Assessing community resilience to natural disaster and climate change in Maitara Island, North Maluku-Indonesia

Lessy, Mohammad Ridwan; Bemba, Jefry; Nagu, Nani

doi:10.1051/matecconf/201822902002

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“…Previous studies (Moreno et al 2019 ; Lessy et al 2018 ; Taupo 2018 ; Rampengan et al 2014 ; Tita 2014 ) have shown that local community members, particularly fishers, are directly or indirectly affected by disasters in small islands, reflecting our findings in this study that the fishing community managed to survive despite the magnitude of catastrophe with no report of casualties. Indeed, community resilience plays a vital role during the response period as underscored by, among others, Moreno et al ( 2019 ), Johansen et al ( 2016 ), and Rampengan et al ( 2014 ).…”

Section: Disaster Risk Reduction Management Structure In Guimarassupporting

confidence: 76%

Measuring Small Island Disaster Resilience Towards Sustainable Coastal and Fisheries Tourism: The Case of Guimaras, Philippines

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Small islands have unique environmental characteristics that make them prone or vulnerable to natural and human-induced hazards. The ability of a community to measure and assess its own characteristics (i.e., connectedness, risk and vulnerability, procedures on disaster planning, response and recovery, and available resources) contributes to the improvement of its capacity to better deal with, survive, and recover from disasters. Thus, we undertook this study to measure the resilience of a small island community using a tool developed by the Torrens Resilience Institute. We conducted a survey among 37 local government officials and 192 local community residents in the Island Province of Guimaras from August to December 2018 using a structured questionnaire following a simple random sampling method. Our results show that Guimaras is facing various natural and anthropogenic hazards. However, local officials and community residents agreed that Guimaras is in the “Going Well Zone” (i.e., the island community is likely to be extremely resilient to any disaster) and that there is no significant difference (t-test, α = 0.05) in their ratings on disaster preparedness. As sun, sand, and sea tourism is a growing industry worldwide, the assessment that small island tourist destinations such as Guimaras is a resilient community would have positive impacts on the tourism industry, possibility leading to the sustainable development of coastal communities with tourism as a major source of supplemental or alternative livelihoods while reducing pressure on overexploited fish stocks.

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Section: Disaster Risk Reduction Management Structure In Guimarassupporting

confidence: 76%

Measuring Small Island Disaster Resilience Towards Sustainable Coastal and Fisheries Tourism: The Case of Guimaras, Philippines

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“…Collaboration among stakeholders is required to minimize the risk. There are many cases where the local community is involved in disaster management, which has proven effective (Buchori et al, 2022;Lessy et al, 2018;Mane, 2019). Local community members generally have knowledge and experiences about local culture and histories that are valuable in disaster risk management (Kumaraswamy et al, 2015).…”

Section: Disaster Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Role of Local Community and The Barriers to Participation in A Mini Hydro Energy Project in Indonesia

Qurani,

Adnan

2023

IJSR

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The Indonesian government's policy to encourage the involvement of private companies to contribute to renewable energy (RE) projects affects the lives of the local community in the surrounding areas. However, the local community's role in the RE project implementation must be clarified. The study identifies a possible role for the local community to participate in the RE project. It examines the barriers to its participation under the lens of public-private-people partnership. The study was conducted in a mini hydro power plant project in Indonesia. Eight representatives from the village government, community members, and company management were interviewed. The data were analyzed and presented in a descriptive-qualitative manner. The study found that local community participation is needed to manage water as a natural resource for mini hydro power plants. Still, the need for explicit agreement on responsibility and benefit-sharing between the local community, village government, and private companies becomes the barrier to community participation. The findings emphasize the need for formal partnership to specify how local government, private businesses, and communities supposedly develop renewable energy as the basis to involve stakeholders at the local level.

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“…It is important to address barriers to disaster preparedness and enhance community resilience. Resilience in relation to natural disasters encompasses 3 common themes, first, the ability to absorb or accommodate the stressor or adverse event; second, the ability to recover and return to healthy levels of functioning (and not necessarily predisaster functioning); third, the ability to learn, adapt, or transform in response to disaster exposure [1, [31][32][33][34][35]. The Australian Disaster Resilience Index was created to assess disaster resilience in Australia and it was found that most of the population of Australia lived in areas that were assessed as having "moderate" resilience for natural disasters, with "low" disaster resilience observed primarily in remote areas [1].…”

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A Community Mental Health Integrated Disaster Preparedness Intervention for Bushfire Recovery in Rural Australian Communities: Protocol for a Multimethods Feasibility and Acceptability Pilot Study

Pike,

Dohnt,

Tully

et al. 2024

JMIR Res Protoc

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Background Natural hazards are increasing in frequency and intensity due to climate change. Many of these natural disasters cannot be prevented; what may be reduced is the extent of the risk and negative impact on people and property. Research indicates that the 2019-2020 bushfires in Australia (also known as the “Black Summer Bushfires”) resulted in significant psychological distress among Australians both directly and indirectly exposed to the fires. Previous intervention research suggests that communities impacted by natural hazards (eg, earthquakes, hurricanes, and floods) can benefit from interventions that integrate mental health and social support components within disaster preparedness frameworks. Research suggests that disaster-affected communities often prefer the support of community leaders, local services, and preexisting relationships over external supports, highlighting that community-based interventions, where knowledge stays within the local community, are highly beneficial. The Community-Based Disaster Mental Health Intervention (CBDMHI) is an evidence-based approach that aims to increase disaster preparedness, resilience, social cohesion, and social support (disaster-related help-seeking), and decrease mental health symptoms, such as depression and anxiety. Objective This research aims to gain insight into rural Australian’s recovery needs post natural hazards, and to enhance community resilience in advance of future fires. Specifically, this research aims to adapt the CBDMHI for the rural Australian context and for bushfires and second, to assess the acceptability and feasibility of the adapted CBDMHI in a rural Australian community. Methods Phase 1 consists of qualitative interviews (individual or dyads) with members of the target bushfire-affected rural community. Analysis of these data will include identifying themes related to disaster preparedness, social cohesion, and mental health, which will inform the adaptation. An initial consultation phase is a key component of the adaptation process and, therefore, phase 2 will involve additional discussion with key stakeholders and members of the community to further guide adaptation of the CBDMHI to specific community needs, building on phase 1 inputs. Phase 3 includes identifying and training local community leaders in the adapted intervention. Following this, leaders will co-deliver the intervention. The acceptability and feasibility of the adapted CBDMHI within the community will be evaluated by questionnaires and semistructured interviews. Effectiveness will be evaluated by quantifying psychological distress, resilience, community cohesion, psychological preparedness, and help-seeking intentions. Results This study has received institutional review board approval and commenced phase 1 recruitment in October 2022. Conclusions The study will identify if the adapted CBDMHI is viable and acceptable within a village in the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia. These findings will inform future scale-up in the broader rural Australian context. If this intervention is well received, the CBDMHI may be valuable for future disaster recovery and preparedness efforts in rural Australia. These findings may inform future scale-up in the broader rural Australian context. International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID) DERR1-10.2196/53454

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Assessing community resilience to natural disaster and climate change in Maitara Island, North Maluku-Indonesia

Cited by 5 publications

References 35 publications

Measuring Small Island Disaster Resilience Towards Sustainable Coastal and Fisheries Tourism: The Case of Guimaras, Philippines

Measuring Small Island Disaster Resilience Towards Sustainable Coastal and Fisheries Tourism: The Case of Guimaras, Philippines

The Role of Local Community and The Barriers to Participation in A Mini Hydro Energy Project in Indonesia

A Community Mental Health Integrated Disaster Preparedness Intervention for Bushfire Recovery in Rural Australian Communities: Protocol for a Multimethods Feasibility and Acceptability Pilot Study

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