Does safer housing save lives? An analysis of typhoon mortality and dwellings in the Philippines

Healey, Sarah; Lloyd, Sophie; Gray, Jasmine; Opdyke, Aaron

doi:10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.103433

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“…The long-term recovery and reconstruction process often extends from many months to several years [16], and requires strategic planning to identify and help the most vulnerable and severely affected people, as well as identify the rapidly emerging needs and priorities [17]. Furthermore, Priority 4 of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction refers to "Build Back Better" [4] as the requirement for a proper post-disaster recovery that minimises future risks, prepares for future disasters and promotes building resilience in the social, physical and natural environments.…”

Section: Post-disaster Reconstruction Processmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Such extensive humanitarian aid, coupled with pressures for rapid outcomes, creates significant challenges for reconstruction agencies. Issues such as the lack of coordination [3], poor government leadership, political interference [4], hurried responses, NGOs' lack of expertise in construction [3] and lack of accountability often hinder the reconstruction projects' management.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Build Back Safely: Evaluating the Occupational Health and Safety in Post-Disaster Reconstruction

Carrasco

O’Brien

2023

Sustainability

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Current trends in disaster response and management include various stakeholders, including non-government organisations (NGOs), volunteer groups and other humanitarian organisations, working alongside governmental agencies. Together, they are directly involved in reconstruction efforts, with support often extending from the early response to long-term reconstruction. The common goal of reconstruction efforts spanning the last few decades is the ambition to “Build Back Better”. More recently, there have been efforts to expand the scope of the reconstruction efforts to “Build Back Safer” and to raise awareness about the quality and safety of the final products, such as housing and infrastructure. Disaster management studies rarely address the construction process after disasters, or the working conditions of the builders, and often pay little attention to the health and safety of the extended workforce. This study identifies critical factors affecting workers, volunteers, local communities and other staff working on disaster reconstruction projects through a systematic literature review of academic publications. A total of 35 publications were thematically analysed, reduced from an initial selection of 394 publications selected between 2004 to 2022. The findings from this study highlight the vulnerabilities experienced by workers and the broader community involved in post-disaster reconstruction and acknowledge challenges integrating health and safety concerns into the practice and governance of global humanitarian systems.

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Section: Post-disaster Reconstruction Processmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Build Back Safely: Evaluating the Occupational Health and Safety in Post-Disaster Reconstruction

Carrasco

O’Brien

2023

Sustainability

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“…High winds are strongly location specific and short in duration, and have increased in frequency globally in recent years (Pandey & Liou, 2022). The degree of damage has increased, causing significant losses to agricultural crop yields (Lawrence et al, 2022), adverse effects on livelihoods (Preciados et al, 2022) and threats to human populations and health (Healey et al, 2023). Wind speed is the causal dynamic factor and most important disaster‐inducing factor of high wind hazards, and wind speed trends can also have an impact on other climatic factors (Cusack, 2013; Wohland et al, 2019).…”

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Spatiotemporal characteristics of high winds in Jilin Province during 1982–2021

Wei

Zhao

et al. 2023

Intl Journal of Climatology

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High winds are a type of catastrophic weather characterized by wind speeds over 10.8 m·s−1, occurring in all seasons, and have become more frequent, impacting crop growth, agricultural production and quality of life. It is crucial to understand the spatial and temporal distribution patterns of high winds, as well as their speed and other characteristics, for logical planning of agricultural production and the creation of disaster resilience measures. This study applied the climate tendency, accumulative anomalies, theory of run, Mann–Kendall trend and Theil–Sen median to analyse the spatial and temporal distribution characteristics of the average wind speed and high wind days in Jilin Province, the probability of occurrence of high winds of various magnitudes in different eras, and the gale concentration degree (GCD) throughout Jilin Province for a total of 40 years from 1982 to 2021. The average wind speed and number of high wind days in Jilin Province have decreased over the past 40 years, and this trend has slowed over time. The average GCD in Jilin Province has shown an increasing trend over the last 40 years, with the average GCD being highest in Liouhe and lowest in Linjiang. In general, level six high winds were the main wind hazard level in Jilin Province, with the highest frequency occurring in different seasons and decades. In addition, the occurrence of high wind days is affected by global climate change and different underlying surfaces, which leads to maize and yield reduction. Research on the spatiotemporal distribution of high winds can provide important suggestions for the prevention and management of high wind disasters.

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Can government support improve households’ ability to resist natural disaster shocks? Evidence from poor rural areas in China

Yang,

Du,

Gao

et al. 2023

Nat Hazards

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Does safer housing save lives? An analysis of typhoon mortality and dwellings in the Philippines

Cited by 5 publications

References 52 publications

Build Back Safely: Evaluating the Occupational Health and Safety in Post-Disaster Reconstruction

Build Back Safely: Evaluating the Occupational Health and Safety in Post-Disaster Reconstruction

Spatiotemporal characteristics of high winds in Jilin Province during 1982–2021

Can government support improve households’ ability to resist natural disaster shocks? Evidence from poor rural areas in China

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