A Practitioner's View of Disaster Management in Nepal: Organisation, System, Problems and Prospects

Chhetri, Meen B Poudyal

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“…In addition, it is important to consider the fact that the highest effectiveness is at the community level, where specific needs are met [72]. The query points to a group of problems that exist at the level of local self-governments, which is also present in other states [13,50,71,[73][74][75]. As of 2000, public policies in Serbia have to a great extent operated according to the principles and rules of the new public management, which is a limiting factor in implementing the principles of DRM in certain segments (the displacement of institutions from sparsely populated border areas to regional centersi.e., institutions such as schools, health care institutions, and courts (which is known as 'the optimization of institutions')).…”

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Capacity Development of Local Self-Governments for Disaster Risk Management

Cvetković

Tanasić²,

Öcal

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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The objective of this research was to examine the capacity development of local self-governments in the field of disaster risk management (DRM). This quantitative research examines the degree of implementation of strategic, legislative, and institutional frameworks, as well as the capacity of local authorities to apply related policies through five analytical scopes: (1) degree of preparedness and legal framework; (2) financial framework; (3) policy aspects; (4) cooperation and partnership; (5) communication. The ability of municipalities and towns to respond to disasters was also analyzed and compared. In this paper, our initial hypothesis was that the effective implementation of the concept of DRM policy in towns of Serbia requires the continual strategic, tactical, and operational transformation of the public administration and public management system in order to strengthen the capacity of local self-governments for disaster prevention, preparation, response, and recovery. This multimethod research was conducted over the period of 2014–2017 and included the following two target groups: (a) heads of disaster sectors in local self-government units (mayor) and (b) employees of the DRM sector in local self-government units. The results of this research will enable decision makers to successfully respond to challenges and help to improve the capacity of local self-governments and public local administrations within the scope of DRM in the Republic of Serbia, based on the principles of prevention and proactive action, coordination, cooperation, partnership, and responsibility.

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Capacity Development of Local Self-Governments for Disaster Risk Management

Cvetković

Tanasić²,

Öcal

et al. 2021

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“…But the implementation and monitoring are still weaker due to the communities are not well equipped and aware enough to face disasters as they are not involved directly (Smith, Brown, & Dugar, 2017). There are several gaps in the management of disasters at the community level due to little awareness efforts, less practice of LK, and inadequate support from different levels of government and actors (Poudyal Chhetri, 2001).…”

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Community Based Flood Risk Management: Local Knowledge and Actor’s Involvement Approach from Lower Karnali River Basin of Nepal

Sharma¹

2021

GEP

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Connecting to the disaster risk reduction (DRR) studies, community-based initiatives are found to be more effective in both developed and developing countries, with a specific focus on the empowerment of local communities to build resilience. Building on social capital theory, the paper investigates on local knowledge (LK) practices experienced by the actors in an emerging economy using the community-based flood risk management (CB-FRM) approach. The qualitative research method was used by collecting data from focused group discussions, and interviews with the key informants including actors from local governments and non-government organizations. Additionally, informal discussions, field visits, and desk studies were undertaken to support the findings. The findings reveal that the local communities carry out various local knowledge experiences to respond during disaster management phases. They own a creative set of approaches based on the LK and that empowers them to live in the flood-prone areas, accepting the paradigm shift from fighting with floods to living with that. The local actor's involvement is recognized as an essential component for CB-FRM activities. Yet, their program's implementation is more oriented towards humanitarian assistance in emergency responses. Even, they often overlook the role of LK. Additionally, the results show a high level of presence of local communities during the preparedness and recovery phases, while NGOs and local governments have a medium role in preparedness and low in recovery phase. The lack of local ownership has also emerged as the major challenge. The research provides valuable insights for integrated CB-FRM policies by adopting to LK practices.

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“…The complexity of geophysical and socio-economic condition of Nepal provides tentative bases that Nepal faces landslides, avalanches, floods, earthquakes, glacier bursts, droughts, and blizzards and their disastrous aftermath. Additionally, weak institutions, resource constraints and frail economic conditions, lack of awareness, lower literacy levels and absence of modern technologies exacerbate the disasters (Chhetri, 2001). In such a situation, there is no study in Nepal about whether the impact of disasters on men and women is the same or different.…”

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Disaster, Women and Vulnerability: A Study of Earthquake 2015 in Nepal

Ghimire¹

2021

KMC Res. J.

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This study focuses on the impact of Nepal’s great earthquake 2015 on women and girls. The context of women’s vulnerabilities to disaster is shaped by social differences in roles and responsibilities of women and men. The difference in the division of labor that forces women to stay within the house put them at more risk of death than men. Women are engaged in domestic tasks and caregiving responsibilities, which delay their response and escape from the buildings during emergencies. The lack of education, good health, hygiene and early warning system or absence of disaster awareness made women more vulnerable than men during 2015 earthquake in Nepal. Women relate to different social, physical, psychological, and economic vulnerability in, during and post disaster period. This paper explains the relationship between disaster and its impact over women in the context of Nepal. This article is identified as qualitative research. This research is based on interpretive and descriptive methods. Researcher therefore has collected qualitative data derived from both primary and secondary sources. To analyze and prove the effect of earthquake ethnographically, interviews and key-informants’ interviews are employed. Total 16 interviews and 4 key informants’ interview, and one focus group discussion were held in study area. Researcher also collected secondary data from multiple sources— books, articles, journals, review papers, government documents and archives, nongovernmental reports, newspapers and online materials. The findings of this paper are that women are specifically more vulnerable during disaster because of their socioeconomic and cultural positions. Women encounter different types of problems like social, cultural, economic difficulties. Women’s vulnerability is increased by social differences in roles and responsibilities of male and female during the disaster. The paper strongly argues that gender-based discrimination, inequalities, access to resources and decisionmaking process are the key factors, which directly affect the women during the disaster.

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A Practitioner's View of Disaster Management in Nepal: Organisation, System, Problems and Prospects

Cited by 13 publications

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Capacity Development of Local Self-Governments for Disaster Risk Management

Capacity Development of Local Self-Governments for Disaster Risk Management

Community Based Flood Risk Management: Local Knowledge and Actor’s Involvement Approach from Lower Karnali River Basin of Nepal

Disaster, Women and Vulnerability: A Study of Earthquake 2015 in Nepal

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