Disaster governance and the scalar politics of incomplete decentralization: Fragmented and contested responses to the 2011 floods in Central Thailand

Marks, Danny; Lebel, Louis

doi:10.1016/j.habitatint.2015.08.024

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“…Brooks, Adger, & Kelly, 2005), but no macro-level study has been undertaken on the relationship between political decentralisation and natural hazard-associated disaster outcomes while analysing the mediating role of national wealth, political orientation and local representation. Cross-national studies in this area either have dwelt on fiscal decentralisation (Ahmed & Iqbal, 2009;Escaleras & Register, 2012;Skidmore & Toya, 2013;Yamamura, 2012) or are case studies (Ainuddin, Aldrich, Routray, Ainuddin, & Achkazai, 2013;Blackburn, 2014;Marks & Lebel, 2016). Using cross-country data over the 1950-2006 period, our study reveals that political decentralisation is correlated with disaster outcomes, and hence indicates the importance of focusing new disaster mitigation initiatives and future disaster risk reduction research on this area.…”

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confidence: 77%

“…It is usually present where there is representative government and pluralism in politics. There is an argument that decentralisation can improve the provision of local public goods and services, as there is more local accountability and representation (Bardhan, 2002;Faguet, 2014 AQ2 ¶ ;Marks & Lebel, 2016;Oates, 1972;Tiebout, 1956). Our central hypothesis in this paper is that more politically decentralised countries fare better, when affected by natural hazards, in terms of damage to the population and the economy.…”

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confidence: 89%

“…Ainuddin et al (2013) identify the usefulness of efficient preparedness and coordination of provisional and national level agencies to enhance community awareness and preparedness. According to Wisner et al (2004) and Marks and Lebel (2016), greater local participation in decisions is expected to lead to more appropriate and sustainable disaster risk reduction interventions. All of these areas are linked to the extent to which the political system is decentralised, as this determines whether resources can flow to those who need them quickly.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…On the one hand, delivered effectively decentralisation can bring government closer to the people by improving the provision of local public goods and services (Bardhan, 2002;Faguet, 2014;Marks & Lebel, 2016;Oates, 1972;Tiebout, 1956). Greater transfers of political powers to local and regional bodies can promote a better matching of public policies to local needs.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Further, subnational governments may attract fewer skilled and capable officials and decision-makers (Prud '-homme, 1995), implying that subnational governments can end-up being less efficient at delivering disaster risk reduction. Moreover, some countries often devolve responsibilities but not skills or human and financial resources (Marks & Lebel, 2016). Finally, with higher degrees of decentralisation, there are costs associated with establishing multiple layers of government (Escaleras & Register, 2012).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Disaster governance and the scalar politics of incomplete decentralization: Fragmented and contested responses to the 2011 floods in Central Thailand

Cited by 104 publications

References 26 publications

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