a ion p ocesses was The
Rehabili a ion and Recons uc ion Body (BRR) o Aceh and Nias. BRR was an Indonesian go e nmen agency
which coo dina ed and join ly implemen ed he eco e y p og am ollowing he 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami
and he 2005 Nias Ea hquake. This ins i u e has un many disas e eco e y p ojec s in Aceh om 2005 o
2009, so his pe iod is known as he ehabili a ion and econs uc ion pe iod. The ins i u ions which engaged
in he ehabili a ion and econs uc ion pe iod we e mos ly in e na ional aid agencies. They we e ocused on
he owne ship o economic asse s and p oduc ion acili ies o inc ease he communi y’s abili y o gene a e
income. Some assis ances gi en by dono in his pe iod a e business capi al, ish p ocessing equipmen ,
aining o p oducing Aceh c a , sewing equipmen , aining o ca ish p oduc ion, p ocu emen o ca ish
ge m, e i alisa ion b ick ac o ies, p ocu emen o boa and ishing gea , p ocu emen o icycles, aining
o p oducing sh edded ish, cool box p ocu emen o p ese e he esh ish and aining o ish p ocessing o
ishe men.
A e 2009, he aid was mo e ocused on sus ainabili y and equi able dis ibu ion o economic ac i i ies. In
his pe iod, some aid p og ams we e s ill suppo ed by he go e nmen h ough ela ed agencies, such as
he Indus y and T ade Depa men , he Ma ine and Fishe ies Depa men , he Social Wel a e Depa men ,
e c. While du ing he ehabili a ion and econs uc ion pe iod he ype o aid was mos ly physical assis ance,
in he nex pe iod he aid was mo e ocused on non-physical assis ances in he o m o business
de elopmen aining.
Howe e , people's li es en yea s a e he sunami we e s ill below he s anda d o li ing, including low
income le els and poo quali y o li e. Mo eo e , ocus g oup discussions ha e shown ha he e a e some
aspec s ha a e igno ed in he dis ibu ion o aid o he communi y. One case was ha people we e no
in ol ed in de e mining he economic asse s needed.
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In an e ec i e empowe men p og am, he communi y should be in ol ed in he p ocess o planning,
ac ua ing, esul s u iliza ion and p ojec e alua ion. Howe e , due o ime cons ain s in implemen ing aid
p og ams, he e was incompa ibili y be ween he ype o assis ances p o ided wi h he capaci y and skills o
he communi y based on hei economic ac i i y be o e he sunami. In o de o gi e a quick esponse, he
dono s o mula ed quick policies in acco dance wi h disas e loca ions and he amoun o unds a ailable.
In addi ion, he absence o moni o ing and e alua ion om unde s in e e y p o ision made dono s only
ocus on he ul ilmen o asks o ins i u ions o p o ide assis ance in a p ecise ime, some imes ega dless o
people's basic needs. The people we e also no in ol ed in any o he decision making p ocesses, showing
ha hese ac ions only wan o show he exis ence o dono s wi hou equi ing he communi y o pa icipa e
ac i ely. Mo eo e , in he ehabili a ion and econs uc ion pe iod, he a ec ed communi y also no iced aid
ha was o e lapping be ween dono s. This condi ion happened because one ype o goods was conside ed
mo e impo an compa ed o o he ypes o assis ances. This si ua ion le some kinds o help igno ed and
no used.
We ealise ha many assis ances made people mo e on om hei sadness and imp o e hei li es again. Bu
in economic assis ance, he huge amoun o assis ance has had a nega i e impac on people’s daily a i ude.
One o he p oblems is ha he bene icia ies ha e become apa he ic and always ely on dono s o hei
li elihood. This happened because he economic esou ces we e no de eloped as a whole. Dono s seemed
o pu a lo o a en ion on he ype o aid. Howe e , we also need o conside he eadiness o he
communi y o ake ad an age o he aid. Readiness o he socie y includes no only economic aspec s (which
means skills in using a gi en asse ), bu also he eadiness and commi men o he communi y o use he aid
in acco dance wi h he pu pose o g an ing such aid. In some cases i was ound ha people o en used cash
capi al o o he aid o p i a e pu poses because hey needed o ul il hei p ima y needs, so hei businesses
emained unde eloped.
People's desi e o mee hei p ima y needs quickly also caused o he p oblems in he e o s o accele a e
economic g ow h. Gene ally, people choose o do business ha could inc ease e enues in a ela i ely sho
ime and ha had a ce ain ma ke . So many ainings on p oduc inno a ion we e no implemen ed by he
communi y. I showed ha Acehnese people ocused mo e on ul illing hei amily needs by using he
assis ance o wo king as be o e sunami because hey don’ wan o ake a isk o y some hing new o ail
and loose income o hei amily. The e o e, a e he a ious assis ance p og ams om NGOs and BRR we e
comple ed in 2009, he economic li e o he people a ec ed by he ea hquake and he sunami did no
expe ience signi ican de elopmen .
Ele en yea s a e he ea hquake and sunami, Aceh’s economic condi ions ha e begun o imp o e. Mos
people ha e been o ced o change hei jobs because o he loss and des uc ion o business a eas, bu
some o he s a e s ill doing hei p e ious e o s. People in coas al a eas a e gene ally s ill unning he same
businesses, such as ishe men and ish p ocesso s. Likewise, people in he Lampisang and Blang K ueng
illage a e also s ill unning he same business such as adi ional cake p oduc ion. Lampisang illage has
been known as a p oduce o eliable adi ional Acehnese cakes since be o e he sunami. Along he s ee s
o Banda Aceh-Meulaboh we can see many adi ional pas y shops. In con as , in Blang K ueng illage,
people sell only on a small scale a he co ee shops a ound he illage and he Da ussalam a ea.
Fo he a me s in he egion o Lamlhom illage, Aceh Besa , some ha e had o swi ch jobs and become as
ade s o cons uc ion wo ke s as hei ields a e s ill co e ed in mud om he sunami. Howe e , some
people a e s ill ying o wo k as hey did be o e he sunami as a me s and ade s. Recen ly, we can see
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Case S udy o Indonesia and Japan
This sec ion compa es he implemen a ion o Sa e Public Open Space (SPOS) a e la ge-scale disas e s in
Indonesia and Japan. Bo h coun ies ha e su e ed con inuous impac s om ea hquakes and sunami and
ha e p og essed ex ensi ely in hei e o s o build esilience.
Dome Housing, Yogyaka a, Indonesia
Yogyaka a, a ci y in Cen al Ja a Indonesia (Figu e 3), was hi by an ea hquake on Sa u day, 27 May 2006.
The ea hquake in ci ca 6.3 magni udes killed o e 5,000 people and inju ed housands. Mo e han 100,000
homes we e des oyed and a ound 200,000 we e damaged (Su yandono & Wong 2012).
Figu e 3: Loca ion o Yogyaka a
Sou ce: Wo ldA las (2015)
An NGO om he USA – DTWF (Dome o he Wo ld Founda ion) dona ed o Ngelepen a ound 80 new
buildings in a dome shape called Dome Housing p ojec . Ngelepen is a illage in Yogyaka a and had o be
eloca ed because o landslides caused by he ea hquake. The new ese lemen si e is called New Ngelepen
which is one km away om he o iginal illage (Figu e 4). Fu u e esiden s pa icipa ed in he housing
cons uc ions, bu no in he design and plans. The dome houses consis o ele en o wel e blocks o houses
ha sha e elec ici y, public oile s, and pa hways. The diame e o he house is se en me e s, wo s o ies,
wi h he o al a ea o 38 squa e me e s. Public acili ies a ailable a e a mosque, playg ound, kinde ga en,
heal h clinic and a ceme e y. Howe e , acili ies o communi y ac i i ies a e lacking. This is because he
planne s assumed in he cons uc ion p ocess ha public acili ies we e nea by. The child en playg ound
a ea is oo small and loca ed beside he ceme e y. Mos communi y ac i i ies happen on he s ee s.

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Figu e 4: Dome Housing plan in New Ngelepen
Sou ce: “Dome Yogyaka a”. 7°48'49.79"S and 110°30'12.58"E. Modi ied om Google Ea h. 24 June 2015. Sep embe 18, 2015.
Figu e 5: Changes made by inhabi an s o Dome Housing
Sou ce: UGM & IRM (2009)
Acco ding o Sa aswa i (2007), a e one-yea occupancy, people liked o s ay in he dome houses since hey
el sa e om he ea hquake. Howe e , he dome housing was pe cei ed as no sui able o he Indonesian
opical clima e. The e o e, many esiden s e en ually made addi ional changes o he dome, such as
addi ional ea es, canopy, and o he unc ions (Sa aswa i 2007).
Ma cillia and Ohno (2012) in es iga ed he in luence o social in e ac ion be ween esiden s wi hin h ee
yea s occupancy. 34 esiden s ou o 51 esiden s we e in e iewed. The esul s indica ed ha 57% wan ed
p i a e app oach pa hways, 61% had no enough ya ds in he house o social ga he ing. The a ailable
e ace in on o he house should be al e ed as a gues oom, bu he limi ed space made his no possible
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(Ma cillia & Ohno 2012). Based on his in es iga ion, he ou doo space was no enough o la ge ga he ing
space. The only la open space a ailable was used o a ceme e y. The in lexible design o he dome houses
made he esiden s o use open space ou side he houses o be e social in e ac ion. Housewi es cha and
child en playing we e ound in he s ee s ac i i ies. The main s ee was e en pain ed o a badmin on cou .
He e, he unc ion o social ga he ing ha used o be a ailable in he o iginal place, was aking place on he
s ee , hough i was conside ably dange ous. The disc epancies om he in ended usages in he o iginal
plan and ac ual usages showed he insensi i i y o he cul u al needs (Ma cillia & Ohno 2012).
Tempo a y houses, Hei a, Kamaishi, Japan
The G ea Eas e n Japan Ea hquake and Tohoku Tsunami ha e led o he loss o app oxima ely 108,000
esidencies. The Japanese Go e nmen quickly esponded o his wi h mul iple o e s o ansi ional shel e
acco ding o he a ec ed loca ion (Shiozaki, e al. 2013).
Figu e 6: Loca ion o Kamaishi Japan
Sou ce: The Economis (2015)
The G ea Eas Japan Ea hquake de as a ed Kamaishi Ci y in Iwa e P e ec u e in Tohoku Region (Figu e 6).
The empo a y housing in Kamaishi is loca ed nea Hei a A hle ic Pa k and i s design is simila o he
des oyed houses (Figu e 7). Acco ding o a epo o he Japan In e na ional Coope a ion Agency (JICA) on
he econs uc ion p ocesses om la ge-scale disas e s (2013), he e a e 240 housing uni s and a empo a y
shopping dis ic o suppo he inhabi an s, compa able o a small own wi h unc ions o p o ide he
esiden s se ices o daily li es, places o wo k, and places o o e ing physical and men al suppo (JICA
2013).
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Figu e 7: Hei a Tempo a y Houses in Kamaishi Japan
Sou ce: ”Hei a Kamaishi”. 39°14'3.88"N and 141°53'11.27"E. Modi ied om Google Ea h. 01 June 2015. Sep embe 26, 2015.
Figu e 8: Suppo Hub loca ion
Sou ce: Examples o Ini ia i es Aimed a Recons uc ion (2013)
The e a e wo ypes o empo a y houses, one wi h a wooden deck and one wi hou (Ohno 2011). A suppo
hub acili y is gi en o p e en esiden s om isola ion and o p omo e in e ac ion be ween he elde ly and
he o he membe s o he communi y (Figu e 8). To make he op imum use o spaces, he empo a y houses
also ha e po ches made o wooden decks so ha he esiden s can si in on o he houses and in e ac .
Neighbou s can mee each o he in on o hei houses and hus ha e a social ela ion. Besides he suppo
hub as a welcome place, he e is also a communi y place called “home o all”, whe e he communi y can
ga he a nigh (Figu e 9) (Wo all 2013). He e, he communi y pa icipa ed in he design and cons uc ion
p ocess. The e a e also la ge ou doo spaces a ound he communi y cen e which can be used as a child en
playg ound a ea.
Figu e 9: Types o empo a y housing (le , cen e), Home o All ( igh )
Sou ce: Ohno (2011) (le , cen e); Sumne (2013) ( igh )
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Discussion
Based on he wo case s udies abo e, his s udy compa es he public open spaces a ailable ega ding he
c i e ia o a ailabili y, accessibili y and equi y.
A ailabili y
F om he wo case s udies, he eloca ion si es a e mos ly in a eas away om he possibili y o dange . This
makes he communi y eel sa e. In bo h cases, mee ing places a e needed. In Japan, he communi y cen e
se es as a welcome place, suppo hub, and e en o elde ly. In Indonesia, public spaces and acili ies
a ailable a e a playg ound, mosque, and heal h clinic. This is ela ed o di e en cul u es and loca ions in
Indonesia and Japan. The loca ion o he communi y cen e in Japan case is in he cen e o ease access o
he inhabi an s.
In Yogyaka a, no space is alloca ed o communi y ac i i ies. The e is no la ge public open space o
ga he ing space. Thus, he social in e ac ion happens on he s ee s. The child en playg ound is conside ed
oo small and he e o e child en p e e o play on he s ee s. Fu he mo e, he need o social place, ei he in
an ou doo o indoo communi y cen e is impo an and has no been no iced by he local go e nmen . Fo
he case o Hei a in Japan, he communi y made po ches be ween he shel e s as sha ed space o mee hei
neighbou s. Besides, hey ha e a suppo hub as a welcome place and a di e en communi y cen e. The
ou doo a ea is also la ge enough o child en playing.
The exis ence o public open space is, he e o e, necessa y, since i is a place o he communi y ac i i ies,
and i is indeed a p ima y social need o he communi y. The disas e ook no only hei physical belonging
bu also hei social, economic li e hey had be o e he disas e .
Disas e s ha e a g ea impac on he social ela ion o he socie y. The a ailabili y o communi y cen es can
help o educe he loss. This is why social ies a e impo an in eloca ion si es. The social ela ions o social
ies imp o e communi y esilience. Besides building cons uc ion he econs uc ion o new place should
conside social beha iou .
Sha ed space o he communi y can be ecommended in wo ways: an indoo communi y cen e and
ou doo public open space o he communi y. The indoo communi y cen e should se e as a place o
social ac i i ies, a heal h cen e and needs o conside he elde ly as he mos emo ionally and physically
a ec ed. Ou doo public open space is needed as an assembly poin , a e uge o he communi y du ing he
disas e and o empo a y spaces o eloca ion.
Accessibili y
Public acili ies o he communi y in Yogyaka a a e a ailable nea by. Hence, hey a e easily accessible o all
esiden s. Howe e , he oads as an accessible place o all ha e aken o e he need o eal public open
space. Fo ins ance, child en use s ee s as a place o play badmin on. In he case o Japan, he eloca ion si e
is su ounded by a la ge pa k and has big open spaces. The communi y cen e is loca ed in he middle o
ease he access o people.
Public open space acili ies should ha e an inclusi e design o be accessible o e e yone, since i s impo ance
in p e-disas e o pos -disas e econs uc ion. This also means o conside a ious s akeholde s who will
bene i om he new eloca ion si es, om child en, you h, adul s, elde ly, e en conside ing disabled people,
which a e o en no men ioned in many cases o eme gency escape ways.
The communi y awa eness ega ding sa e y ou es and escape ways du ing disas e s is also impo an , bu
o en lacking in places ha do no ealize he ea hquake and sunami haza ds. The su i o s o he Indian
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Ocean Tsunami 2004 men ioned ha eye o ien a ion ega ding high buildings, sign, hill, e c. made hem o
eac as e , o un away om he wa e , o go o a highe place, and ollow he lock o people. The e o e, he
escape ou es need o be clea and isible o e e yone (Fakh u azi 2010)
Equi y
The communi y in ol emen is impo an as pa o he econs uc ion p ocess. In Yogyaka a, he
communi y pa icipa ed in cons uc ion, bu no in he housing plans. As a esul , he e is some incompa ible
design o he local cul u e and condi ion. Local esiden s he e o e made some adjus men and use oads as
an open a ea o communi y ac i i ies. This is in con as ing si ua ion wi h he case s udy o Japan, whe e
communi y pa icipa ed in he planning p ocess o ensu e he social alue be ween he esiden s.
To sus ain a new a ea, i is sugges ed o suppo a communi y pa icipa ion ha helps o enhance sel -
belonging eelings. The communi y can also main ain he communal space. Since he case s udies also
shows cul u al changes in eloca ion si es, hus i is impo an o p o ide he communi y an adap able
unc ion o place, o example, public open place which can se e as spo acili ies, a place o communi y
ga he ing and e en as a e uge place. This may end up in he open ended and lexible design by he
communi y.
Conclusion
Enhancing disas e p epa edness o e ec i e esponse and o "Build Back Be e " in eco e ing,
ehabili a ion, and econs uc ion is one o he goals in Sendai F amewo k. The indings om he wo case
s udies allow o d aw he conclusion ha he public open space is an impo an pa in planning o
eloca ion si es. I is one impo an elemen o build be e new eloca ion si es o disas e isk mi iga ion,
eco e y, ehabili a ion, and econs uc ion. I needs o be easily accessible and o p o ide op ions o social
ac i i ies o a ious use s, like child en, you h, adul s, elde ly, and disabled people. The mo e adap able
communal spaces a e, he be e can people use hem conce ning hei needs. Since he beginning o
planning ega ding he scape`s unc ion and loca ion, he a ec ed communi y needs o be in ol ed by he
planne s. This is necessa y o ensu e sus ainabili y o he space and also inc ease communi y awa eness o
he a ailabili y and impo ance o his space. Social ies also help o build communi y esilience in he p e-
and pos - disas e phase. The e o e, e e y planning o mac o scale o se lemen in disas e p one a ea
should ake his ma e in o accoun .
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Resilien -Designed Communi y S uc u es and Facili ies o
Vulne able Coas al Ci ies: Lessons Lea ned om Indonesia and
he Philippines
Ru h Ma ie I. Equipaje1, Shi leyana2 & Cu Yul iza 3
1Uni e si y o San o Tomas, Philippines
2Depa men o A chi ec u e, Widya Ka ika Uni e si y, Indonesia
3Depa men o Biology, Syiah Kuala Uni e si y, Indonesia
Email: [email p o ec ed]; [email p o ec ed]; yunda[email p o ec ed]
Abs ac
Twen y- i s cen u y ci ies a e home o mo e han i y pe cen o he wo ld popula ion. Coas al ci ies and
owns ha a e highly exposed o sea le el ising, ha e high isk and ulne abili y pa icula ly du ing he
occu ence o disas e s such as: ea hquakes, sunamis, yphoons, and s o m su ges. Coun ies, such as
Indonesia and he Philippines, a e geog aphically loca ed along he sphe e o clima ic haza ds and ha e high
ulne abili y o hese na u al disas e s.
The coas al a ea is indica ed as ulne able o na u al disas e s. This s udy pu s a ocus on he discussions o
disas e p epa edness and mi iga ion measu es h ough iden i ying sa e zones. The analysis p esen s
indings o c ea e concep s o esilien -designed communi y s uc u es and acili ies o help c ea e sa e
zones and be e human secu i y in he highly-dense disas e -p one u ban ci ies and coas al owns o
Indonesia and he Philippines.
Keywo ds: sa e, communi y, s uc u es, acili ies, disas e , esilience, ulne abili y, clima e change adap a ion
In oduc ion
G ea disas e s such as ea hquakes and sunami o en s ike coas al a eas (Pu bani, 2012; Diposap ono,
2005). Some coun ies a e p one due o he ac ha la ge pa s o hei e i o y a e made o coas al a eas. In
Indonesia, some ci ies a e close o he aul line o ac i e ec onic pla e ha is cons an ly mo ing. This means
ha i is highly p one o olcanic e up ion, ea hquake and e en sunami. The e a e 290 ci ies loca ed a he
coas al line. The e o e, coun e measu es o p o ec he coas al ci ies om sunami a e needed (Fakh u azi,
2010).
Indonesia as he bigges s a e a chipelago has huge na u al coas al esou ces and high na u al disas e
po en ial. The p esen popula ion o he egion is app oxima ely 210 million, wi h app oxima ely140 million
li ing wi hin 60 km o he coas s. The coas al a ea is indica ed as one o he a eas ha a e ulne able o
na u al disas e s such as ea hquakes and sunami. One o he disas e s was he ea hquake and he
ollowing sunami ha de as a ed Banda Aceh, Indonesia on Decembe 26 h in 2004. I has caused
ema kable p oblems such as social, economic and en i onmen al aspec s in Banda Aceh. Al hough his
egion o Indonesia is ex emely ulne able o na u al disas e s and due o i s loca ion exposi ion o dange is
una oidable, disas e isk s ill could be educed. The go e nmen mus conside his in making policy and
de elopmen s a egy o be mo e sui able o disas e mi iga ion (Ruswandi, 2009).
The Philippine a chipelago is equen ly isi ed by s ong yphoons, while on a yea ly basis o he a e age o
20 yphoons de elop and abou eigh o en make a land all. Being an a chipelago o 7,100 islands, i is
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p edominan ly su ounded by wa e and geog aphically loca ed wi hin he “Ring o Fi e” and di ec ly
adjacen eas wa d o he Paci ic Ocean. Wi h he cons an expe ience o yphoons, he Filipinos ha e been
esilien o he impac o yphoons and looding. Howe e , Typhoon Haiyan, augh he mos c uel i s -hand
expe ience on he des uc i e e ec o s o m su ge which has been eco ded o happen once in 50 yea s.
Typhoon Haiyan (2013) is his o ically eco ded o be one o he supe yphoons ha a e sed he Philippines
wi h a wind speed o 195 miles pe hou and buil a s ong gus o wind o 235 miles pe hou a land all.
Acco ding o he da a ga he ed by Uni ed S a es Agency o In e na ional De elopmen om he
Go e nmen o he Philippines (GPH) Na ional Disas e Risk Reduc ion and Managemen Council (NDRRMC)
as o Ap il 17, 2014 Typhoon Haiyan a ec ed 16 million people, displaced 4.1 million people, caused 6,300
eco ded dea hs, damaged and des oyed abou 1.1 million houses (USAID, 2014).
Planning o disas e -p one owns and ci ies should be s a egic and ocus a mo e conc e e sus ainabili y and
esiliency solu ions ha a e adap able and comp ehensi e. Sa e places o unc ion as e acua ion space
should be managed and planned p io o i s occu ence as o minimize he impac o such disas e s o he
physical en i onmen o ci ies, o p epa e he communi y o he disas e and mos impo an ly o sa e li es
o he people. The p oblem is people eac as e , un away om wa e o ollow he lock o people ins ead o
ollowing escape ou es (Fakh u azi, 2010). Besides escape ou es, hey need o be amilia wi h he
e acua ion space o space o e uge, which usually a e communi y acili ies.
Too li le li e a u es was w i en abou “space o e uge”, bu he closes de ini ion is ela ed o he “a ea o
e uge” ha is de ined and iden i ied in building codes and i e sa e y s anda ds. A ea o e uge is a i e-
esis i e indoo space inside he building whe e people un o o sa e y du ing he occu ence o i e which
is equipped wi h necessa y ool o clea he ai om smoke and any haza dous gas (ICC, 2015). Space o
e uge is an a ea in a public open space ha is unobs uc ed and wi h he signi ican ole o p o iding a ee,
sa e place o people o go du ing he peak o clima e- ela ed disas e s and immedia ely igh a e i has
passed.
Conside ing he need o communi y acili ies which ha e a mul i- unc ional pu pose and can be con e ible
o e acua ion a ea in imes o disas e s, i is necessa y o ha e a esilien design communi y s uc u e and
acili ies o hese p one ci ies.
Disas e p epa edness
Coas al communi ies a e ull o alse my hs associa ed wi h disas e s. Communi y membe s li ing in disas e -
p one a eas become ic ims because o he lack o p epa a ion and alse my hs abou he disas e (Dahu i e
al., 1996). A e disas e s occu , people o en lose con ol and a e a aid and anxious. Disas e p epa edness
educes hese eelings and helps communi ies o know whe e o ake e uge and how o ca e ega ding
domes ic pu poses.
Disas e s a e ine i able, unp edic able and signi ican ly impac communi ies and hei economy. The e o e, i
is impo an o disas e p epa edness o minimize he h ea . Planning, wa nings, e acua ions and sea ch
and escue a e p ocesses designed o minimize he dele e ious e ec s o disas e s on popula ions (Gillespie
& S ee e , 1987). Disas e p epa edness can be in o m o escue acili ies such as disas e wa ning si ens,
e acua ion ou es and e acua ion a ea o disas e ic ims. In an ea hquake ehabili a ion pe iod, a wa ning
om he sound o si ens can make people o un o disas e and e acua ion si es ha ha e been p o ided in
acco dance wi h ins uc ions o knowledge a he ime o counselling, socializa ion and p ac ical simula ions.
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E acua ion space as a sa e zone
E acua ion shel e s a e a eas ha can be used o eme gency e acua ion di ec ly a e he occu ence o a
na u al disas e . The Japan S udy Suppo (JPSS) ca ego ises e acua ion space in o h ee ca ego ies: (1)
Tempo a y e acua ion si es (Tempo a y assembly poin ) (usually he nea es spacious places such as local
pa k, schoolya d); (2) Open e acua ion a ea (e.g. la ge pa k o an open space); (3) E acua ion shel e s (places
o e acuees o li e empo a ily e.g. public schools).
Based on he ca ego ies he Ci y o Hi oshima in Japan di e en ia es he e acua ion shel e s in (1) immedia e
shel e , (2) neighbou hood and daily li e designa ed e acua ion shel e s and (3) wide-a ea e acua ion
shel e s. The immedia e shel e is a p e-selec ed e acua ion a ea, e.g. public pa ks, open ields, o emp y
spaces nea o homes o wo k places. The neighbou hood and daily li e e acua ion shel e p o ides lodging
and shel e o pe sons whose esidences a e des oyed. The wide-a ea e acua ion shel e s a e used when
he neighbou hood e acua ion shel e can no longe be used.
Resilien design o communi y s uc u es and acili ies
Acco ding o he Hyogo F amewo k o Ac ion (UNISDR, 2005), disas e esilience is de e mined by he
deg ee o which indi iduals, communi ies and public and p i a e o ganisa ions a e capable o o ganising
hemsel es o lea n om pas disas e s and educe hei isks o u u e ones a in e na ional, egional,
na ional and local le els.
Buildings and s uc u es p o ec people om nega i e e ec s o ex eme-wea he condi ions and impac s o
clima e change. The e o e, we should design s uc u es ha a e clima e-adap i e and enable be e heal h
and chances o su i al du ing clima e- ela ed disas e s (Roa e .al, 2005). Ano he impo an poin is he
mul i- unc ional aspec o communi y s uc u es and acili ies. Schools, chu ches, and communi y halls
become e acua ion cen es and people o en un o hese buildings o seek shel e du ing yphoons and
o he eme gencies and disas e s. I is he e o e impo an o conside a mul i- unc ional and mul i-haza d
app oach in he design and planning o communi y s uc u es and acili ies.
Mos communi y s uc u es and acili ies in de eloping coun ies a e ini ia ed by dono agencies, poli icians,
eligious g oups o people's o ganiza ions. Mos o hese acili ies ha e limi ed budge also a ec ing he
design and ma e ial speci ica ions o he espec i e buildings. The aspi a ion o designing clima e-adap i e
s uc u es ha can wi hs and ex eme wea he e en s lacks ealiza ion and implemen a ion.
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Figu e 11. An open space o ec ea ion a he E acua ion and Tempo a y Housing o he displaced amilies in Es ancia, Iloilo,
Philippines
Sou ce: own pho og aph by Equipaje (2014)
Analysis and discussion
Bo h case s udies a e eac i e and ake co esponding ac ions on disas e p epa edness and mi iga ion only
a e he disas e al eady occu ed. The case o Neheun in Aceh is a ese lemen illage, while he case in
Tacloban is an example o empo a y housing ha se es as a empo a y shel e o Typhoon Haiyan disas e
ic ims. In e ms o loca ion, he e acua ion si es o eloca ion si es should be in sa e a ea, a away om
possibili ies o be a ec ed by con inuing disas e . Howe e , since he e we e many conside a ions like ease
o li elihood, he loca ion o empo a y o eloca ion si es could s ill be wi hin he adius o dange zones . In
he case o Neuheun, he ese lemen a ea is on a hillside and can be conside ed o lie on a sa e a ea since i
is a om he coas line. In con a y, he Bunkhouse empo a y shel e in Tacloban is s ill loca ed in low-lying
and lood p one a eas. The empo a y housing in Es ancia, is no a om own cen e, and he open public
g ound such as public school g ound was selec ed o he empo a y shel e loca ion.
E acua ion plans o way- inding signage o he “escape ou es” a e ins alled and made a ailable in Neuheun
Village, Aceh, w i en in he local language. This made he e acua ion plan easie o unde s and, he eby
acili a ing a be e pa icipa ion among he esiden s du ing e acua ion p ocedu es. The escape ou es
showed di ec ions going o he hill. As obse ed, some o he signs a e co e ed wi h ee b anches and made
he signs less isible o he public. This shows ha he main enance o escape ou es signs has also be
conside ed, o he wise, he signs will no be isible when needed. In he case o Tacloban and Es ancia, since
bo h we e empo a y shel e case, he e we e no signs o escape ou es.
Wi h ega ds o communi y acili ies, in Neheun Village he e we e a mosque which also se es as a mee ing
place, a heal h clinic, a ma ke place, aillage o ice, and h ee school buildings. In he case o Bunkhouse in
Tacloban, he e we e no communal acili ies epo ed. The communi y needs child- iendly spaces,
ec ea ion acili ies, spaces o women, and mul ipu pose hall. These unc ions a e necessa y o c ea e
oppo uni y o people o in e ac . In he case o Es ancia, UNICEF helped o acili a e communal acili ies
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allo ed o ec ea ion o he e acuees, which became enue o spo s ac i i ies and play a ea o he
child en. This public open space encou aged in e ac ion among he people, hough hey came om
di e en neighbou hoods.
The e acua ion buildings we e designed and p epa ed bu he loca ion is also impo an . In he case o
Neheun Village, he escape buildings a ailable a e 25 kilome es away. The exis ing eigh Tsunami Escape
Buildings (TEB) we e loca ed in he ci y, ocused a ound he coas al a ea. Fo he wo cases in he Philippines,
no u he in o ma ion abou e acua ion buildings in he empo a y si es was p o ided. The empo a y
shel e s al eady had a la ge open a ea unc ions as an assembly poin , bu consequen ly an e acua ion plan
is needed, i a disas e occu s again.
Case S udy 1: Neheun Village
Aceh - Indonesia
Case S udy 2:
Bunkhouses, Tacloban,
Ley e, The Philippines
Case S udy 3:
Tempo a y Housing,
Es ancia, IloIlo, The
Philippines
T
ype o disas e
happened
Ea hquake & sunami
T
yphoon & lood
T
yphoon & lood
T
ype o housing Rese lemen / eloca ion
Housing
T
empo a y housing
T
empo a y housing
Loca ion On he hill, sa e a ea Low-lying & lood p one
a eas
3km om he own
cen e & public school
g ounds wi hin own.
Escape ou es A ailable in local language,
some signs a e co e ed wi h
ees. NGO suppo ed in
counselling, socializa ion, and
simula ion o he disas e isk
educ ion.
No sign o escape ou es No sign o escape ou es
E acua ion
building
T
he local Go e nmen plan he
escape buildings o Aceh, he
nea es om he se lemen is
25 km away. The nea a ailable
e acua ion place is mosque
and…
Since i is p epa ed as
empo a y shel e , no
e acua ion place
planned.
Since i is p epa ed as
empo a y shel e , no
e acua ion place
planned.
Communi y
acili ies
Mosque, also se e as a mee ing
place, heal h clinic, ma ke
place, illage o ice, school
buildings.
No communal acili ies
we e epo ed.
Open space allo ed o
child en, NGO p o ided
indoo play a ea and
small lib a y. Howe e ,
less access o po able
wa e supply is ound.
Table 1. Compa ison o he Case S udies in P o iding E acua ion Space and Communi y Facili ies
Sou ce: own elabo a ion
Conclusion and ecommenda ion
Coas al owns and ci ies ha e high a isk and ulne abili y o clima e- ela ed disas e s as hey a e
geog aphically exposed o he e ec s o s ong yphoons, sunamis and s o m su ge and o he haza ds.
The e is a need o ho ough isk assessmen s udies o de e mine he geological cha ac e is ics o hese
disas e -p one owns and ci ies, om below and abo e sea-le el, in o de o iden i y weak poin s o h ea s
and lay ou necessa y s a egies o educe i s ulne abili y o sunamis, s o m su ges and he impac o
yphoons and o he disas e s.
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Iden i ying sa e zones on hese coas al owns and ci ies is a challenge by i sel as i s loca ion and exposu e o
he open sea and adjacency o i e s is by i sel a ac o con ibu ing o ulne abili y. Iden i ica ion o sa e
zones should be done by expe s and should be adap ed in he land use plans o ci ies as sa e and secu ed
zones o clima e change adap a ion and disas e isk educ ion and managemen mi iga ion pu poses.
On adap ing esilien communi y s uc u es and acili ies, e acua ion si es should conside planning o a
mul i- unc ional and mul i-haza d app oach in building hese communi y cen es and allow lexibili y o
enable con e sion o e acua ion cen es o p o ec he people du ing ex eme-wea he e en s. These should
ha e p e-alloca ed spaces in iden i ied sa e zones o ci ies and should be s uc u ally sound and ap o adap
lexibly be o e, du ing, and a e e en s. Bu mos impo an ly, i should sa e li e as a esilien e acua ion
cen es du ing yphoon, s o m su ge, sunamis, ea hquakes and o he haza dous e en s. Ideally, hese sa e
zones should be wi hin a unning dis ance o in close p oximi y o mos o he pe manen esidences o he
own esiden s.
E acua ion ou es ha e o be p epa ed and in oduced o he people in a socio-cul u ally sensi i e way. The
signs can use local language o people o easily unde s and. As o en i is communi y acili ies which a e
being u ilized as e acua ion cen es, i is impo an o conside allo ing clima e-adap i e and esilien
communi y s uc u es and acili ies and plo a highe budge o make he s uc u es sa e and s onge o
wi hs and he high impac o ex eme wea he e en s, he eby p e en ing disas e s o des oy he ci y and
lose i s people.
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Wha abou he de elopmen o a amewo k o coas al sma
ci ies?
H ishikesh Venka a aman1, Nisha a Fe nando2 & Vallam Sunda 3
1Indian Ins i u e o In o ma ion Technology Chi oo , India
2Depa men o Sociology, Uni e si y o Colombo, S i Lanka
3Indian Ins i u e o Technology, India
Email: [email p o ec ed], [email p o ec ed]
Abs ac
The pos Tsunami 2004 phase has wi nessed signi ican enhancemen in he planning o mi iga ion measu es
agains ex eme coas al na u al haza ds. Howe e , a sa e and quick eco e y managemen in eal e en s
e en a e an ea ly wa ning is s ill a c i ical challenge ha is no ye success ully ealized. Recen ly, he Indian
go e nmen has announced se ing up abou 100 sma -ci ies o which, abou 50 sma -ci ies would be
along he coas o Indian peninsula; including sma islands o ou ism and ec ea ion o come up wi hin he
coas al a eas. Howe e , de eloping a own o a ci y along a coas line is a e y di e en p ocess om ha o
egula ci y de elopmen wi hin he mainland. The p esen pape discusses he need o conside he
di e en aspec s in ci y de elopmen , among hem echnical social aspec s as well as psychological aspec s
o he esiden s. The pape p o ides insigh s in o hese aspec s and add esses he ques ion how hey could
se e as he basis o de eloping a concep ual amewo k o building sunami and cyclone- esilien new
coas al sma -ci ies, in coope a ion wi h di e en na ional, in e na ional, public and p i a e s ake-holde s.
In oduc ion
O e a decade a e he sunami in he Indian Ocean, coas al ci ies ac oss he wo ld ha e gi en g ea
impo ance o planning, design and o p oac i ely aking s eps o coun e he g owing numbe o na u al
disas e s such as cyclones, hea and wa e s ess caused by he apidly changing global clima e. Coun ies
such as Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapo e and o he Sou h-eas Asian coun ies ac oss he Indian Ocean
ha e enabled he ci y me opoli an go e nmen s o ake p e-emp i e s eps and p o ide guidance in
planning and eco e y measu es o a ious s akeholde s including ci izens, businesses, communi ies and
escue eme gency suppo se ices, such as i e b igades, ambulances, TV and adio channels, u ili y and
anspo a ion companies, e c.
In India, a e he 2004 sunami, he e has been signi ican wo k on enhancing sunami and ea hquake
p edic ion mechanisms. Howe e , e en wi h enhanced ea ly-wa ning mechanisms and disas e eco e y
solu ions o sunami, cyclones and s o m-su ges, he e is s ill conside ably long du a ion be ween disas e
de ec ion and eco e y ac ions like eliable in o ma ion ansmission o he conce ned indi iduals o g oup,
e acua ion, p o ec ion o c i ical asse s o indi iduals, e c. A sa e and quick eco e y managemen e en a e
ea ly wa ning is s ill a c i ical challenge ha is no ye success ully ealized; a p ime example being - Cyclone
Hudhud in Vishakapa nam, AP, India in Oc obe 2014 (a ci y also a ec ed by sunami in Decembe 2004), ha
caused humongous damage o he ci y. Signi ican ly, i is p edic ed ha by 2030, mo e han 40% o Indian
popula ion and 60% o popula ion in sou h-eas Asia will li e in owns/ci ies (Sankhe e al. 2010; Uni ed
Na ions Cen e o Human Se lemen n.d.). Recen ly, he Indian go e nmen announced he se ing up o
100+ sma -ci ies while a ound 50 o hem including sma islands o ou ism and ec ea ion will come up in
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coas al a eas. Howe e , building a ci y a ound coas line is e y di e en om building a egula ci y. A majo
ques ion he e o e a ises - how o build a sma -ci y ha will ensu e s ong esilience om di e en wa e -
based na u al calami ies and p o ide an in elligen ecosys em-adap i e way o li ing, p o ec ing bo h
esiden s and indus ies. He ein, i should be no ed ha al hough India has a as coas line o o e 7,000 km
wi h mo e han 200 po s (comp ising 13 majo and abou 190 mino po s) ha ca y mo e han 90% o
India’s o al ade olume, he coas line is highly unde u ilized and has signi ican po en ial o imp o emen
and de elopmen (Minis y o Finance n.d.). A comp ehensi e analysis o India’s domes ic and po a ic
mo emen indica es he need o imp o e he anspo in as uc u e and in e -modal linkages o achie e
op imal modal mix o po e acua ion (Holman Fenwick Willan n.d.).
In his ega d, i is impo an o no e ha in he con ex o coas al sma ci ies, he Go e nmen o India, in
he 2nd hal o 2014, has ini ia ed a concep o de eloping an ins i u ional amewo k o wa e -based p ojec
called ‘Saga mala’ (Minis y o Shipping (Go e nmen o India) 2014). The e a e di e en objec i es se unde
p ojec ‘Saga mala’ which include:
 Po based de elopmen
 In as uc u e o anspo goods quickly, e icien ly and using low-cos echnique
 De elop wa e -based access o new de elopmen egions wi h in e - anspo modes
 De elopmen o ou ism and ec ea ional ac i i ies ac oss di e en islands
 E icien e acua ion in islands in case o eme gencies such as cyclones, Tsunamis, e c.
I is impo an o no e ha such a la ge scale de elopmen o wo ld-class coas al egions equi e a deepe
unde s anding o many aspec s:
 Knowledge o he local egion and he challenges he ein
 Di e en scena ios ha need o be ackled
 Examples ac oss he wo ld whe e such scena ios ha e occu ed and he enginee ing p inciples,
especially su ace and ocean enginee ing concep s ha hey ha e in es iga ed and applied
 The implemen a ion o such p ojec s and he challenges in e ms o bo h enginee ing and
collabo a ing wi h o he public agencies and p i a e s ake-holde s,
 The know-how o echnologies and usage and deploymen o ICT o de elopmen o coas al egions
The mo i a ion o his wo k is o in es iga e he need o a concep ual amewo k ha will se e as he
pla o m o de eloping new coas al-sma -ci ies in India and Sou h-Eas Asia ha would be sma enough o
a oid he insu moun able losses and o he dange ous consequences a ising om na u al coas al haza ds like
cyclones and sunami. The goal o his wo k is o de ise inno a i e solu ions and models igh om he
planning, design and de elopmen o coas al sma -ci ies, pa icula ly in e ms o pa ne ships wi h ci y, s a e
and he cen al go e nmen , di e en na ional agencies, p i a e playe s and o he s akeholde s such as
hospi als, police s a ions, moni o ing ooms, e c. No ably, using echnologies such as In e ne o Things (IoT)
and Machine o Machine (M2M) communica ion, hund eds o housands o senso s and o he elec onic
de ices can be connec ed oge he o o m an in elligen ne wo k in he design o a coas al sma -ci y.
Fu he , he e a e nume ous o he enginee ing aspec s along wi h social and cul u al aspec s ha need o be
conside ed in human ese lemen and also aspec s o cu en and his o ical ac i i ies in any coas al a ea ha
need o be in es iga ed.
This pape ini ially desc ibes di e en eal-wo ld scena ios o wa e -based anspo a ion along wi h an
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wa e medium is used o e icien anspo a ion in Ge many. This is ollowed by a discussion on de eloping
a coas al island and i s su ace/ocean enginee ing equi emen s o be conside ed be o e going o sel -
su icien and egional de elopmen . Thi dly, he sociological aspec s in he ehabili a ion o people and
ac i i ies in he coas al a eas a e conside ed. Subsequen ly, he di e en aspec s o be conside ed in an
in eg a ed amewo k o coas al sma ci ies a e discussed and a se ies o conclusions is d awn.
In elligen use o wa e medium o e icien anspo a ion
In o de o unde s and how an in elligen anspo a ion sys em can be buil , i is impe a i e o unde s and
ha he e a e many places whe e a majo i e lows be ween he land a eas. O e he yea s, in many places,
an example is Mumbai which was o iginally a combina ion o se en islands, he lands sepa a ed by wa e
bodies ha e been joined by closing he wa e body h ough sand, mud, e c. Howe e , a majo and a
dange ous d awback o such me hods is he des uc ion o ecology. A he same ime, wi h apid
ad ancemen s in 21s cen u y, i is impe a i e ha an e icien connec i i y is p o ided o people ac oss
islands and wa e bodies. In his ega d, he e a e se e al places in India whe e people a e s ill using wa e
bodies o a el om one place o ano he , albei in a e y c ude manne . Fo ins ance, in he ci y o
Guwaha i, he capi al o Assam, IIT Guwaha i and Guwaha i ci y a e sepa a ed by i e B ahmapu a, as
shown in Figu e 1.
Figu e.1: Ri e B ahmapu a be ween IIT Guwaha i and he ci y o Guwaha i
Sou ce: T anspo a ion Map in Guwaha i and IIT Guwaha i (n.d.)
The esiden s o IIT Guwaha i ha e o ake a ci cui ous ou e o each he ci y o Guwaha i h ough he oad
(T anspo a ion Map in Guwaha i and IIT Guwaha i n.d.). Howe e , as Figu e 1 shows, a sho e wa e -based
ou e exis s which he people o ha egion use ( h ough a small boa ) o a el om IIT Guwaha i o he ci y.
This boa ca ies people and small ehicles like bicycles. An impo an ques ion is i his concep can be
scaled up such ha e e ybody uses his wa e medium o a el om one place o ano he , he eby a oiding
he long ci cui ous ou e?
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Figu e 2: Ri e Wese sepa a ing B emen Vegesack po and he Land on O he Side
Sou ce: Google Maps (2017)
A simila p oblem exis ed in he s a e o B emen, Ge many, a he small po o B emen Vegesack (Figu e 2).
The small po a B emen Vegesack has a long c eek whe e people can ake a walk o a dis ance o abou one
kilome e. A he same ime, he e is land ac oss a dis ance o a hal kilome e o wa e body. Also, due o e y
b i le ecological condi ion, he Go e nmen o B emen decided no o cons uc a lyo e ac oss he wa e
body and a medium sized designed e y ha a elled be ween bo h sides o he po is used ins ead. This
e y has he capabili y o no only ca y pedes ians and bicycle s, bu also ca s and small ucks. In en
minu es he e y a els o o he side o he po and e u ns o he o iginal side in 30 minu es. This
p ocedu e is epea ed wice in a pe iod o one hou . Gi en ha a e y can ake a ound en ca s a a ime, i
was obse ed ha e en du ing he peak imes, he ehicles can be easily e ied wi hou causing a ic
conges ion. The example o B emen could be ec ea ed no only a Guwaha i bu also ac oss o he places in
India, ypically in he s a e o O issa, Andh a P adesh and Tamil Nadu whe e se e al simila coas al u al a eas
exis .
In his ega d, he au ho s would like o poin ou ano he posi i e example o a connec ion o wo lands
sepa a ed by a wa e body. I one a els om Ge many o Denma k by ain, one would ealize ha he wo
coun ies a e sepa a ed by a small dis ance by Bal ic Sea a Pu g aden, as can be obse ed in Figu e 3a.
Again, o each Copenhagen in an economical way om Hambu g in Ge many, he e was a need o come up
wi h an e icien anspo a ion model.
Figu e 3a: The Ge man and pa o he Danish ailway line
Sou ce: Bienick (2007)
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Again, he enginee ing p inciple used was o ha e a combina ion o ain and e y as shown in Figu e 3b. Fo
a elling om Ge many o Denma k he p ocedu e is he ollowing:
a) The ain en e s he bo om deck o he e y ( he e a e acks), along wi h o he ehicles.
b) Passenge s exi he ain and go wo loo s up o he e y decks o he 45 minu e jou ney.
c) When he e y nea s he po , passenge s boa d he ain again.
d) The ain exi s he holding a ea o he e y and con inues onwa d in Denma k.
Figu e 3.b: Way o Fe y a Pu ga den
Sou ce: Mölle (2005)
The en y and exi om he e y is designed such ha ains and ca s a e loaded by he lowe amp while
ca s a e loaded only by he uppe amp (Mölle 2005). I is no only an e ec i e and ecological way o
anspo a ion, bu also a ou ism- iendly ha o e s op ions o co ee b eaks du ing he ain jou ney. I is
impo an o no e ha his p ocedu e equi es in ense coo dina ion among di e en agencies – he ail
ne wo k in Ge many, he ail ne wo k in Denma k, he shipping company, he po managemen and mos
impo an ly, he cus ome s and he immig a ion o ice.
This example unde lines ha an in eg a i e app oach, sui ed o sui he people’s needs along wi h ca e o
su ace and ecological p o ec ion, can help o sol e majo anspo a ion p oblems in coas al egions, e en i
i is sp ead ac oss mul iple s a es.
De eloping a coas al island o sel -su icien and egional de elopmen
This si ua ion is ge ing mo e and mo e impo ance in he coming yea s, especially in he Indian Peninsula
(Minis y o Shipping (Go e nmen o India) 2014). The Go e nmen o India has iden i ied en coas al
economic zones (CEZs) o clus e s a ound he Indian Peninsula which hey would like o de elop o e he
coming yea s. No ably, he go e nmen has shown a lo o in e es in de eloping he owns and small ci ies
in hese en CEZs; and making many o hese owns and he islands in his peninsula as ou is and
ec ea ional hubs. Figu e 4 shows he en CEZs planned ac oss he Indian Peninsula (ma ked as ed ci cles). I
can be obse ed ha he Indian Peninsula co e s a egion o 7,000 kilome es, sp eads ac oss se e al majo
ci ies wi h lo s o indus ies and ech-pa ks.
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Figu e 4: Concep o 10 Coas al economic zones (CEZs) planned ac oss Indian Peninsula (Minis y o Shipping
Sou ce: Go e nmen o India (2014)
So, his o e s a lo o oppo uni ies o de elopmen ac oss his egion. The coas al sma ci ies and
ec ea ional a eas can be de eloped a app op ia e loca ions, based on he a ailable coas al ea u es and
sedimen anspo ha plays a key ole in any ype o coas al de elopmen . Bu he e a e se e al challenges
in building and p o ec ing he coas al a eas. This could be done by using coas al s uc u es like g oins,
o sho e b eakwa e s and subme ged ee s and designed in he o m o ha d and so measu es in p o ec ing
he coas / eclaiming he land and ene gy ba ie s o ec ea ional pu poses, based on he equi emen s.
Typical case s udies ocusing on di e en su ace enginee ing aspec s using he abo e men ioned s uc u es
a e de ailed below. These include:
G oin ield
The land eclama ion o hese coas al islands using g oin ields can be done in he coas al a ea wi h a
p edominan alongsho e sedimen anspo . This has o be done wi h p ope ca e in o de o elimina e
possible e o s. A ypical coas al p o ec ion measu e in he Indian scena io by u ilising he exis ing ou c op
wi h p ope design has yielded ui ul esul s wi h he o ma ion o beach a Simon Colony is shown in Fig. 5.
The G oin ield unc ions well in apping he long sho e sedimen . The beach o abou 100m wide in
be ween he g oin iled ge s o med and has go s abilised. The g oin ield se es no only as coas al
p o ec ions measu e o he coas bu also ac s as mini ishing ha bou s. Simila , p o ec ion measu e wi h
sho g oins has been u ilised o p o ec mos o he coas al lands and islands o ac as a bu e in p o ec ing
he coas du ing ex eme e en s a e in p ac ice in mos o he de eloped coun ies. Du ing he sunami o
2004, he beaches o med due o he p esen g oin ield ac ed as bu e s due o which he inunda ion
dis ance and un-up heigh s had educed leading o almos nil damage. The sunami had exhibi ed i s migh
on he illages adjoining he s udy a ea.
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u he ma ginalized and mo e ulne able a e he eloca ion; which in- u n would enable no only a as e
bu much smoo he de elopmen o any planned indus ial o esiden ial ownship o coas al sma ci y.
Conclusion
This pape discusses he h ee di e en aspec s - echnology (i.e., communica ion sys em, in elligen
anspo a ion sys em), su ace and ocean enginee ing and social/ ehabili a ion - a amewo k o de eloping
a coas al sma ci y should include. A majo conside a ion in he de elopmen o a sma ci y is o use
di e en ICT based echniques o e icien main enance, connec i i y and ease o anspo a ion o he
people, o all esiden s, indus ies, ou is s, e c. Fu he , he e is a need o ha e a close coope a ion be ween
di e en s akeholde s o he socie y like ho els and esiden ial colonies, indus ies, hospi al, police, insu ance,
o quick and co ec ansmission o in o ma ion and people when equi ed. Howe e , e en be o e planning
a sma ci y along a coas he e a e wo e y signi ican aspec s ha need o be conside ed – he i s aspec
is he sui abili y o he coas al line/land o building a sma ci y. In o de o do ha , he i s exe cise is o
p epa e a coas al ulne abili y map using sa elli e image ies whe ein he iden i ied loca ions would be
ca ego ised depending on he deg ee and na u e o ulne abili y. The second exe cise would be o iden i y
loca ions ha a e a ec ed badly only du ing ex eme e en s like s o m su ge, sunami which need o be
ea ed in special manne as ega d o he mi iga ion measu e. This has o be ollowed up wi h he
p epa a ion o a sho eline managemen plan ha would clea ly indica e, apa om he ulne able loca ions,
ishing g ounds, ishing ha bou s, po s, ou ism, coas al co ido s o e icien anspo , e c. The second
aspec o be conside ed is he cu en s a us o he loca ion, he na u e o he people’s wo k, hei s eng h
and weakness and how would he eloca ion a ec hem. Fo a be e g ow h o socie y, i is ex emely
essen ial ha hese people a e in ol ed a e e y s age in he de elopmen o a ci y; so ha hey a e no only
no le ou ; bu also eel p oud o be pa o he new ownship o sma ci y. Finally, he conside a ion o
hese aspec s in he amewo k would help no only o de elop a coas al sma coas al ci y bu also o make
i a ebellion ee and long- e m sus aining sma ci y.
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Lea ning p ocesses igge ed - om indi idual s akeholde s o
coun ies
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T ibal indigenous knowledge o sunamic haza d p one a eas in
educing disas e isk wi h ocus on Simeuleu Island Aceh and
o he islands o sho e wes o Suma a
Hanan o Ku nio1 Alexande Feke e2 & Ma hias Ga schagen3
1Ma ine Geological Ins i u e O Indonesia, Indonesia
2Ins i u e o Rescue Enginee ing and Ci il P o ec ion, TH Köln - Uni e si y o Applied Sciences, Ge many
3Uni ed Na ions Uni e si y – Ins i u e o En i onmen and Human Secu i y (UNU-EHS), Ge many
Email: hanan oku [email protected]; alexande . eke e@ h-koeln.de; ga [email protected]
Abs ac
Besides o he ypes o knowledge indigenous knowledge (IK) was accessed a e he Tsunami 2004. In
indigenous communi ies i was possible o educe dea hs and inju ies, due o he knowledge o p ocesses in
he physical wo ld ela ed o a sunami.
In Simeuleu Island – Aceh P o ince no h o Suma a, IK sa ed a lo o local esidences om he ca as ophic
consequences o he sunami haza d ha hi Aceh and No h Suma a in 2004. A he island he numbe o
ic ims was only 7 people ou o he 78,000 o al popula ion o he island, compa ed o Aceh a he mainland
o No he n Suma a whe e he numbe o ic ims eached 200,000.
The ype o IK ha sa ed mos Simeuleuan people was ela ed o he adi ional cul u e inhe i ed om hei
ances o s in acing sunami haza ds. Indigenous knowledge on he sunami haza d was buil up in he o m
o he smong s o y. Smong being he wo d o sunami in local language since 1907’s sunami e en , he
smong s o y became an ea ly wa ning sys em on he island.
Smong cul u e ends o be o go en by he young gene a ion due o he in luence o mass media and
mobile phones ha akes lo s o people´s a en ion and ime. Educa ion o child en a school is he key o
p ese e smong s o ies and i could be imp o ed by accompanying i in TV p og ams, mo ies and books. In
Aceh and Suma a s o ies and messages abou sunami ha had occu ed in he pas could be ound in some
o al his o ies, poems and songs. The conclusion is d awn ha u ilizing IK is a powe ul ool o disas e isk
educ ion (DRR); he ecogni ion o he high alue o IK by local communi ies could e en imp o e u u e
human secu i y.
Key wo ds: Indigenous Knowledge, sunami haza d and Disas e Risk Reduc ion (DRR)
In oduc ion
The e m indigenous knowledge (IK) gene ally e e s o knowledge sys ems embedded in he cul u al
adi ions o communi ies. These include adi ional and local knowledge. Indigenous knowledge is sou ced
om indigenous peoples and hei socie ies (Dunn, 2014). The Uni ed Na ions es ima es ha mo e han 370
million indigenous people li e sp ead ac oss a leas 70 coun ies. This igu e allows he a gumen ha
p oblems will occu i he knowledge sys ems ha cha ac e ize hem a e gene alized and simpli ied. The
p oblem inc eases when we ealize ha indigenous socie ies o en li e in emo e and isola ed places, and
ha hei iden i ies a y s ongly. Indigenous knowledge is acqui ed in a much mo e empi ical way
compa ed o mode n knowledge in he p ocess o inding ou he wo ld (Dunn, 2014). Fi s -hand expe ience
is conside ed he bes and he only way o p ope ly lea n. Sense pe cep ion and language a e used o
unde s and some hing and o expe ience i . This is he way many indigenous socie ies app oach knowledge.
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P ocesses o gaining knowledge in ol e he s ong bonds be ween he people and he place in which
indigenous people li e (Dunn, 2014). To desc ibe how s ongly people a e ela ed o hei li ing place, an
illus a ion was gi en by a membe o he US Indian Na ajo ibe who de ended in cou his people being
o cibly emo ed om hei ances al land by a mining company in he 1980s: “The land is sac ed o us, we
canno p ac ice ou eligion elsewhe e, only on he land whe e we a e known. I is like you amily. You could
no lea e you ela i es i hey we e sick – i is in his way ha we mus s ay wi h his land, ou ela i e”
(Manybeads e al., 1989, pp.228, 230)
Indigenous knowledge can be belie ed o be s o ed in he land i sel , any eloca ion means disloca ion om
e e y hing ha de ines indigenous people. They ans e knowledge o younge indi iduals by elling s o ies.
The s o ies allow hei lis ene s o ela e o he objec s o he s o y, and empa hize wi h hem; I can be
e lec ed how i is like o be he animals in he s o y and expe ience he wo ld om hei pe spec i e.
The e a e many di e en ways o passing s o ies and knowledge. In Aus alia abo igines adi ionally
ans o m in o ma ion abou he landscape in o songs, which a e hen passed down om gene a ion o
gene a ion. Those who know he songs can ge om one place o ano he and can na iga e h ough he
ha sh en i onmen o he Aus alian bush. The e ses o he song a e augh o abo igine child en by hei
mo he s om a e y ea ly age on while child en a e ca ied a ound on hei mo he s´ backs. As a esul ,
g own up abo igines ha e a combined imagina ion, a is ic abili y and na iga ional skill. In he Sou h A ican
San socie y, impo an skills o su i al a e deli e ed in he ce emony o he g ea dance.
The e a e wo implica ions o passing on knowledge using he me hods men ioned abo e; i s ly, i equi es
he use o imagina ion by he lis ene s o de elop a hough ul bond wi h hei li ing en i onmen and he
way o li e success ully in he en i onmen ; secondly, he s o y elling, song lea ning and i ual dance help o
s eng hen communi y bonds and build espec in he socie y.
The adap a ion o indigenous knowledge o he mode n wes e n wo ld is some imes conside ed as
ou da ed, s a ic and ill-adap ed. No well-adap ed does no mean ha hey a e no e y good a adap ing o
change and acing challenges. A socie y which could ope a e e ec i ely wi hin i s en i onmen should be
conside ed e y well adap ed (Dunn, 2014).
Indigenous knowledge in Indonesia was becoming well-known a e he disas ous sunami 2004 e en
which o una ely only ook ew li es o Simeuleuan peoples. This can be seen as an e idence o he powe o
Indigenous Knowledge in educing disas e isk. Fo i s ole in disas e isk educ ion, he e a e ou main
iews (UNISDR, 2008):
1) Va ious indigenous knowledge p ac ices and s a egies agains na u al haza ds can be ans e ed and
adap ed o o he communi ies wi h simila condi ions.
2) Pa icipa ion o he a ec ed communi y is needed when he e is an inco po a ion o indigenous
knowledge in exis ing p ac ices and policies, in o de o encou age and empowe i s membe s o ake
he leading ole in all disas e isk educ ion ac i i ies.
3) P ojec implemen a ion will also be imp o ed because in o ma ion con ained in indigenous
knowledge p o ides aluable in o ma ion abou he local con ex .
4) Dissemina ion o indigenous knowledge in non- o mal ways p o ides a success ul model o
educa ion on disas e isk educ ion.
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Objec i e o he s udy
I is a ac ha mos ly in sunamic haza d p one coas al a eas o Indonesia, awa eness o his haza d was no
ealized by mos local people un il he ca as ophic e en hi Aceh in 2004. I ook 230,000 o 280,000 li es
and le mo e people missing ha li ed in he coas al a eas o Aceh – No he n Suma a Indonesia as well as
o he coun ies su ounding he Indian Ocean such as S i Lanka and Thailand. On he o he hand, he dea h
oll in Simeuleu Island wes o Aceh was much less, only se en people om 78,000 o al popula ion o he
island. I is a gued ha he compa ably lowe numbe o dea hs was a esul o indigenous knowledge (IK)
p esen on he island ha has been inhe i ed om gene a ion o gene a ion. I con ains in o ma ion on how
o eac when a big ea hquake occu s which is ollowed by a d opping sea le el a he coas , which is a
p ocess p eceding a sunami. The objec i e o his s udy is o iden i y hose cha ac e is ics o indigenous
knowledge which educed he numbe o people ulne able o sunami haza ds on Simeuleu Island Aceh
and o he islands o sho e wes o Suma a, and examine local geomo phological cha ac e is ics ha suppo
hei escape ou e o highe g ounds.
Disas e s in Indonesia
Indonesian e i o ies a e p one o ei he na u al o man-induced disas e s. The lis o disas e s con ains
e o o sabo age, lood, lood and landslide, high wa e and ab asion, ea hquake, o es and land i e,
anspo a ion acciden s, olcano e up ion, small opical cyclone and landslide (BNPB, 2016). In 2016, a o al
numbe o 1,928 e en s esul ed in 478 people dead o missing, 2,421,619 a ec ed o e acua ed and 30,763
houses des oyed (Figu e 1).
Figu e 1: Disas e s a is ic o Indonesia 2016
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Figu e 2: Numbe o disas e s pe p o ince in 2016 (un il Oc obe )
Sou ce: BNPB (2016)
Table 1: De ails o he disas e ypes, hei ic ims and impac un il Oc obe 2016
Sou ce: BNPB (2016)
Figu e 2 shows he dis ibu ion o disas e s pe p o ince on a map o Indonesia o he i s en mon hs o
2016, showing ha Aceh P o ince and Simeuleu Island belong o high isk disas e a eas. De ails on he
e en s a e p esen ed in Table 1.
Conce ning he o al numbe o e en s, lood has he mos equen occu ence in Indonesia wi h up o 150
e en s in Feb ua y oge he wi h hea y ains. Flooding is ollowed by landslides which a he same mon h
had an occu ence o app oxima ely 75 e en s. This is possibly ela ed o o e sa u a ion o soils wi h ain
wa e ha inc eases he weigh o soils and can cause landslides. Ea hquake e en s in 2016 can be
neglec ed as only ew occu ed: en e en s wi h wo dea hs and missing. P ope y loss due o ea hquake
esul ed in 390 houses hea ily damaged, 1,036 mode a ely damaged and 3,036 ligh ly damaged. No sunami
e en was eco ded in 2016.
Indigenous knowledge (IK)
Na u al disas e s a e no easy o p edic , bu indigenous knowledge (IK) could an icipa e hem in ad ance
be o e hey occu . Example o such knowledge exis s in island communi ies o Simeuleu Aceh and o he
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islands o sho e he Wes coas o Suma a (Figu e 3). This IK was i s ly ecognized a e he Aceh’s sunami
disas e 2004.
Figu e 3: The loca ion o Simeuleu Island o sho e wes o Aceh P o ince
Sou ce: a chi pelago as ac (2012)
Indigenous knowledge can be a powe ul ool o Disas e Risk Reduc ion, as long as i is ecognized and
u ilized. Wi hou his, i is me ely a pa o common hings in communi y. Empowe ing local communi ies o
ecognize he high alues o Indigenous Knowledge o DRR can imp o e he u u e o human secu i y.
Indigenous Knowledge o igina es wi hin he communi y (Sa ini, 2004), which con as s om scien i ic
knowledge ha is o en in luenced by many ou side sou ces un ela ed o he local cul u e o en i onmen .
Indigenous Knowledge can be easily adop ed and used by he communi y (Ma ai, 2012).
Communi y esponse o ea hquake and sunami haza d
Simeuleu Island
Li ing in a egion o seismic ac i i y, Simeuleu’s people a e amilia wi h ea hquakes and sunamis. This
condi ion has in luenced hei cul u e o adjus o such haza ds. Thei adjus men o sunami haza d was
s imula ed in 1907 when a 7.8 M ea hquake occu ed in he Indian Ocean causing he dea h o se en y pe
cen o he Simeuleu popula ion. The su i o s sha ed hei expe iences and knowledge h ough he o al
s o y o Smong. The s o y explains he sunami disas e phenomenon whe e a big ea hquake is ollowed by
low ide o sea wa e in he beach be o e a gian wa e sweeps h ough he land. This IK showed i s powe
du ing he disas ous e en s on Decembe 26 h, 2004 and Ma ch 28 h, 2005.
On he o he hand, wi hin Aceh e hnic g oup li ing in coas al a eas o no he n Suma a, he messages and
s o y o sunami ha happened in he pas we e implied in some adi ional songs and o al his o ies. In
Bahasa Indonesia, he songs and o al his o ies a e called hikaya o syai . Un o una ely, his aluable IK was
no ecognized. Un ecognized IK could no be used as disas e isk educ ion ool. This is e idence om mo e
ic im numbe s in Aceh main land (Sya wina, 2014). Fu he mo e, adap a ion o one success ul p ac ice o IK
in one place o ano he place needs modi ica ion (Sya wina, 2014). The modi ica ion shall mee he cul u e
based on he new loca ion and communi y.
Simeuleu Island has an excellen oad ne wo k su ounding he island, as shown in igu e 4. The oads un
pa allel o he coas line on he whole island. These oads connec i s Regency Capi al Ci y Sinabang loca ed
in he Sou heas o he island wi h o he places along he coas al zone. The highes place is Gunung (Gg)
Sibau o Sibau Moun ain (625 m abo e sea le el) and Aye pinang (530 abo e sea le el) which a e bo h
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loca ed no hwes o Sinabang. These moun ains a e loca ed a he coas al zone, c ea ing high elie
mo phology in i s no heas acing coas s a ound Ujung Tinggi illage (Figu e 4).
Figu e 4: Simeuleu Island
Sou ce: Suma aEcoTou ism (n.d.)
Men awai Island
Men awai Island belongs o he same island bel wi h Simeuleu and is loca ed o sho e o Wes Suma a. The
island i sel geologically was o med dominan ly by olded and aul ed ma ine sedimen s con olled by he
ac i e Men awai Faul . Men awai Faul uns h ough he island bel o sho e Wes Suma a. Due o i s haza d
p one a ea, Men awai ibe disposes o Indigenous Knowledge ela ed o he selec ion o esidence a eas.
People choose esidence loca ions a om he coas line. They selec a eas close o mang o e o es s which
in he pas ac ed as a na u al p o ec ion agains incoming la ge wa es om he sea (Zu iyani, 2016). The e
also exis s Indigenous Knowledge conce ning he building o houses, which a e cons uc ed app oxima ely
wo me es abo e soil g ound which allows o adap o empo ally ising sea le els du ing (Figu e 5).
Figu e 5: An Uma, he adi ional communal house o he Men awai
Sou ce: Lapue a (2004)
Each household also has small boa s which se e as e acua ion ools in case o sea wa es (Romana, 2010 in
Zu iyani, 2016). This local wisdom has been inhe i ed om people´s ances o s who we e awa e o geological
haza ds and hei e ec s on hei esiden ial a eas. IK o Men awai people is lis ed in Table 2.
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Type o indigenous
knowledge
Implied alues Conse a ion
implica ions
I s ole on
adap a ion and
haza d mi iga ion
T
adi ional houses a e
buil app oxima ely wo
me es abo e he
g ound in Men awai
Islands
Adap a ion e o using
low and p ecise
echnology as well as
sa ing ene gy sui able
wi h local na u al
condi ions
- E o s o mi iga e
sea wa e lood
and high ide wa e
Sabulungan wisdom
means no sepa a ion
be ween human and
na u e
P inciple o balance
be ween na u e and
humans as well as espec
o he su ounding
na u e
T
o p ese e lo a and
auna di e si ies in
he o es
P o ec ing
biodi e si y is one
e o o s o e
ca bon in
an icipa ion o
clima e change
impac
Respec o he sea o
wa e as he sou ce o
human li e bu also as
po en ial dange , local
Men awai’s name : Tai
Leubaga Koa
Respec o he
su ounding na u e ha
c ea es ha mony
be ween humans and
na u e
T
he communi y
ealize ha hey a e
pa o he na u e, his
c ea es espec and
awa eness on he
need o main ain
biodi e si y
Ca bon ese e
s o age and
clima e change
an icipa ion
Selec ion o esiden ial
a eas a om coas line
o membe s in
Men awai communi ies
Adap a ion capabili y
using p ecise low
echnology and ene gy
sa ing sui able o local
na u al condi ions
T
o keep en i onmen
capabili ies, h ough
adap a ion o
esiden ial loca ion
wi h local condi ion
As a o m o
an icipa ion o
la ge wa e haza d
( sunami) o o
minimize he
impac o sunami
Table 2: Conse a ion p inciple and haza d mi iga ion in local wisdom
Sou ce: Analysed based on conse a ion p inciples o local wisdoms by Nababan (1995)
Conclusions
Indigenous knowledge is a powe ul ool in Disas e Risk Reduc ion as e idence om i s applica ion by
Simeuleu and Men awai people in he islands o sho e wes o Suma a Island shows. Du ing he Tsunami
2004, i is epo ed ha he ic ims we e only se en people om 78,000 o al popula ion o Simeuleu Island.
The adi ional cul u e ha had been inhe i ed was e-es ablished a e a sunami e en in 1907 when almos
70 pe cen o Simeuleu people died. Su i o s augh he lessons lea ned o hei child en and g andchild en
and hey a e emembe ed un il he p esen day. The cul u e ook he o m o a s o y hey called smong which
means sunami in local language.
The egional geological condi ions in he a ea made local esiden s awa e o he sunami haza d and has
gi en he oppo uni y o adap . Cul u e in ha mony wi h na u e is an Indigenous Knowledge ha possibly
can be used by mode n socie ies in unde s anding be e how na u e wo ks.
While IK is a powe ul ool, i is necessa y o ha local communi y ecognise he high alue o i o u u e
human secu i y.
Much esea ch has o be ca ied ou on Indigenous Knowledge especially conce ning he ela ionship o
people wi h hei physical li ing en i onmen . Physical cha ac e is ics especially hose ha ela e o he
geomo phology o sunami p one coas al a eas need o be examined u he . P essing ques ions a e e.g. how
a he dis ance o highe hin e land as e acua ion zones ha e o be om people’s esidences , in wha ype
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uni e si y in he Tohoku a ea, conduc ed se e al ac ions o deal wi h pos -disas e ac i i ies (Aoki & I o,
2014). One yea a e he disas e , Tohoku Uni e si y es ablished he esea ch ins i u e “In e na ional
Resea ch Ins i u e o Disas e Science” o deal wi h mo e comp ehensi e and wide access o in e na ional
ins i u ions o suppo he econs uc ion o he a ec ed a eas and also o s eng hen he esea ch ac i i ies
(IRIDeS, 2015). The o ganisa ion “Iwa e Uni e si y Headqua e s o P omo ion o San iku Region Reco e y”
was es ablished o a long- e m suppo o he econs uc ion o he disas e -a lic ed a eas. Iwa e Uni e si y
se up a c isis managemen headqua e o con i m he sa e y o s uden s and acul y membe s and o
iden i y he damage o campus buildings (Ma suoka, 2015).
Conclusions
In acing a disas e , a uni e si y equi es a s ong leade ship so ha i is capable o in i ing o he na ional and
in e na ional ins i u ions o pa ne in disas e isk educ ion and disas e managemen . To ensu e ha he
adminis a ion p ocedu e does no hinde he pa ne ship, which leads o he delayed esponse, a decision
should be aken immedia ely. The no mal academic cul u e equi ing delibe a ion and consensus building
migh no be app op ia e du ing a disas e . The case a Syiah Kuala Uni e si y e ealed ha ac ical and
s a egic esponses a e wo key aspec s in dealing wi h a disas e so ha any ac ions necessa y can be aken
immedia ely. Academicians a a ec ed uni e si ies should play impo an oles in ini ia ing ac ions o
disas e isk educ ion, pos -disas e econs uc ion, and ehabili a ion. I is he e o e s ongly ecommended
ha knowledge access o disas e is widely opened o hem.
Acknowledgemen s
The au ho would like o exp ess his p o ound g a i ude o P o . D . Samsul Rizal, he Rec o o Syiah Kuala
Uni e si y, Banda Aceh, o his insigh ul commen s and ui ul discussion on he pos - sunami uni e si y
leade ship. G a e ul app ecia ion also goes o D . Muzailin, D . Khai ul Munadi, M . Faisal Mus a a and M .
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A e iew o he ci il p o ec ion sys em de elopmen in Pe u and
ecen isk go e nance challenges wi h ocus on he disas e
isk managemen in he egion o Ica a e he 1997-1998
El Niño
I is Dominguez1, Alexande Feke e2 & Ch is iane S ephan2
1Depa men o Enginee ing, Pon i ical Ca holic Uni e si y o Pe u, Pe u
2Ins i u e o Rescue Enginee ing and Ci il P o ec ion, TH Köln - Uni e si y o Applied Sciences, Ge many
Email: [email p o ec ed]; alexande . eke e@ h-koeln.de; ch is iane.s [email p o ec ed]
Abs ac
Pe u is a coun y p one o disas e s, mainly because o he Paci ic Ring o Fi e, egion o high seismici y, and
impac s o El Niño. Recen ci il p o ec ion in Pe u has been o med acco ding o such na u al haza ds, o
example, a e a majo ea hquake in Ancash in 1970. In his a icle, he de elopmen o he ci il p o ec ion in
Pe u is e iewed wi h emphasis on he las yea s, including he changes ha ollowed in e na ional
guidelines o disas e isk managemen (DRM). The e iew ocuses on he depa men o Ica in he Sou h o
Pe u. In 1998, he ci y o Ica was looded due o hea y ain all caused by El Niño. In 2007, a majo ea hquake
de as a ed h ee p o inces in he depa men and in 2017 El Niño hi he u ban pe iphe y o he ci y. This
wo k e iews which ins i u ions ha e been c ea ed ela ing o he ex eme e en s in Pe u and in pa icula
which plans and measu es ha e been in oduced in he depa men o Ica since he disas e caused by El
Niño in 1997-1998.
Keywo ds: Ci il p o ec ion, disas e isk managemen , ulne abili y, isk go e nance, El Niño, Pe u, Ica
In oduc ion
Pe u is a coun y p one o ea hquakes, sunamis, loods, d ough s and landslides, being pa o he Paci ic
Ring o Fi e, as well as being unde he impac o El Niño in he equa o ial Paci ic. Acco ding o he u u e
clima e change scena ios o he In e go e nmen al Panel on Clima e Change, an in ensi ica ion o he El Niño
Sou he n Oscilla ion (ENSO) is expec ed (IPCC, 2007). Fu he , Pe u is conside ed o ha e ‘ ou o he i e
geog aphical a eas mos ulne able o clima e change’ (The Gua dian, 2013).
Pe u has unde gone majo disas e s in i s his o y. The ea hquake and sunami o 1746 in Lima, he capi al
ci y, and El Callao, he main ha bou in Pe u, killed a ound 1,200 o he es ima ed popula ion o 60,000 a ha
ime (Oli e -Smi h, 1997). In he las cen u y, he ea hquake o magni ude 7.8 Rich e in 1970 in he
depa men o Ancash, and he ollowing a alanche bu ied he owns o Yungay and Ran ahi ca (Ku oiwa,
2010). In his cen u y, an ea hquake o 8.0 Mw and sunami a ec ed he depa men o A equipa in 2001.
Simila ly, an ea hquake o 7.9 Mw and sunami impac ed he depa men o Ica in 2007 (Ta e a, 2008).
Conce ning El Niño, Ku oiwa (2002) says ha in he 19 h and 20 h cen u ies, ou ‘mega’ El Niño e en s ha e
aken place in Pe u in 1891, 1925, 1983 and 1998. Abou ’mega’ El Niño e en s in he his o y o Pe u, Rocha
(2007, p. 11) wa ns abou epea ing he same mis akes: ‘Looking back a he las i e cen u ies [...] each
Meganiño [...] ha caused ex ensi e damage, was conside ed [...] unusual and no expec ed o occu again.
Tha is why same mis akes a e made again.’
Fu he mo e, human ac ion adds o he high p obabili y o he occu ence o disas e s in Pe u. U baniza ion
wi h poo planning and managemen is an impo an ac o in disas e ulne abili y (UN-Habi a , 2012). Ci ies
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ha e g own and s ill g ow in Pe u wi h limi ed o poo planning (Dia io Ges ión, 2016). Nowadays, 74% o he
28,220,764 people in Pe u li e in ci ies, acco ding o he la es census o 2007 (INEI, 2008). Acco ding o a
Uni ed Na ions Mission epo abou he implemen a ion o he disas e isk managemen in Pe u, po e y,
poo con ol and egula ion o land use, weakness o social o ganisa ions, limi ed capaci y o manage
eme gencies and disas e a e hose ac o s ha make Pe u a coun y o high ulne abili y (Naciones Unidas,
2014).
The p esen pape ocuses on disas e isk managemen (DRM) in he depa men o Ica a e he 1997-1998
El Niño. This case o a majo disas e and ecen e en s o El Niño allow he assessmen o he de elopmen
o he DRM wi hin he ci il p o ec ion sys em a egional scale. Measu es and p ojec s in eac ion o El Niño
disas e s a e p esen ed. Fo a deepe unde s anding o he DRM in Ica, he ci il p o ec ion sys em
de elopmen a na ional scale is summa ized, ega ding DRM public policies, ins i u ions and plans.
The main esea ch ques ion is how he de elopmen o disas e isk managemen in ci il p o ec ion is
in e linked wi h signi ican disas e e en s and he speci ic con ex in Pe u.
The ollowing sub-ques ions a e o analyse his acco ding o selec ed aspec s:
 Which ins i u ions ha e been c ea ed, changed and shaped by he disas e e en s?
 Which managemen plans and measu es ha e been implemen ed?
 How e ec i e a e hese implemen a ions in e ms o he educ ion o ulne abili y and he accep ance
o he local popula ion?
The p esen wo k is based on he e iew o documen s such as public policies, na ional and egional
go e nmen plans conce ning DRM, in pa icula , in he depa men o Ica. The pape is a desc ip i e
o e iew, ex ac ing key phases o ins i u ional de elopmen in he ield o disas e isk managemen . Expe
in e iews and quali a i e local media sou ces complemen a desc ip i e assessmen o ecen changes in
DRM. The expe in e iews mainly se ed he pu pose o iden i y challenges inside he DRM sys em o Pe u
oday. The expe in e iews did no ollow a s anda dised scien i ic me hodology, we e mos ly explo a i e,
and con ain in e nal knowledge. The e o e, sou ces o indi idual s a emen s a e undocumen ed and names
a e no p o ided, also o easons o p ese ing anonymi y. While hese sou ces a e he e o e no
scien i ically alid, o he con ex o his wo king pape hey shall mainly se e as o assis in explaining he
hi he o la gely undocumen ed his o y o he ci il p o ec ion de elopmen in Pe u.
Sec ion 2 s a s wi h a gene al o e iew o he de elopmen o ci il p o ec ion ins i u ions in Pe u a na ional
le el. Sec ion 3 p o ides an o e iew on DRM in Ica and speci ies en i onmen al and human-made ac o s
con ibu ing o isks and impac s due o El Niño in 1997-1998. Sec ion 4 analyses changes in oduced in he
disas e isk managemen in Ica. The discussion summa ises ele an aspec s o he disas e isk managemen
in he depa men o Ica wi hin he con ex o Pe u.
De elopmen o he ci il p o ec ion sys em in Pe u
This sec ion ou lines he de elopmen o he ci il p o ec ion sys em since he 1970s. This de elopmen
ollows signi ican disas e e en s, is in e wined wi h he poli ical changes in Pe u and in luenced by
in e na ional amewo ks o disas e isk managemen a UN le el (Naciones Unidas, 2014).
In Pe u, he es ablishmen o he i s agency o a end he popula ion in a disas e si ua ion is linked o he
majo ea hquake ha occu ed in 1970 in he depa men o Ancash. A e he disas e , he mili a y
go e nmen (1968-1975) c ea ed he Na ional Ci il De ence Sys em (Sis ema Nacional de De ensa Ci il -
SINADECI) in 1972 by he Law N . 19338 ( he use in Pe u ian Spanish is ‘ci il de ence’ ins ead o ‘ci il
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p o ec ion’). Wi h he ci ed law, he Na ional Ins i u e o Ci il De ense (Ins i u o Nacional de De ensa Ci il -
INDECI) was c ea ed in 1972.
A e he 1972-1973 El Niño wi h hea y ain all, landslides and loods (INDECI, 2002), he P og am o he
Regional S udy o El Niño Phenomenon (P og ama pa a el Es udio Regional del Fenómeno El Niño - ERFEN), ha
in ol es Chile, Colombia, Ecuado and Pe u, was c ea ed in 1974. Following his, he Mul isec o al Commi ee
in cha ge o he Na ional S udy o El Niño Phenomenon (Comi é Mul isec o ial enca gado del Es udio Nacional
del Fenómeno El Niño - ENFEN) was c ea ed in Pe u in 1977.
The 1982-1983 El Niño caused losses ha amoun ed o mo e han one billion dolla s due o he looding in
he no h and he d ough in he sou h o Pe u (INDECI, 2002). The ca as ophe added o he poli ical c isis
due o a b eakou o e o is ac i i ies wi h he Communis Pa y o Pe u-Shining Pa h wi hin he ecen ly
ins alled democ acy (since 1980). The poli ical and economic c isis deepened in Pe u, ending wi h an a e age
annual in la ion o 7481.7% in 1990 (BCR, 2016).
In 1986, he Pe u ian Japanese Cen e o Ea hquake Enginee ing Resea ch and Disas e Mi iga ion (Cen o
Pe uano Japonés de In es igaciones Sísmicas y Mi igación de Desas es – CISMID) was c ea ed wi h unding o
he Japanese In e na ional Coope a ion Agency (JICA). To cope wi h he e ec s o El Niño, he CISMID
includes he Ins i u e o Mi iga ion o he E ec s o El Niño Phenomenon (Ins i u o de Mi igación de los E ec os
del Fenómeno El Niño - IMEFEN). In 1992, he p esiden in o ice ca ied ou an ‘au o’ coup-d’e a and
es ablished a dic a o ship (CVR, 2003).
The 1997-1998 El Niño esul ed o be ‘one o he mos ca as ophic in his o y’, because i a ec ed abou 41
coun ies and le in Pe u losses o 1,800 million dolla s app oxima ely (INDECI, 2002). In Pe u, he disas e
happened in he dic a o ial egime, when co up ion and he a med con lic wi h he Shining Pa h had
weakened he social s uc u e and he public ins i u ions (CVR, 2003).
A e a democ a ic egime was e-es ablished in Pe u (2001), he new go e nmen , he poli ical o ces and
he ci il socie y signed a Na ional Ag eemen in 2002 ' o se a cou se o he sus ainable de elopmen and o
asse he democ a ic go e nance' (Acue do Nacional, 2002).
In June 2001, an ea hquake and sunami in he depa men o A equipa hi also he depa men s o
Moguegua and Tacna in he sou h o Pe u. The disas e aised losses abou 310 million dolla s (INDECI, 2002).
In he ollowing yea s, aking in o accoun he e olu ion abou ‘disas e ’ and ‘ isk’ owa ds a ision acco ding
o he De elopmen Agenda, in 2010 he Na ional Ag eemen app o ed public policies in Disas e Risk
Managemen (Policy N . 32) and Land Use and Managemen (Policy N . 34). Bo h we e se wi hin he
amewo k o he Andean S a egy o Disas e P e en ion and A en ion (Es a egia Andina pa a la P e ención
y A ención de Desas es), he Millennium De elopmen Goals and he p io i ies se in he Hyogo F amewo k
o Ac ion 2005-2015 (Naciones Unidas, 2014).
In 2011, he Law N . 29664 c ea ed he Na ional Sys em o Disas e Risk Managemen (Sis ema Nacional de
Ges ión del Riesgo de Desas es - SINAGERD) (Cong eso de la República, 2011). The law se he Na ional Policy
o Disas e Risk Managemen (Polí ica Nacional de Ges ión del Riesgo de Desas es) and he Na ional Plan o
Disas e Risk Managemen (Plan Nacional de Ges ión del Riesgo de Desas es – PLANAGERD), on he basis o he
p ospec i e, co ec i e and eac i e managemen by means o he isk es ima ion, p e en ion, educ ion,
p epa edness, esponse, ehabili a ion and econs uc ion. The law also ins alled he Na ional Cen e o
Disas e Risk Es ima ion, P e en ion and Reduc ion (Cen o Nacional de Es imación, P e ención y Reducción del
Riesgo de Desas es – CENEPRED). Hence, CENEPRED and INDECI a e he na ional execu ing agencies, while
he egional and local go e nmen s a e in cha ge o execu ing disas e isk managemen ac ions. In Ma ch
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2015, Pe u a ended he III UN Wo ld Con e ence on Disas e Risk Reduc ion in Sendai, Japan, whe e he
Sendai F amewo k o Disas e Risk Reduc ion 2015-2030 was adop ed. In 2016 he la es ci il p o ec ion
dec ee was issued ha co e s aspec s o mode nisa ion o ins i u ions and s esses a na ional disas e isk
plan (De ensa 2016).
Haza ds and isk con ex
El Niño Sou he n Oscilla ion (ENSO) in Pe u
Pe u lies in he geog aphic zone o in luence and impac o El Niño, which occu s in he equa o ial Paci ic
Ocean ha is mainly he no h o Pe u. ‘El Niño’ is he Spanish exp ession o ‘The Child’ which e e s o he
Ch is mas child. I is known ha ishe men in no he n Pe u use ‘El Niño’ o e e o he wa m wa e cu en in
he equa o ial Paci ic and he esul ing in ense ain all ha lead o looding a he coas o Pe u. Such an
episode eaches ull in ensi y owa ds Decembe . Though s ill o en e e ed o as a a e ‘phenomenon’,
nowadays El Niño is no mo e desc ibed by scien is s as an ‘unusual’ e en bu ‘a ecu ing clima e pa e n’,
ha is he wa m phase o El Niño-Sou he n Oscilla ion (ENSO), while La Niña is he cool phase ac oss he
opical Paci ic (NOAA, 2016). El Niño is cha ac e ized by he sea su ace empe a u e (SST) anomalies in El
Niño 3.4 egion (see igu e 1).
In Pe u, ENFEN de ines El Niño e en in he coas al egion o Pe u (also known as 'Coas al El Niño') as he
pe iod in which he El Niño Coas al Index (in Spanish: ICEN, Índice Cos e o El Niño) eaches he ca ego y o
‘wa m condi ions’. ICEN is cha ac e ized by a h ee-mon h unning mean o SST anomalies in he Niño 1+2
egion (see igu e 1). The ‘wa m condi ions’ ca ego y, which depends on he ICEN, can be o he magni ude:
‘weak’, ‘mode a e’, ‘s ong’ o ‘ex ao dina y’ (ENFEN, 2012). Based on his de ini ion, ENFEN classi ies El Niño
o 1997-1998 as ‘ex ao dina y’, aking in o accoun he pe iod o 1950-2011 da a as he e e ence (ENFEN,
2012).
Figu e 1: El Niño Regions
Sou ce: Na ional Cen e s o En i onmen al In o ma ion (2016)

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Demog aphy, opog aphy and hyd og aphy as isk ac o s in Ica
Ica is one o he 25 depa men s o Pe u. I is loca ed abou 300 km sou h o he capi al Lima. Va ious ac o s
ha e de e mined he apid g ow h o he ci y and he pe iphe y in he las decades. In he 1980s and 1990s,
he iolence o he Shining Pa h among o he ac o s (such as employmen oppo uni ies, heal h ca e and
educa ion) caused in e nal mig a ion in Pe u. Ica ecei ed ca. 80% o he 195,000 people who le he
depa men s o Apu imac, Ayacucho and Huanca elica in he pe iod o 1988-1993, leeing om he iolence
(INEI, 1995). Fu he , since he 1990s, he neolibe al model in oduced by he go e nmen allowed he apid
g ow h o expo ag icul u e in he alley and people came o Ica looking o wo k in he ield.
In Ica, he wa e esou ces come om he seasonal ainwa e in he Andes, he exploi a ion o he
g oundwa e and he wa e ans e om he Choclococha lagoon. Ica Ri e uns ca. 220 km downs eam
owa ds he Paci ic Ocean. The i e ibu a ies a e mainly om he le bank, while he a ea o he igh bank
is known o i s ex eme a idi y (see igu e 2).
Figu e 2: Ica Ri e , La Tinguiña, Pa cona, Ica (among o he dis ic s) and Cansas (in ed)
Sou ce: p epa ed wi h A cGIS (A cMap 10.2.2, WGS_1984_UTM_Zone_18S: EPSG P ojec ion) wi h da a om: Desca ga de in o macion
espacial del MED (2015, Oc obe 29) wi h he assis ance o I an Vilcahuaman
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The ibu a y gullies on he le i e bank a e o s eep slope wi h allu ial soil, g a el and ocks. These gullies,
such as he Cansas gully (see igu e 2), p oduce unde ex ao dina y ain all abundan uno hea ily laden
wi h sedimen , e en huge ocks.
The 1997-1998 El Niño a ec ed a la ge a ea o he depa men o Ica, including he dis ic s o Ica, La
Tinguiña, Pa cona, San José de Los Molinos, Los Aquijes, San iago and Yauca del Rosa io, i.e. ca. 45% o he
p o ince o abou 7,800 km2 (INDECI-PNUD, 2007).
Despi e he lood due o El Niño in Janua y 1998, he i e sides nea by he ci y and he pe iphe y a e
nowadays densely inhabi ed (see igu e 3). The u ban popula ion in he dis ic s o Ica, La Tinguiña and
Pa cona, downs eam Cansas, has e en inc eased since he disas e in 1998 (see able 1).
Figu e 2: Ica Ri e , iew downs eam he G au B idge
Sou ce: Dominguez (2013)
Dis ic La Tinguiña Pa cona Ica
Census u ban u al u ban u al u ban u al
1993 18,264 3,916 39,345 938 103,797 2,584
2007 27,723 3,179 49,090 1,259 124,789 400
Table 1: Popula ion de elopmen in he dis ic s downs eam Cansas
Sou ce: INEI (1993; 2007)
O he wise, human ac i i ies also inc ease he isk o looding. People h ow domes ic and indus ial was e
in o he i e , which educes he i e capaci y o discha ge and inc eases he isk o o e low. This human-
made agg a a ion o he lood isk akes place in an en i onmen con ibu ing o his isk. As a coupled
social-ecological sys em, i is impo an o unde s and no jus he socie al sha e o isk, bu also he
en i onmen al in e ac ion wi h his human sys em (Be kes & Folke 1998, Folke e al. 2007, Djalan e e al.
2011).
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The 1997-1998 El Niño disas e in Ica
The i s o ecas o he 1997-1998 El Niño da es o June 1997. The wea he o ecas ing wa ned ha an
episode simila o he 1982-1983 El Niño, wi h loods in he no h and ex eme d ough in he sou h o Pe u,
would occu . I ailed howe e , because he 1997-1998 El Niño a ec ed he no h as well as down o Ica in he
sou h o Pe u (INDECI, 1998). The ex ao dina y ain all due o El Niño le he ci y o Ica unde mud and
s ones on Janua y 29, 1998. The 1998 El Niño lood in Ica is ega ded as ‘ he mos ca as ophic in i s his o y
o i s balance o 120,000 ic ims and losses o hund eds o millions o dolla s’ (INDECI- PNUD, 2007).
A e he looding, se e al p og ams and plans we e s a ed. The Execu i e Commi ee o he Recons uc ion
o El Niño (Comi é Ejecu i o de Recons ucción de El Niño - CEREN) and he Uni ed Na ions De elopmen
P og am (UNDP) launched he Sus ainable Ci ies P og am (P og ama Ciudades Sos enible - PCS) in Oc obe
1998 as a esponse o he eme gency. In his amewo k, haza d maps o Ica we e p oduced (INDECI, 2001).
The Special P ojec Tambo Cca acocha (P oyec o Especial Tambo Cca acocha – PETACC) joined he ‘Suppo
P og am o he Eme gency o he Phenomenon El Niño’ (P og ama de Apoyo a la Eme gencia del Fenómeno El
Niño). In Augus 2000, a con ac wi h he Technical Ad iso s Associa es and SWECO In e na ional was signed
o de elop he de ini i e s udy ‘P ojec o con ol o he Ica Ri e loods and he Cansas Chanchajalla gully’
(P oyec o pa a el con ol de inundaciones del ío Ica y queb ada Cansas Chanchajalla). Among he echnical
al e na i es o disas e isk educ ion, he e we e wei s, d ainage canals, e en ion ponds, e c. A ha ime i
was decided o he egula ion ponds ha s ill ha e no been ealised. Mo e in o ma ion abou he disas e o
1998 can be ound in INDECI-PNUD (2007) and INDECI (2012).
The ‘Regional Plan o he P e en ion and A en ion o Disas e s Ica Region’ o 2005 o 2008 (Plan Regional de
P e ención y A ención de Desas es Región Ica – 2005-2008), p epa ed by he ci il p o ec ion sys em in he
depa men o Ica ocused on ‘p e en ion and a endance o eme gencies o disas e s o p o ec he people
and he pa imony o he depa men ’ (De ensa Ci il, 2005).
Almos en yea s la e , he ea hquake o 7.9 Mw (Ta e a, 2008) in 2007 killed abou 600 people and
damaged mo e han 60,000 buildings. The ea hquake´s epicen e was close o Pisco and impac ed he
neighbou ing p o inces o Chincha and Ica. Bo h ha e s ill no eco e ed om his disas e (Dia io El
Come cio, 2015).
In 2009, he egional go e nmen o Ica and he egional ci il p o ec ion (GORE Ica y SINADECI, 2009)
p esen ed he ‘Regional Plan o he P e en ion and A endance o Disas e s - Ica Region 2009-2019’ (Plan
Regional de P e ención y A ención de Desas es – Región Ica 2009-2019), ha also conside ed, in addi ion o
ex ao dina y loods, i e o e low scena ios wi h smalle and mo e equen amoun s o discha ge low.
Rega ding he implemen a ion o he Regional Plan o he P e en ion and A en ion o Disas e s - Ica Region
2009-2019, an INDECI o icial s a es (anonymous, in e iew on Augus 13, 2015): i 'almos has no been
ollowed', only 'in some aspec s, o example, capaci y building o eme gency b igades'.
The 2015-2016 El Niño o ecas
In July 2015, ENFEN epo ed ‘consis en condi ions’ o a ‘s ong’ El Niño (ENFEN, 2015a). The o ecas in
Sep embe 2015 was ha a 's ong' o an 'ex ao dina y' Niño a he Paci ic coas –simila o El Niño in 1982-
1983 and El Niño in 1997-1998− had 55% o p obabili y o happen (ENFEN, 2015b). Howe e , al eady in
Janua y 2016 he coas al Niño had only a 20% chance o be 's ong' o 'ex ao dina y' (ENFEN, 2016a). Indeed,
he 2015-2016 El Niño happened o be ‘s ong’ in Janua y, bu wi h he end o educe i s in ensi y o
‘mode a e’ in he ollowing mon hs (ENFEN, 2016b).
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Wi h he o ecas o a ‘s ong’ El Niño, in July 2015 he go e nmen decla ed he 's a e o eme gency' in he
depa men s unde in luence, including Ica, `[...] in o de o achie e he implemen a ion o immedia e and
necessa y esponse ac ions aimed a educing he e y high exis ing isk and he ehabili a ion o a eas ha
may be a ec ed’ (PCM, 2015a, 2015b).
Then, he Minis y o Ag icul u e and I iga ion (Minis e io de Ag icul u a y Riego - MINAGRI) announced in
Sep embe o ha yea ha as a measu e o p e en and mi iga e he e ec s o El Niño 2015-2016 ' ain
gauges and ea ly wa ning sys ems [we e] going o be ins alled in 132 ulne able s eam basins in he 14
depa men s unde he s a e o eme gency´ (Radio Nacional, 2015). Rain gauges we e going o be ins alled in
he uppe s eam basins, while he ea ly wa ning sys ems (consis ing in loudspeake s, si ens and e acua ion
ou es) would ac i a e o e acua e he people, when he gauges egis e ed he ising o wa e , which migh
cause he all o huaicos (local e m o landslide).
Acco ding o he Regional Di ec o o he Na ional Se ice o Me eo ology and Hyd ology (Se icio Nacional
de Me eo ología e Hid ología – SENAMHI), Ica had an Ea ly Wa ning Sys em (EWS) in place s a ing om
Decembe 2010 (Dominguez, 2014). Howe e , INDECI di ec ion in Ica in oduced he lood Ea ly Wa ning
Sys em (Sis ema de Ale a Temp ana – SAT) in he dis ic s o Ica, La Tinguiña, Pa cona and San José de Los
Molinos no be o e Sep embe 2015. Conce ning he SAT in 2015, GIZ (Ge man In e na ional Coope a ion)
pa icipa ed in he implemen a ion wi hin i s p ojec Adap ación al cambio climá ico en Ica y Huanca elica
(ACCIH). A pe sonal e-mail om a GIZ s a membe on 14 h Ap il 2016 epo ed ha he p o ocol o 2015
(P o ocolo Ope a i o del Sis ema de Ale a Temp ana an e Inundaciones del Río Ica) p epa ed by he echnical
eam o he EWS −also in eg a ed by INDECI− was pu in o p ac ice h ough simula ions, whe e weaknesses
we e iden i ied, in pa icula in he esponse o local people, because people e used o e acua e o because
hey we e no willing o pa icipa e in aining.
The 2016-2017
El Niño Cos e o
In 2016 and 2017, El Niño Cos e o ( he Coas al El Niño) impac ed mainly he no h o he coun y, a ec ing
housands o amilies (Canal N, 2017). In he case o Ica, he dis ic s o La Tinguiña (see igu e 4) and Pa cona,
downs eam he Cansas gully, we e looded on 26 h Janua y 2017 (Dia io Co eo.pe, 2017).
Figu e 4: El Niño a ec ed a ea in La Tinguiña
Sou ce: Minis e io de De ensa del Pe ú (2017) (c ea i e commons)
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This pe spec i e no e ocusses on he 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami and he 2008 Cyclone Na gis and aims o
discuss he espec i e damage ex en as well as esponse measu es in o de o de i e lessons lea ned o
e ec i e and sus ainable ehabili a ion e o s. The p esen ed insigh s a e mainly buil upon he p ac ical
expe iences o he lead au ho Moe Moe as a na ional echnical specialis o he en i onmen , ulne abili y
and clima e change sec o o he Na ional Ac ion Plan o Po e y Alle ia ion and Ru al De elopmen (NAPA)
P ojec unded by he Li elihoods and Food Secu i y T us Fund (LIFT).
2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami and 2008 Cyclone Na gis
2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami
The 2004 Tsunami mo ed s ongly owa ds he eas and wes , bu weakly o he no h. The a i al ime o he
sunami wa e owa ds Myanma was abou h ee hou s and he epicen e was a a dis ance o abou 1,000
kilome es away. The calcula ed speed o p opaga ion owa ds he coas was 160 km/h .
Damage ex en
In compa ison o o he sunami a ec ed coun ies he e was less damage in Myanma . The sunami caused
mode a e damage in some pa s o he Myanma Coas , o example Pyinsalu sub- ownship, Lapu a
Township, Myaung Mya Dis ic and he Ayeya waddy Del a. Impac s included he dea h o 25 people, he
des uc ion o 289 homes and 123 ishing boa s. Reasons o he a he in compa ison o o he coun ies
limi ed damage ex en we e he exis ence o a seismic gap, di ec ion o he wa es and he opog aphic
ea u e o seabed le el. The sunami impac ed upon unspoiled mang o e o es s and exis ences o hund eds
o uninhabi ed islands in Myeik A chipelago.
Response measu es
The e we e wo key sunami ehabili a ion objec i es o p o ide suppo o ishing communi ies in eplacing
ishing gea and boa s and suppo ing he eplacemen o equipmen o ag icul u e. Immedia ely ollowing
he Tsunami, all agencies (including NGOs, go e nmen and p i a e sec o ) pulled oge he wi h he
communi ies o suppo he eme gency and ehabili a ion e o s.
Lessons Lea ned
The lessons lea ned du ing ehabili a ion we e he impo ance o anspa ency ( he igh o in o ma ion), he
cons i u ion o commi ees and accoun abili y, he use o local ma e ials, gende sensi iza ion, he use o a
holis ic app oach ha emphasizes ho izon al and e ical as well as a " o wa d backwa d" linking.
The cons ain s aced du ing ehabili a ion e o s we e he la ge scale o he damage, much impac on
subsis ence ishe s, he weak capaci y o implemen ing agencies, he inadequa e in as uc u e, and he lack
o a ailabili y o ma e ials, unde s anding o socio-economic and adi ional p ac ices, al e na i e
echnologies, awa eness and a ime lag in gea ing up he esponse.
O he b oad issues conside ed impo an o implemen a ion o eco e y measu es included: commi men o
implemen a ion in a ime bound manne ; coo dina ion, need based app oaches, en i onmen al issues,
sus ainabili y, gende , alue adding, anspa ency and accoun abili y, c edi , quali y assu ance and sea sa e y.
The p og amme moni o ing mechanisms we e ou lined wi h ci il socie y and NGOs should ake a majo ole
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Myanma iden i ied aluable lessons o he u u e which include mang o e econs uc ion, app op ia e
loca ion and cons uc ion o buildings, imp o ed communica ion sys ems, he de elopmen o e ec i e
ea ly wa ning and esponse sys ems and he need o elie planning.
2008 Cyclone Na gis
Cyclone Na gis caused se e e looding and shi ing o sands, which esul ed in ex ensi e damage o li es and
li elihoods in May 2008. An es ima ed 84,537 people died, 53,836 emain missing (assumed dead) and 33,754
people we e inju ed. Nea ly 18,000 ishe ies wo ke s died and 10,000 wen missing. Assessmen da a e eals
ha o he es ima ed popula ion o 7.35 million li ing in a ec ed ownships, some 2.4 million indi iduals
we e se e ely a ec ed (Pos -Na gis Join Assessmen , 2008). The assessmen also indica es ha mo e women
and child en died han men, which has dis o ed social s uc u es. App oxima ely 800,000 people we e
displaced, o whom 260,000 sough shel e in camps and se lemen s h oughou he del a. The epo s
indica ed ha a signi ican numbe o displaced pe sons we e auma ized. These people also su e ed he
o al loss o hei li elihood (land, housing, ools, equipmen and o he asse s) and may no e u n o hei
places o o igin, depending, a leas o he nea u u e, on hei hos communi ies. The e had been
widesp ead de as a ion, wi h he nea - o al des uc ion o ields and shel e in a eas ha we e di ec ly hi by
he cyclone. In all, 37 ownships we e signi ican ly a ec ed in Ayeya wady and Yangon Di isions, wi h
widesp ead des uc ion o homes and c i ical in as uc u e, such as oads, je ies, wa e and sani a ion
sys ems, uel supplies and elec ici y.
Damage ex en wi h ocus on he ag icul u e sec o
Majo damages and losses in he ag icul u e sec o a e Na gis included 63 pe cen o paddy ields
subme ged; s o ed paddy and milled ice des oyed; seed s ocks los ; some powe ille s and housands o
illing equipmen los ; widesp ead damage o public and p i a e ag icul u al in as uc u e and buildings;
o cha d c ops and backya d ga dening des oyed; d augh animals (bu aloes and ca le) los in he ele en
mos a ec ed ownships; many o he animals like pigs, ducks, goa s and chickens died; ma ine ishing
essels, small inland ishing boa s and gea we e los ; some ac es o ish and sh imp ponds we e des oyed;
se e e damage o 14 000 hec a es o na u al mang o e o es (ou o 56 000 hec a es, al eady agile and
weakened by yea s o o e -exploi a ion); and se ious damage o 21 000 hec a es o he 63 000 hec a es o
ede eloped mang o e plan a ions.
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Table 1: Es ima es o damage and losses in he ag icul u e sec o (cu ency Kya million)
Sou ce: Pos -Na gis Join Assessmen (2008)
Response measu es
The go e nmen and he in e na ional communi y mobilized signi ican esou ces o add ess he immedia e
needs o popula ions a ec ed by Cyclone Na gis. The achie emen s ha e been no able despi e he a ious
logis ical cons ain s and o he impedimen s du ing he p ocess. In e na ional pa ne s aced di icul ies and
limi a ions in accessing he a ec ed a eas, which also in luenced he ype and scale o assis ance ha could
be p o ided.
The ag icul u e sec o is he mains ay o he economy in he cyclone-a ec ed a eas. Pos -Na gis
ehabili a ion e o s, pa icula ly in e ms o ag icul u e, we e done based on he esul s o apid need
assessmen by di e en Local and In e na ional NGOs a e eme gency esponses. The ins i u ions ha se e
and go e n he ag icul u e subsec o s (i.e. c ops, li es ock, ishe ies/aquacul u e and o es y) we e also
necessa y o ehabili a e.
Unde s anding and es o ing ins i u ions and p oduc ion sys ems a e a p e equisi e o ehabili a ing
li elihoods in a sus ainable way wi h a iew o build back be e and o imp o e he esilience o ulne able
popula ions. Fu he , Disas e Risk Managemen (DRM) issues also need o be an in eg al pa o e ec i e and
sus ainable ehabili a ion e o s. This is pa icula ly impo an in he con ex o clima e change and he
speci ic isks and ulne abili y o li elihood sys ems in Na gis-a ec ed a eas.
A holis ic p og amme app oach was es ablished, which s eamlines DRM and ins i u ional capaci y building
in ehabili a ion plans. A na ional le el, he Na ional Commi ee on Disas e P e en ion and Managemen
was ounded in Janua y, 2005 chai ed by P ime Minis e and membe s om minis e s o 16 di e en
minis ies and by he sec e a y om he Depu y Minis e o Home A ai s. The e a e Cen al Commi ee and
10 Sub-commi ees on Disas e P e en ion Managemen Cen al Wo king Commi ee and hey coo dina e
he oles and s a egy o he whole coun y. A communi y le el, some Local and In e na ional NGOs y o
implemen esponses and p epa edness on Disas e Risk a e he Cyclone Na gis and communi ies a e also
included. Fo example, Wo ld Vision Myanma (WVM) implemen ed he Myanma Disas e Risks Reduc ion
(MDRR) P ojec in i s a eas. I was conduc ed o inc ease awa eness, unde s andings and p ac ices o he
a ge communi ies on Disas e Risk Reduc ion (DRR) by means o inc easing awa eness, unde s andings and
p ac ices o he a ge communi ies mainly h ough he ainings and semina s and in o ma ion, educa ion,
and communica ion ma e ials o he Disas e Managemen Commi ees (DMCs). Quali y o DMCs and
in e es s and a i udes o local au ho i y on DRR ac i i ies we e also one o he impo an ac o s in achie ing
DRR. The communi ies ha e al eady iden i ied and loca ed he sa e places o e acua e o hei communi y
membe s in he case o he nex disas e s o happen.
Disas e impac on p i a e sec o (including households)
Asse s Damage Losses To al
Field c ops 65 336 159 929 - 283 000 225 265 - 348 336
Fa m equipmen 24 046 n/a 24 046
Plan a ions 22 043 65 209 87 252
Li es ock 45 190 30 775 75 965
Cap u e ishe ies 22 609 99 932 125 541
Fish a ms 4 120 29 394 33 514
To al 186 344 571 583 - 694 654 571 583 - 694 654
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Nowadays communi ies in he Ayeya waddy del a hi by he 2004 Tsunami and Cyclone Nagis a e awa e o
hose isks. The communi ies a e lis ening o news o cyclone and wea he epo s om adio and ans e
he wea he news o each o he . The communi ies iden i ied and cons uc ed e acua ion places in each
illage and buil a cyclone shel e house o 5-10 illages o common use. The numbe s o shel e a e no
enough o he communi ies s ill, because o limi ed inancial suppo . Wo ies abou he nex disas e and
loss o li es exis . Some illage s, who aced he sunami and he cyclone expe ienced shock and auma due
o loss o many li es and all p ope ies. Communi ies hold my hs ha hey did some hing w ong and
ecei ed punishmen by he sea h ough he Tsunami.
Lessons Lea ned
A e Cyclone Na gis, he go e nmen is awa e ha i is necessa y o p epa e, o example, h ough cyclone
wa ning and ale o na i e people. This did no happen du ing he cyclone and i was e iden ha when he
nex cyclone in Rakhine occu ed, e en when i had he same s eng h, i did no each he same dea h oll.
Fewe people we e a ec ed and he go e nmen ecognized ha i is necessa y o p o ec om disas e s,
also ela ed o clima e change.
The communi ies in del a a eas a ec ed by he Cyclone Na gis could no o ge ha so o disas e and
ecognize ha i was mo e se e e because o no exis ence o windb eak ees like mang o e o es . Some
illages we e less a ec ed due o bamboo plan a ion a ound hei compound. Li es we e sa ed because
bamboo ees we e no up oo ed when he cyclone hi .
Pe sis ing cu en disas e isks
Du ing a ac inding mission o TH Köln in Augus 2016, we could obse e some o he na u al and man-
made condi ions in Myanma ha play a ole in he cons uc ion o na u al disas e isk.
In he sou h o Myanma , Myeik, mang o e o es s a e s ill in ac along la ge a eas along he coas (Figu e 2).
Howe e , in he u u e, he a ea migh be unde de elopmen o inc easing ou ism and also, plan a ion o
cash c ops such as palm oil p oduc ion, which migh esul in con lic wi h na u al esou ce managemen and
p o ec ion om cyclones and sunami.
Figu e 2. In ac mang o e o es along he coas in he sou ho Myanma , close o Myeik
Sou ce: own pho og aph by Feke e (2016)
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In he sou h, bu also on he ield ip o a eas a ound Nay Pyi Taw and Yezin in he coun y cen e, aces o
landslides and e osion wi hin dense ege a ion could be obse ed, ypical o ain all- igge ed g a i a ional
mass mo emen s, bu o cou se also due o a ange o o he ac o s such as a ming and cu ing o
ege a ion (Figu e 3). Ag icul u al lands a e on he one hand exposed o e osion, bu p ac ices o a ming a e
a he same ime in in e play wi h c ea ing o agg a a ing ce ain isks o landslides.
Figu e 3. T aces o ege a ion co e loss p obably ela ed o g a i a ional mass mo emen s in he sou h o Myanma , close o Myeik
Sou ce: own pho og aph by Feke e (2016)
Na u al haza ds a e no an issue o u al a eas in Myanma only, also ci ies a e acing impac s o wea he
e en s such as in ensi e ain alls o lash loods (Figu e 4). In Yangon ( o me ly Rangoon), he la ges ci y in
Myanma wi h a ound 7 million inhabi an s, a ic inc eases and ca s a e apidly eplacing o me means o
anspo a ion such as scoo e s o bicycles. Nex o a ic jams as a daily bu den, impac s o me eo ological
e en s such as ain o s o m o loods a e likely o inc ease in e up ions o anspo a ion and logis ics. While
u ban in as uc u e is exposed o me eo ological haza ds, i is also how such in as uc u e is echnically
cons uc ed bu mo eo e , how i is used o e en used beyond planned capaci y ha con ibu es o isk o
in e up ion in daily li e as well as in a se e e disas e si ua ion.
Figu e 4. In ensi e ain alls subme ging oads in Yangon
Sou ce: own pho og aph by Feke e (2016)
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Conclusion
Acco ding o he insigh s p esen ed all s akeholde s and au ho i ies ha e o ha e a mas e plan o Disas e
Risk Managemen . The e is a con inuing need o communi y awa eness on conse a ion o na u al esou ces
and sys ema ic Disas e Risk Managemen o mi iga e disas e s ela ed o clima e change in Myanma . Un il
now, in Myanma , p ac ice is applied when disas e s ikes. In he u u e, i will be also necessa y o ac be o e
disas e isk u ns in o disas e damages. I is necessa y o coope a e and s udy Disas e Risk Reduc ion in
Myanma by in e es ed ins i u ions om inland and ou side o he coun y.
Rega ding he alidi y o he a gumen s and indings p esen ed he e please no e ha hey a e mainly based
on he lead au ho ’s wo king expe ience as a na ional echnical specialis o he en i onmen , ulne abili y
and clima e change sec o o he Na ional Ac ion Plan o Po e y Alle ia ion and Ru al De elopmen (NAPA)
P ojec unded by he Li elihoods and Food Secu i y T us Fund (LIFT) and need u he empi ical esea ch in
o de o de i e gene al conclusions.
Acknowledgemen s
We a e g a e ul o DAAD o enabling he Alumni Semina in 2015 and he e o e es ablishing he con ac
be ween he au ho s. We would also like o hank DAAD and TH Köln o he Fac Finding Mission and, Jan
Bäume o suppo wi h he li e a u e da abase and ci a ions.
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E alua ion o e o s: pe cep ions o sa is ac ion and long- e m
e ec s
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S udying ex eme e en s om he pe spec i e o he disas e
elie wo ke s in ol ed in 2013 loods in Ge many
Ch is ian Baumga ne , Ch is ian Ben le & Alexande Feke e1
1Ins i u e o Rescue Enginee ing and Ci il P o ec ion, TH Köln - Uni e si y o Applied Sciences, Ge many
Email: alexande .[email p o ec ed]
In oduc ion
In 2013, loods a ec ed se e al egions o Ge many and caused billions o eu os in damage (Cen e o
Disas e Managemen and Risk Reduc ion Technology 2013). These de as a ing loods in Cen al Eu ope
ha e become a s ong eminde o he impac such calami ies can ha e on all g oups o socie y. To p e en
u he damage, sa e li es and suppo he a ec ed people, abou 100,000 disas e elie pe sonnel om
di e en o ganiza ions we e sen on mission (Fede al O ice o Ci il P o ec ion and Disas e Assis ance 2013).
The Ge man disas e elie sys em is mainly comp ised o olun a y membe s who conduc aining
p og ammes and di e en ope a ions besides hei no mal occupa ion, hei amily commi men s and o he
hobbies. The e is no ixed mone a y con ac be ween hese olun ee s and hei espec i e o ganiza ions.
The e o e, i is no possible o oblige membe s o go on a escue mission — hey need o be mo i a ed. The
Ge man disas e elie sys em is gene ally based on he p inciple o high mo i a ion, which can be in luenced
in a posi i e o nega i e way h ough di e en pa ame e s (F ancis & Jones 2012, and Figu e 1), such as a
mission o an eno mous dimension. Since he Ge man disas e sys em needs a g ea numbe o olun ee s,
hese o ces need o be highly mo i a ed. Howe e , du ing and a e he loods he e we e bo h posi i e and
nega i e oices ega ding a ious o ganiza ional issues and he e ec i eness o he deployed elie o ces.
The e o e, his ‘lessons lea ned’ s udy analyses he sa is ac ion o he disas e elie pe sonnel wi h he
mission du ing he lood disas e in Ge many in 2013, as well as he implica ions o u he commi men o
he disas e elie sys em. Fu he mo e, he s udy aims o inc ease awa eness o he opic o ‘pe sonal
sa is ac ion o elie o ces’ in ci il p o ec ion.
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Figu e 1. Fac o s po en ially in luencing sa is ac ion o elie wo ke s
Sou ce: own elabo a ion
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The su ey
In o de o analyse he sa is ac ion o he disas e elie o ces and o iden i y impo an c i e ia o his
sa is ac ion, a ques ionnai e was o mula ed. This ques ionnai e is based on hypo heses de eloped based on
li e a u e esea ch and explo a o y pee -g oup discussions (Baumga ne & Ben le 2014b) To ob ain
signi ican and de ailed esul s, i was necessa y o each disas e elie o ces a ilia ed o di e en
o ganiza ions ac oss Ge many. The e o e, an online ques ionnai e was made a ailable o e a pe iod o six
mon hs, and he in o ma ion was sp ead by email and social media. The esul s o his s udy a e based on
3,377 comple ed and analysable da ase s (Baumga ne & Ben le 2014a). These da ase s show ha mos o
he elie o ces we e a leas sa is ied wi h he lood mission (Figu e 2) and he mo i a ion o u he mission
has inc eased (Table 1). Mo eo e , he s udy iden i ies some impo an poin s o sa is ac ion ela ed o
missions such as in o ma ion managemen o ale ing and ad anced in o ma ion (Tables 1 & 2). The
coope a ion be ween he disas e elie o ces and posi i e beha iou o he esiden s a e men ioned as
addi ional main c i e ia. The s udy also shows c i e ia ha a ec ed he sa is ac ion in a nega i e way such as
p oblems wi h coo dina ion o a long s andby ime (Baumga en & Ben le 2014b).
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Figu e 2. Pe sonal sa is ac ion o disas e elie o ces du ing he lood mission in 2013 (N=3377)
Sou ce: Baumga en & Ben le (2014b)
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The o e all pic u e o pe sonal sa is ac ion o he elie wo ke s a e he lood mission in 2013 can be u he
b oken down o se e al ac o s con ibu ing o i , as displayed below in Tables 1 and 2.
C i e ion Ca ego ies Responses
N = 3377
Leade ship le el and aining
G oup commande (Ve band üh e )
o highe
(highes deg ee o leade ship)
11%
Pla oon leade (Zug üh e ) 15%
G oup leade (G uppen üh e ) 26%
Squad leade (T upp üh e ) 20%
o he aining 11%
none 17%
Pe sonal mo i a ion change due
o ope a ion
Yes, my mo i a ion inc eased 53%
No in luence o ope a ion on my
mo i a ion
42%
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My mo i a ion dec eased 5%
Age g oup (in yea s)
< 25 26%
25-30 34%
36-45 22%
46-60 17%
> 60 1%
Gende
Female 10%
Male 90%
Table 1. Selec ed ques ions and esponses om he su ey ega ding elie wo ke s’ sa is ac ion wi h he ope a ion
Sou ce: own elabo a ion
Table 1 shows ha ega ding leade ship le el and aining, all anks pa icipa ed in he su ey. O e all,
mo i a ion has inc eased o emained, and only ew (5%) epo ed dec eased mo i a ion a e his e en . A
ela i ely high deg ee o younge pe sons pa icipa ed in he su ey, which may be due o amilia i y wi h
online su eys and media, bu also ep esen s he amoun o pe sons ac i e in such o ganisa ions. 90% male
pa icipan s can also be expec ed in a s ill hea ily male domina ed ield.
C i e ion Ca ego ies Responses
N = 3377
In o ma ion p o ision
Ve y good 13%
Good 32%
Fai 32%
Bad 16%
Ve y bad 6%
No judgmen 1%
Ala m and in o ma ion
be o ehand
Ve y good 16%
Good 36%
Fai 28%
Bad 13%
Ve y bad 7%
No judgmen 0,5%
Ope a ion ecapi ula ion
Ve y good 18%
Good 37%
Fai 23%
Bad 11%
Ve y bad 5%
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Finally, he happy day o he inaugu a ion ce emony was o come on 13 Augus , 2008 (he p esen au ho
was o una ely able also o a end he opening ce emony o Ankokkawala illage. Some o his pe sonal
imp essions a e gi en abo e). The se le s en husias ically applauded when he ibbon was cu o signal he
o icial hand-o e o he houses o hem. Happy wishes we e exp essed by se e al pe sonali ies, including
eligious digni a ies and public se ice ep esen a i es when he se le s p oudly ook o e hei new houses.
Lucky aces o he people, bo h o pa en s and child en, we e o be seen as hei despe a e homelessness
had come o an end. The se le s we e ha dly able o exp ess in wo ds how o una e and hank ul hey we e
abou hei new houses. They seemed o unde s and ha hey could s a a new li e and o look wi h
con idence owa ds a sa e and happy u u e. Hope ully he houses o he illage s would soon change in o
hei homes. Remembe ing he sad saying among he sunami-a lic ed people:
“We ha e los no only ou houses, bu e en mo e ou homes.”
Imp o emen o housing condi ions
In he yea s o come a e he opening o Ankkokawala illage, se e al imp o emen s we e ca ied ou in
o de o c ea e be e li ing and housing condi ions o he illage s. Funded by he SLCNC, he ollowing
measu es we e ca ied ou :
 iling o he e anda loo
 iling in he ki chen and ba h oom/ oile ,
 digging o a well o sa e supplemen a y wa e besides he public unning wa e sys em,
 building o a d ainage sys em o p e en he sloppy e ain in he illage om e osion a e hea y
ain all,
 p o iding seeds and plan s o he se le s o de eloping hei ga dens.
The go e nmen p o ided a new a ed oad om a nea by illage o Ankokkawala passing h ough he
emaining ubbe plan a ion. On his oad a egula public bus se ice was also in oduced ha connec ed
Ankokkowala illage wi h Galle own.
All he addi ional imp o emen s we e happily welcomed by he se le s in Ankokkawala illage.
… a decade unde e iew
Re iewing he pas nea ly en yea s, he ocal ques ions a ise: 
 We e he emendous e o s - including he high amoun o money, espec i ely unds, in ol ed in
he illage p ojec - wo h o no ?
 Wha we e he bene i s o he p ojec ? Wha we e de ici s?
 Wha abou he illage s sa is ac ion, espec i ely dissa is ac ion?
I seems impo an ha he SLCNC has egula ly, yea by yea , paid inspec ion isi s o Ankkokawala illage
aiming:
 o mee he illage s,
 o look in o hei well-being,
 o no e he p og ess o he illage de elopmen and he socie al p ocess o ha monisa ion among
he se le s
 and o no e he se le s' sa is ac ion, espec i ely dissa is ac ion.
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 he illage has ob ained a well- unc ioning in as uc u e by anspo as well as elec ici y and
wa e ,
 all en amilies who li e in he illage ha e meanwhile become a communi y wi h a highly
de eloped spi i o communal esponsibili y. People do mee , hey come oge he , si oge he , alk
oge he
 se le s ha e also well de eloped a good as e o a eliable neighbou hood and e en close
iendship and unde s anding,
 people us each o he and a e good pa ne s,
 people pay much a en ion o hei ga dens by plan ing ui ees and ege ables. People lo e hei
ga dens and mos o hem a e paying p oud a en ion o hem. Bananas and o he ui ees, like
papaya and passion ee, a e h i ing well and bea ing ich ui s. Meanwhile, e en coconu ees
ha e g own up and ha e become adul o ich ha es s. Yea by yea , i has been possible o
obse e o which ex en ga dening was success ully in ensi ied and de eloped,
 mos illage s ha e e en plan ed o namen al lowe plan s, including lowe po s and o chids in
baske s in on o he e andas,
 i is highly encou aging o obse e o which ex en he se le s ha e pu all hei e o s o make
hei homes and homes ead ga dens as nice as possible,
 he illage is mo ing o wa d o become a 'g een illage', ich and p ospe ous in na u e's blessings
unde opical skies.
Ye , he e mus also be ecognized some de ici s a Ankokkawala illage and o he se le s:
 he loca ion o he illage is ob iously in he hin e land and hence o he main oad as well as o
he sea,
 he ishe men a e qui e a away om hei ishing si es and hey mus a el e e y day some se en
o eigh kilome es o he sea as well home o Ankokkawala illage,
 i is mos impo an o main ain he access oad o Ankokkawala illage in good condi ion in o de
o con inue a egula bus se ice,
 he e is no shop o s o e as pa o he illage because i may be oo small o same. Shopping e en
o he daily need mus he e o e be done in a illage some kilome es away om Ankokkawala,
 he e is no playg ound o he kids and also no spo s ield o he you h.
 li e has ob iously been changed; he open ocean and sea is no longe pa o he amily li e.
Conside ing all he de ici s, hey a e compa ably small compa ed wi h he achie emen s.
Compa ing bo h, he achie emen s and he de ici s, i can be ollowed ha Ankokkawala ep esen s a illage
wo h all he e o s ha ha e been pu in du ing he pas en yea s.
Summa y
Conside ing he achie emen s o Ankokkawala illage o e he pas decade, i can be ollowed ha he
illage has de eloped owa ds a ue illage wi h a s ong communal esponsibili y among he se le s. I can
also be no ed ha happiness and sa is ac ion is a ound among all he people in he illage.
I can hence be s ongly s a ed ha houses ha e meanwhile success ully u ned in o homes o he sunami-
a lic ed people whe e o li e happily wi h con idence and ai h.
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The happy aceso he se le s a e exp essing he bes e idence o he success ul illage implemen a ion
and illage de elopmen so a .
I mus be app ecia ed as a sign o happiness o he Ankokkawala illage s ha no amily who se led down
a he opening o he illage a decade ago has le he place. All he 'pionee ' amilies s ill li e in
Ankokkawala.
The SLCNC mus pay u he con inuous a en ion o he de elopmen o Ankokkawala illage and o assis
he illage s, as a as possible, in hei needs o a pleasan and p ospe ous u u e.
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B ing back he lessons lea ned o he bene icia ies!
Pia Hollenbach1 & Gab iela Neuhaus2
1 Depa men o Geog aphy, Uni e si y o Zu ich, Swi ze land
2O oad Repo s, Swi ze land
Email: [email p o ec ed]h; o oad ep[email p o ec ed]
In oduc ion
In he a e ma h o he 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, abou 70’000 people we e eloca ed in S i Lanka, mos o
hem due o he implemen a ion o a Bu e Zone by he go e nmen , which p ohibi ed he econs uc ion o
pe manen housing along he coas line. Reloca ion o such a huge numbe o people was made possible
h ough he in ol emen and inancial suppo o In e na ional Aid O ganisa ions. In his pape we i s wan
o highligh he di icul ies and long e m impac s o ( o ced) eloca ion, asking why o me lessons lea ned
ha e no been su icien ly and sus ainably inco po a ed in p ojec planning and implemen a ion, and
second, why Aid O ganisa ions did no accep weaknesses and di ec ly a end o upcoming sho comings.
Finally, we show ha hey e en we e no eady o e i e hei p ojec s and epai back be e a e
e alua ions/impac s udies p o ed ha bene icia ies and local go e nmen s su e om long- e m
consequences o aid in e en ions.
Inexcusable e o s
Quali a i e, mul idisciplina y and ac ion esea ch o e a ime pe iod o almos 10 yea s esul ed in a scien i ic
PhD hesis0F
1 and a jou nalis ic documen a y ilm1F
2 on he one hand analysing, on he o he hand documen ing
sho ages and ailu es o how aid has being done and which sus ainable and long-las ing impac i has on
he li es o aid ecipien s in pos - sunami S i Lanka. Wi h he help o quali a i e in e iews (170) o aid
ecipien s bu also wi h local go e nmen au ho i y, poli icians and in e na ional/na ional aid wo ke s (35)
we isi ed mo e han 20 eloca ion illages and – o compa e – abou 10 places wi h in si u econs uc ion.
Finally we wo ked ou o al and isualized his o ies om 6 eloca ion locali ies (Sou h and Eas S i Lanka) ha
we e dono -d i en managed by in e na ional bu also na ional dono s. All hese examples clea ly show
weaknesses in p ojec planning and implemen a ion as well as oo ea ly wi hd awal o dono s. Fac is: 10
yea s pos - sunami we see a majo i y o eloca ion p ojec s acing huge social, economic and echnical
di icul ies.
One o he bes esea ched examples o pos - sunami eloca ion ailu e is Ge man Ha i ha Gama in Sou he n
S i Lanka: 90 houses co- inanced and planned h ough a Ge man Eme gency Aid O ganisa ion wi h he ision
o c ea e an eco- iendly and au a kic model illage, buil by a con ac o , up o 18 kilome es away om he
bene icia ies’ o me homes. Un il oday he illage has no p ope wa e supply, no decen access oad and
public anspo ; he emo eness hampe s social and economic de elopmen . Hal o he houses a e
abandoned and many o he o he s only empo a ily used. Jus 12 houses a e pe manen ly inhabi ed, and
e en hose no all by he i s ecipien s. The planned bake y has been aliena ed and is oday he emple o a
Buddhis monk and he kinde ga en, he doc o ’s oom and he ma ke place ha e ne e se ed hei
pu poses.
1Hollenbach, 2014: The Pa adox o Good In ensions: p i a e-gi ing in pos - sunami S i Lanka
2Neuhaus, G. and Scudele i, A. 2014: Bu e Zone. S i Lanka – 10 yea s a e he Tsunami, Documen a y Film
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This unaccep able si ua ion is no a singula case bu is ound in a ious loca ions in S i Lanka as well as in
pos - sunami Aceh and Tamil Nadu (Ba ens ein & Pi e 2007; Duyne Ba ens ein 2015; Daly & Feene 2016;
Jha e al 2010). Resea ch shows ha simila p oblems, in combina ion o o he socio-economic and s uc u al
p oblems occu , in o he pos disas e eloca ion p ojec s e.g. in Hai i o New O leans (Chamlee-W igh &
S o 2010).
Le alone
The communi y o Ge man Ha i ha Gama ied e y ha d o sol e he p oblems a e he implemen ing NGO
closed hei 3 yea s commi men in 2009. Village s called a en ion o hei non-li eable si ua ion on
di e en le els: hey w o e le e s o local poli icians and adminis a ion, he NGO headqua e , p i a e
dono s and e en o ganised public p o es s in on o he Galle Dis ic Sec e a ia . Un o una ely wi hou
success! E en an enqui y o a p i a e dono , who co- unded he p ojec and is engaged in he illage ill
oday, o e-es ablish echnical and inancial suppo sol ing he wa e p oblem c ea ed by he p ojec ,
ecei ed a nega i e answe om he o ganisa ion’s headqua e in Ge many. And long e m s a egies o s ay
in ol ed c ea ing a sus ainable communi y, p oposed by a o me p ojec manage , ha e also been ejec ed.
The o ganisa ion’s main a gumen o i s non- eac ion was ha hey wan ed o a oid long e m aid
dependency o he bene icia ies and ha humani a ian assis ance would ha e a limi ed ime ame – a e
which he local go e nmen needs o ake o e he long e m esponsibili ies o de elopmen . A simila
answe was gi en o he ilm eam, eques ing a commen o he ou come and ob ious ailu es o he
p ojec .
In he end, all ac i i ies o b ing back suppo o he people o Ge man Ha i ha Gama emained una ended,
al hough cu en s udies p o e ha exis ing p oblems – mainly he lack o wa e and in as uc u e - exceed
he echnical and inancial capabili ies o he housing bene icia ies as well as o he local go e nmen .
We ind such de as a ing si ua ions island wide, whe e implemen ing o ganisa ions e use o ace hei
mis akes and o epai back be e .
No lea ning
Al hough se e al p e-Indian Ocean Tsunami s udies emphasize he speci ic di icul ies and complexi ies o
pos -disas e and de elopmen induced eloca ion (Ce nea 1999; Fe nando e al 2010), he e was and he e
s ill is ob iously no lea ning o lessons lea ned. We ask: Why no ?
Al hough i was known ha eloca ion p ojec s need mo e ime han in-si u econs uc ion, Aid
O ganisa ions wi hd ew in mos cases a e maximum 3 yea s, a e he houses we e buil . Thei engagemen
did no ake su icien ly in o accoun he socio-economic de elopmen and in eg a ion o a decen
li elihood in he new places.
Based on ou expe iences, we s a e ha he majo i y o s akeholde s in he Aid Indus y a e no willing o
look a long e m de elopmen s o p ojec s once hey ha e been handed o e . They a e e en less eady o
openly accep ailu es and mis akes and o change hei implemen ing habi s. In ou opinion, one o he
d i ing easons is he compe i i eness o he Aid Business: The dono s’ p io i y is o sus ainably gene a e
unds o keep hei business going. The e o e, hey pu in on hei own isibili y and in e es s in Public
Rela ion ins ead o p io i ising he bene icia ies’ needs and demands.
Fu he mo e in e na ional o ganisa ions end o igno e o in coope a e local knowledge and expe ise,
especially in he iden i ica ion, planning and de eloping phase o p ojec s. They come in wi h hei own
s anda dised me hods and p oduc s and de alue he impo ance o he socio-poli ical, economic and
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cul u al con ex . The assump ion is – e en in complex eloca ion si ua ions – ha handing-o e houses is a
su icien base o o m a communi y. The e o dono s o en phase ou and hand o e p ojec s oo quickly
and mos c i ically wi hou su icien knowledge- ans e in o he esponsibili ies o local go e nmen s and
bene icia ies. Gi en ime cons ains highligh ha a uly pa icipa o y and in eg a ed p ocess is no possible,
and e en so-called owne -d i en p ojec s become a a ce, as he owne is mainly d i en by he dono ’s
ision. In ac lexibili y and adjus ing o un o eseen ci cums ances is ca ego ically denied as all decisions a e
subo dina ed o he so-called «goal-o ien ed p ocess planning». O as Ramlingam (2013) no es
“…o ganiza ions spend all hei ime looking o he single igh answe a he han di e se solu ions; people
spend mo e ime ying o do hings igh han doing he igh hings; he e is much mo e ocus on
knowledge ans e han on knowledge c ea ion…” (26, emphasis added).
Need o change
Wha needs o be changed o o e come he exis ing igid s uc u es in he Aid Business? – The main
p oblem: Aid O ganisa ions a e d i en by own in e es s a he han he ac ual demands o bene icia ies. As a
esul , econs uc ion p ojec s a ge ing Disas e Risk Reduc ion o en sus ain he e e yday disas e s o he
bene icia ies in he long un. To eally ul il hei claim imp o ing he li es o hose in need – « o build back
be e » – Aid agencies and NGOs need o gi e up hei esis ance o hones sel -de elopmen and sel -
e lec ion. I hey a e eally eady o lea n hei lessons om exis ing indings, he i s logical s ep would be,
o gi e he p o i o hese lea nings back o he o me bene icia ies: Aid O ganisa ions need o go back in o
hei old ields o in e en ions and make jus ice o hei ailu es. I is impo an o admi ha he e is no
bluep in solu ion o pos -disas e econs uc ion. Real pa ne ship he e o means ha new con ex ualized
knowledge needs o be c ea ed by local expe s, go e nmen s and he ecipien s, oge he wi h hei dono s.
We s ongly u ge o b ing back he so-called bene icia ies back in o he d i e ’s sea s o pos -disas e
econs uc ion. This needs ime and mul idisciplina y skills, including in e cul u al communica ion, social
science, anspa ency and p ojec planning ha allow agili y in any p ojec phase.
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sunami econs u ion in Tamil Nadu, India. In: P. Daly and M. Feene (eds). Rebuilding Asia ollowing
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Lessons on elie and eco e y a e disas ous e en s –
Pe cep ion and sa is ac ion o elie wo ke s
Alexande Feke e1, Celia No 1, Ch is iane S ephan1 & Ka olina Bedna ska2
1Ins i u e o Rescue Enginee ing and Ci il P o ec ion, TH Köln - Uni e si y o Applied Sciences, Ge many
2Ins i u e o Fi e Sa e y Enginee ing, Main School o Fi e Se ice, Poland
Email: alexande . eke e@ h-koeln.de; [email p o ec ed]; ch is iane.s ephan@ h-koeln.de
Abs ac
The pe cep ion and sa is ac ion o elie helpe s and manage s engaged in di e en o ms o domes ic and
o eign aid conce ning disas ous e en s is a c ucial aspec in e alua ing disas e elie ac ions and de i ing
lessons lea ned o u u e p ojec s. This a icle i s ly summa izes indings on he pe cep ion and sa is ac ion
o elie wo ke s p esen ed in g ey and scien i ic li e a u e and highligh s he li e a u e’s ocus on eco e y
e o s conce ning housing, logis ics and planning as well as on he di e en s akeholde s in ol ed.
Secondly, hese indings om he li e a u e a e suppo ed by insigh s om a su ey ca ied ou amongs
di e en ac o s in ol ed in disas e elie in se e al coun ies and cases. The esul s unde line ime
cons ain s and in o ma ion managemen as cen al aspec s o limi ing elie enablemen . Mo eo e ,
con a y o o he obse a ions, ce ain key documen s ega ding Disas e Risk Reduc ion (DRR), especially he
Sendai and Hyogo F amewo ks a e well known and also, a leas o 61% e alua ed as gene al use ul by elie
wo ke s. This pape se es as a s a ing poin o in-dep h esea ch on he sa is ac ion wi h disas e elie
ac i i ies as one impo an pa o e ec i e DRR ha includes immedia e esponse bu also long- e m
e ec i eness o eco e y measu es and hus makes disas e elie no an isola ed ac i i y bu in eg a ed in o
DRR and de elopmen aspec s.
In oduc ion
Disas e s such as he Indian Ocean Tsunami in 2004, he ea hquake in Hai i 2010, he Nepal Ea hquake
2015,o many o he so-called na u al haza ds (also cyclones, loods e c.) do no only a ac global a en ion
bu also domes ic as well as o eign aid in di e en o ms. A ew mon hs o yea s a e a disas e howe e his
a en ion and aid dec eases, as he manda es o humani a ian o ganiza ions end and media a en ion
swi ches o o he places o opics.
This a icle based on a su ey gene a es an o e iew o which ex en hese di e en o ms o domes ic and
o eign aid in e en ions we e sa is ying om he poin o iew o hose pe sons who helped.
Help and aid can come in di e en o ms o a disas e s icken communi y; sea ch and escue eams, people
o ganising he logis ics om ab oad o , c owd sou ced e en om hei home o ice. Consul an s o NGOs,
go e nmen , p i a e sec o and indi iduals, a ec ed o no a ec ed all belong o a wo ld-wide communi y o
people in ol ed in aid and eco e y a e se e e e en s such as a sunami, cyclone o ea hquake. Goods and
se ices o e ed o imp o e immedia e si ua ions can a y s ongly and he leng h o he eco e y phase can
be ex ended up o decades. Small-scale p o ision o ood and wa e , bu also la ge-scale housing p ojec s o
haza d ba ie s, jus as less physically angible se ices like knowledge o dona ions in o m o money all
belong o disas e aid and eco e y.
While qui e a numbe o lessons lea ned s udies exis s ha add ess he ime immedia ely a e an e en , as in
he case o he 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, he numbe o s udies published o e lec long- e m lea ning
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dec eases signi ican ly o e he yea s a e an e en . In o de o os e long- e m lea ning and sha e
expe ience on which eco e y e ec s we e e ec i e and which we e no sus ainable, we ca ied ou wo
ac i i ies; an expe semina and a su ey.
Backg ound and mo i a ion: Alumni Semina
In con ex o he DAAD Alumni Semina on he opic “11 Yea s A e he Indian Ocean Tsunami 2004 –
Lessons o Disas e Reco e y, Rehabili a ion and Resilience”, ca ied ou by TH Köln - Uni e si y o Applied
Sciences, Ins i u e o Rescue Enginee ing and Ci il P o ec ion, he Uni ed Na ions Uni e si y - Ins i u e o
En i onmen and Human Secu i y (UNU-EHS) and he Social Policy Analysis and Resea ch Cen e, Uni e si y
o Colombo (SPARC), 20 in e na ional pa icipan s om Asia, La in Ame ica and A ica and a ious Ge man
and in e na ional expe s in he ield o Disas e Risk Managemen and Humani a ian Aid discussed opics o
social esilience, bu e capaci ies o ce ain ecosys ems o sunami wa es and he challenges o dona ion
managemen and long- e m owne ship and esponsibili y o elie ac i i ies.
Especially wo p essing ques ions we e pu in o ocus:
1. Ha e he di e en ac o s lea ned om he disas e and
2. Ha e p ocesses o Disas e Risk Reduc ion (DRR) and li elihood imp o emen been implemen ed
success ully and in a sus ainable manne ?
In discussing hese ques ions, he sa is ac ion o helpe s and manage s who we e engaged in p o iding
di e en o ms o domes ic and o eign aid was highligh ed - especially he need o e alua e hese
p ocesses, he eby de i ing ce ain lessons on how o imp o e hem o u u e p ojec s. The ou come o he
semina is documen ed by se e al scien i ic pape s in his olume and in a icles published in o he jou nals
(e.g. S ephan, No & Feke e, 2017).
The aim o his pape is o add empi ical e idence o he main ques ions; answe ing which a e di e en
ac o s o s akeholde g oups and in es iga ing lea ning ha akes place when c i ically e iewing and
e alua ing speci ic p ocesses ha ake place du ing he eco e y phase. Success and cons ain ac o s o
DRR a e analysed, mainly ega ding long- e m lea ning and ans e lessons lea ned on DRR o o he u u e
e en s. In o de o achie e hese objec i es, his sho pape i s ly looks in o a selec ed body o li e a u e and
secondly adds some insigh s om a b oadly designed su ey ca ied ou amongs di e en ac o s in ol ed in
disas e elie in se e al coun ies and cases.
Li e a u e e iew on eco e y e o s ela ed o disas e s
In o de o p o ide a backg ound o he speci ic esea ch ques ions ha will be add essed in he subsequen
chap e , i s ly i is ele an o desc ibe he hema ic ame o his pape . The li e a u e e iew is limi ed in
scope and dep h, since he main in en ion is o iden i y key hemes al eady exis ing, be o e u u e esea ch
will look in o speci ic aspec s in mo e dep h.
Me hod o li e a u e e iew
Li e a u e e iew was conduc ed in Janua y 2017 using he sea ch engines Google Schola and Google and
analysing each 100 i s hi s ega ding speci ied sea ch e ms such as „Sa is ac ion o Disas e Relie Helpe s“.
One sea ch p ocess has been conduc ed in Google (no Google Schola ) wi h iden ical sea ch wo ds in o de
o analyse he di e ences in hi s. The esul s showed ha in egula Google sea ch only ew addi ional
aluable scien i ic jou nal a icles we e ound, howe e , subs an ially mo e su eys and g ey li e a u e
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epo s. While he e is a b ead h o epo s om NGOs and o he s, such epo s ha e no been included in
his e iew, since i would exceed he scope o his o e iew pape .
The i s 100 sea ch hi s we e analysed ega ding hei ele ance wi h ega d o he scope o ou pape . All
abs ac s ha e been analysed, s o ed and hei key conclusions exce p ed. Mos a icles we e ully accessible
h ough a ious uni e si y pla o ms, bu no all, hence abs ac s allowed o a compa able ex sou ce.
Howe e , ele an a icles we e also s o ed and analysed ega ding ull ex . The selec ion o ‘ ele ance’ o
cou se is highly subjec i e bu is mainly an indica ion o he eade s, which a icles conduc esea ch in a
domain simila o ou esea ch di ec ion in his pape . I should no be misunde s ood as a gene al
judgemen on usabili y o quali y. In o de o emain consis en , sea ch e ms we e used consis en ly, e en i
g amma ically sligh ly inco ec o incomple e in ce ain a ia ions such as ‘sa is ac ion o disas e elie ’.
Each pape appea s only once in he esul ing selec ion, e en when i would i o se e al sea ch e m
combina ions (see able below). Only he sea ch e m combina ions as shown in able 1 we e used, no
synonyms o B i ish English equi alen s such as ‘o ganisa ions’ – he e o e, hese a icles migh be missing.
The li e a u e e iew ocuses on scien i ic jou nal a icles and includes some edi ed books, monog aphies
and di e en ypes o g ey li e a u e. Using only one speci ic sea ch e m such as “sa is ac ion” is limi ing,
o he synonyms o sa is ac ion would be con en men , o g a i ica ion, o example. Howe e , hey we e
ound e en less equen han sa is ac ion and he e o e excluded in o de o ob ain a i s consis en
o e iew.
Sea ch wo ds Sea ch engine Pape s analysed in dep h and
inally selec ed o his chap e
SATISFACTION OF DISASTER RELIEF
HELPERS
Google Schola 3 ou o 17
SATISFACTION OF DISASTER RELIEF
SURVEY
Google Schola 4 ou o 13
SATISFACTION OF DISASTER RELIEF Google Schola 3 ou o 12
SATISFACTION OF EMERGENCY
ORGANIZATIONS IN DISASTER
Google Schola 4 ou o 9
SATISFACTION WITH THE HELP OF
AID ORGANIZATIONS AFTER
DISASTER
Google Schola 1 ou o 5
SATISFACTION OF DISASTER RELIEF
SURVEY
Google 2 ou o 11
Table 1. Sea ch e m combina ions used o iden i y he publica ion basis o he li e a u e e iew
Sou ce: own elabo a ion
The sample is clea ly oo small o make s a is ically iable s a emen s. Mainly, he p eselec ion helps o
sepa a e pape s mo e ele an o his li e a u e e iew.
Resul s o li e a u e e iew
The opic o sa is ac ion ela ed o disas e elie is widely desc ibed in he li e a u e as he b ie li e a u e
sea ch e eals. I is obse ed ha disas e s o ecen imes a e analysed by a ious ypes o go e nmen al and
non-go e nmen al o ganisa ions. Va ious aspec s o disas e s a e analysed in he selec ed numbe o a icles
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(see Table 1). Many o hem gi e o e all summa y desc ip ions o haza dous e en s, hei p ocesses, damages
and coun e measu es. Howe e , he e also exis s li e a u e dealing no jus wi h he disas e desc ip ion o
p ocess analysis, bu p esen e lec ions on how he e en was handled and, iden i ying a he same ime
ele an gaps and u u e p io i y a eas. As an example, he epo en i led "Wea ing Hopes a e Disas e s"
(Xa ie 2015) discusses long- e m impac and bene icia y sa is ac ion o elie , ehabili a ion and
de elopmen p og ammes in India. The au ho ealises ha o ganisa ions need o in ospec pe iodically
how e ec i e hei in e en ions a e in e ms o educing he ad e se e ec s o disas e s and he unde lying
social and economic inequali ies, de ining p io i ies and acili a ing people’s access o igh s and
en i lemen s by go e nmen . In o de o accomplish his, he e is a need o access sys ema ic eedback by
bene icia ies on hei pe cep ion and app ecia ion o hese ac i i ies. The epo aims o a ain his objec i e
as i mainly in ends o ob ain a c i ical scien i ic analysis o he impac o di e en elie , ehabili a ion and
de elopmen ac i i ies wi hin he Indian pos -eme gency ehabili a ion p og ammes, ocusing on he
bene icia ies’ pe cep ions and sa is ac ion. I u he aims a ecommending p io i ies in he combina ion o
di e en in e en ion s a egies in u u e pos -disas e p og ammes.
C i ical e alua ion o eco e y e o s – housing, logis ics and planning
A c i ical e iew o empo a y housing as a ypical means o apid elie o esiden s losing homes iden i ies
as c i ical he issues o sui abili y (cos s and en i onmen al issues) and use -needs (cul u al sensi i i y) (Félix,
B anco & Feio 2013). This is widely in line wi h a ange o o he s udies showing ha empo a y housing
p ojec s, al hough designed by dono s wi h good in en ions, o en lack he necessa y sensi i i y o local
con ex s and he e o e does no conside use -needs adequa ely; o he p oblems a e lack o main enance,
p ope in eg a ion wi h in as uc u e and poo li ing condi ions (Geipel 1982; Fe nando 2012).
While logis ics a e a key esou ce o e ec i e eco e y, cons ain s in his a ea can be a lack o coope a ion
be ween logis ics companies and use s as well as a lack o anspa ency, us , awa eness o cul u al speci ics
bu also con lic s a ising om elie capaci ies, ole and in e es s o he companies (Schulz & Blecken 2010).
The dependence o disas e elie logis ics on he p ocess chain and ‘business con inui y’ in si ua ions whe e
disas e s can also hampe he (c i ical) in as uc u e and se ices hemsel es seems o be lacking awa eness
(Bozo gi-Ami i e al. 2012). Li eline econs uc ion as well as business econs uc ion howe e , a e key opics
iden i ied in a numbe o s udies and epo s (B own e al. 2015; Gio inazzi e al. 2016; Se ille e al. 2014,
Suppas i e al. 2015).
Local di e ences conce ning he measu es applied also play an impo an ole as o how e ec i e o
sa is ac o y elie p ocesses a e pe cei ed. As an example, sa is ac ion wi h disas e elie a e loods a ied
signi ican ly be ween wo a ec ed communi ies in Kansas in 1998. A s udy showed ha esiden s in Augus a
we e less sa is ied han hose in A kansas Ci y due o sho e lead- ime o wa nings issued by ci y o icials
(Paul 2002). Local di e ences and di e en con ex s a e a gene al majo aspec o obse ed no only in
disas e - elie ac i i ies bu also in cases o long- e m eco e y and planning. Fo example, applica ion o
measu es a e he Indian Ocean Tsunami in 2004 such as bu e and isk zona ion le els a y in loca ions and
coun ies a ec ed by he Tsunami (Fe nando 2012, Suppas i e al. 2015). Planning and land use managemen
a e howe e jus one pa o issues nex o in e nal con lic s and educa ion, his s udy inds.
Di e en s akeholde s unde analysis
Qui e a numbe o s udies ocus on he pe cep ions o and sa is ac ion wi h disas e elie and eco e y om
he pe spec i es o ic ims o people a ec ed. Fo example, s udies elabo a ed a e he ea hquake in Nepal
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7) We e you mainly wo king alone o in a g oup o helpe s?
38 ou o 40 people answe ed his ques ion
8) In wha ype o o ganiza ional s uc u e had you been wo king wi hin his ope a ion?
39 ou o 40 people answe ed his ques ion
9) Wha kind o wo k did you do in his ope a ion?
39 ou o 40 people answe ed his ques ion
10) Ha e you been wo king in a simila ope a ion again?
39 ou o 40 people answe ed his ques ion
11) Would you be willing o wo k in a simila ope a ion in he u u e?
39 ou o 40 people answe ed his ques ion
12) Wha pe sonal cons ain s did you expe ience du ing he ope a ion?
36 ou o 40 people answe ed his ques ion
5 Un ained olun ee 3
/
8%
6 Un ained and sel
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/
3%
La ge g oup o o ganisa ion
1
30
/
79%
2-3 People
2
5
/
13%
4-6
3
5
/
13%
4 Alone 2
/
5%
Non Go e nmen al o ganisa ion
1
17
/
44%
Go e nmen al ins i u ion
2
16
/
41%
O he
3
3
/
8%
P i a e
4
3
/
8%
Desk op wo k (planning, analysis, decision-making)
1
23
/
59%
Social Wo k
2
8
/
21%
3 Ph
y
sical wo k ( o example, cons uc ion, anspo ). 5
/
13%
4 Medical aid and ea men s 2
/
5%
5 Adminis a i e 1
/
3%
Yes
1
28
/
72%
No
2
11
/
28%
Yes
39 / 100%
1
2 No 0
/
0%
Time cons ain s
1
21
/
58%
Unce ain y by lack o in o ma ion and guidance
2
19
/
53%

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13) F om which sou ces did you ecei e in o ma ion abou you ope a ion a ea a e you help?
38 ou o 40 people answe ed his ques ion
14) Did you ind his in o ma ion su icien and he way i was p o ided sa is ying?
37 ou o 40 people answe ed his ques ion
15) Ha e you hea d abou he “Hyogo F amewo k o Ac ion” o he “Sendai F amewo k o Disas e
Risk Reduc ion”?
38 ou o 40 people answe ed his ques ion
16) In case you know he Hyogo F amewo k o Ac ion” o he “Sendai F amewo k o Disas e Risk
Reduc ion” do you know ope a ions whe e i was/is used?
34 ou o 40 people answe ed his ques ion
17) I yes, wha is you imp ession on hei use ulness and in luence o you ac ions in his e en ?
23 ou o 40 people answe ed his ques ion
Obliga ions wi h main job
3
12
/
33%
Psychological and emo ional s ess
4
12
/
33%
5 P oblems wi h lod
g
in
g
, ood o heal h 6
/
17%
6 Aid e
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he people 5
/
14%
7 Ph
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y
ou o o he people 5
/
14%
8 Obli
g
a ions wi h own amil
y
3
/
8%
Colleagues
1
21
/
55%
Public media
2
18
/
47%
Public/ p i a e O icials
3
18
/
47%
You unding agency/ ope a ion leade
4
17
/
45%
5 F iends o amil
y
5
/
13%
yes
1
24
/
65%
pa ly
2
10
/
27%
no
3
3
/
8%
Sendai F amewo k
1
26
/
68%
Hyogo F amewo k
2
24
/
63%
No
1
17
/
50%
Yes
2
17
/
50%
Gene ally use ul
1
14
/
61%
No e y use ul
2
5
/
22%
Played a key ole
3
4
/
17%
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18) Wha ype o suppo ing documen s did you ind help ul?
37 ou o 40 people answe ed his ques ion
19) Wha is you age?
36 ou o 40 people answe ed his ques ion
20) Gende
37 ou o 40 people answe ed his ques ion
1 P ac ical Guidelines ( ela ed o c isis mana
g
emen , eme
g
encies, isks, sa e
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& secu i
y
)18
/
49%
Academic publica ions
2
10
/
27%
Risk maps ( isk a eas)
3
7
/
19%
4 Maps 2
/
5%
5 Social Media 0
/
0%
6
T
a el
g
uides 0
/
0%
50-59
1
11
/
31%
40-49
2
10
/
28%
30-39
3
8
/
22%
20-29
5
2
/
6%
6 1-19 1
/
3%
7 70-79 0
/
0%
8 80 up 0
/
0%
Male
1
21
/
57%
Female
2
16
/
43%
3 O he 0
/
0%
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