Disaster and Recovery: Processes Compressed in Time

Olshansky, R.; Hopkins, Lewis D.; Johnson, Laurie A.

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“…Framed in this way, past natural hazards in general, and the two cases discussed in this article, arguably present a form of environmental 'Dark Heritage' that focuses mostly on the dire consequences of low-frequency/high-magnitude events. Yet, as political economic/ecological events, every disaster has its winners and losers (Scanlon 1988) and they can also be framed as opportunities for societal change (Birkmann et al 2010;Olshansky, Hopkins, and Johnson 2012), perhaps especially so in relation to our contemporary risk society as suggested by the late Ulrich Beck (2015). Environmental or geocultural heritage could here serve as a resource for conceptualizing alternative future engagements, or in the words of Schlanger, Nespoulous, and Demoule (2016, 409), a 'contemporary future' shaped in part by catastrophic events.…”

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Does environmental archaeology need an ethical promise?

2016

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Environmental catastrophes represent profound challenges faced by societies today. Numerous scholars in the climate sciences and the humanities have argued for a greater ethical engagement with these pressing issues. At the same time, several disciplines concerned with hazards are moving towards formalized ethical codes or promises that not only guide the dissemination of data but oblige scientists to relate to fundamentally political issues. This article couples a survey of the recent environmental ethics literature with two case studies of how past natural hazards have affected vulnerable societies in Europe's prehistory. We ask whether cases of past calamities and their societal effects should play a greater role in public debates and whether archaeologists working with past environmental hazards should be more outspoken in their ethical considerations. We offer no firm answers, but suggest that archaeologists engage with debates in human-environment relations at this interface between politics, public affairs and science. We are living in a climate of fear about our future climate. The language of the public discourse around global warming routinely uses a repertoire which includes words such as 'catastrophe', 'terror', 'danger', 'extinction' and 'collapse'. To help make sense of this phenomenon the story of the complex relationships between climates and cultures in different times and in different places is in urgent need of telling. If we can understand from the past something of this complex interweaving of our ideas of climate with their physical and cultural settings we may be better placed to prepare for different configurations of this relationship in the future. Mike Hulme (2008, 5)

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Does environmental archaeology need an ethical promise?

2016

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“…That is, the stress of recovery might create the condition, whereby adaptive capacity is built more easily. Olshansky, Hopkins, and Johnson, 2012, also suggests that, in order to create additional resilience in postdisaster recovery, it might be more practical to be deliberate than to be speedy in the recovery process. This can increase the ability to take into account future disasters, as well as social justice issues that affect subgroups and individuals that might have differential functioning postrecovery.…”

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“…Additionally, there has been some emphasis on the role that resilience plays in the compression of the time to postevent functioning (Olshansky, Hopkins, and Johnson, 2012). From a practical standpoint, much of the funding and opportunities for building resilience to the next event occur after an event.…”

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Landscape Survey to Support Flood Apex National Flood Decision Support Toolbox: Definitions and Existing Tools

Strong¹,

Knopman²

2017

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“…Enables effective financial resource utilisation where disaster affects communities' institutional structures and/or capacities [83] Confirm credibility, monitor and facilitate receipt of donor funds [29,83,136] Mitigates delayed disbursements [56] Facilitates timely remittance of financial pledges and resource needs [83,136,137] Provide financial monitoring, evaluation and control system [83,138] Provide independent monitoring mechanism [37] Incorporate municipal/area councils in financial monitoring and evaluation [138] Publicise financial evaluation reports [138] Ensures transparency, accountability and probity [37,83,138,139] {Operational measures} Establish accreditation system for financial accounting and reporting using standards [138];…”

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Analysis of Measures for Managing Issues in Post-Disaster Housing Reconstruction

Bilau¹,

Witt²,

Lill³

2017

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After large scale disasters, reconstruction is often initiated by stakeholders to minimize disaster impacts and to mitigate a recurrence. For most reconstruction programmes, priority is given to reconstruction of permanent housing in consideration of the multiplying effects of housing reconstruction on social and economic recovery and the development of community resilience. However, numerous challenges arise during implementation which have reportedly been poorly managed and this has resulted in the ineffectiveness of housing reconstruction programmes and the failure of housing interventions to achieve their intended goals. In previous, related research, the issues affecting the implementation of housing reconstruction programmes were identified and a conceptual framework proposed. This study systematically reviews the academic literature, case studies and working papers in order to identify measures that have been applied by managers of reconstruction programmes to overcome these previously identified issues. The measures identified will be used to develop the previously proposed conceptual framework and thus to enable data collection through an experts' opinion survey. Findings from the experts' opinion survey will, in turn, be used to deduce best practice measures for managing permanent housing reconstruction programmes. This study is intended to aid policy making by providing stakeholders with good practice measures for managing issues in post-disaster housing reconstruction. In addition, it improves the knowledge base by presenting current housing reconstruction management practices and recommending how they can be improved for better community recovery and resilience building after large-scale disasters.

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Disaster and Recovery: Processes Compressed in Time

Cited by 259 publications

References 4 publications

Does environmental archaeology need an ethical promise?

Does environmental archaeology need an ethical promise?

Landscape Survey to Support Flood Apex National Flood Decision Support Toolbox: Definitions and Existing Tools

Analysis of Measures for Managing Issues in Post-Disaster Housing Reconstruction

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