Environmental implications for disaster preparedness: Lessons Learnt from the Indian Ocean Tsunami

Srinivas, Hari; Nakagawa, Yoshihide

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2007.01.054

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“…EIA is now applied in a broad range of decisionmaking contexts, including international development and trade policy (Cashmore et al, 2009;Kirkpatrick and George, 2006), as well as disaster preparedness and post disaster recovery and reconstruction (e.g. Srinivas and Nakagawa, 2008).…”

Section: The Emergence and Status Of Impact Assessment Practicementioning

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Advancing the theory and practice of impact assessment: Setting the research agenda

Pope

Bond

Morrison‐Saunders

et al. 2013

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

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Impact assessment has been in place for over 40 years and is now practised in some form in all but two of the world's nations. In this paper we reflect on the state of the art of impact assessment theory and practice, focusing on six well-established forms: EIA, SEA, policy assessment, SIA, HIA and sustainability assessment. We note that although the fundamentals of impact assessment have their roots in the US National Environmental Policy Act 1969 (NEPA) each branch of the field is distinct in also drawing on other theoretical and conceptual bases that in turn shape the prevailing discourse in each case, generating increasing degrees of specialisation within each sub-field. Against this backdrop, we consider the strengths and weaknesses of collective impact assessment practice, concluding that although there are substantial strengths, the plethora of specialist branches is generating a somewhat confusing picture and lack of clarity regarding how the pieces of the impact assessment jigsaw puzzle fit together. We use this 2 review to suggest an overarching research agenda that will enable impact assessment to evolve in line with changing expectations for what it should deliver.

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Section: The Emergence and Status Of Impact Assessment Practicementioning

confidence: 99%

Advancing the theory and practice of impact assessment: Setting the research agenda

Pope

Bond

Morrison‐Saunders

et al. 2013

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

217

102

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“…An abundance of case studies of community selforganization at different stages of disaster management exist (see, for example, Paton and Johnston 2001;Menoni 2001;Nakagawa and Shaw 2004;Srinivas and Nakagawa 2008;Surjan and Shaw 2009;Aldrich 2011). In Australia, King (2007) observed a "plethora of organizations" by which a community organizes itself after a disaster, reassigning priorities and using existing organizations and networks for new purposes.…”

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Adaptive governance and managing resilience to natural hazards

Djalante

Holley

Thomalla

2011

Int J Disaster Risk Sci

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The increasing frequency, intensity, and severity of natural hazards is one of the most pressing global environmental change problems. From the local to the global level, governments and civil society need to increase resilience to these hazards. Despite what is now a very sizeable literature on designing governance systems to produce resilience, a substantial gap in the natural hazards scholarship remains because most studies have lacked grounding in comparable theories on governing for resilience. This article contributes to interdisciplinary research on the conceptual understanding of the interlinkages of adaptive governance (AG), resilience, and disaster risk reduction (DRR). Through better understanding of diversity of terminology, terms, and characteristics, we take a step forward towards mutual learning and intellectual experimentation between the three concepts. Our review shows that there are four characteristics of AG that are important to help increase resilience to natural hazards. These are polycentric and multilayered institutions, participation and collaboration, self-organization and networks, and learning and innovation. The article examines the development, tradeoffs, and benefits that arise from the implementation of the AG characteristics, and reviews their influence on resilience. Hazard and disaster case studies are then examined to see how each AG characteristic is viewed and implemented in disaster contexts. Based on this analysis, the contributions of AG to the DRR literature are identified, before outlining the implications for theory and further research.

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“…The authors have evaluated the potential to restore and protect coastal land based on the context of Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism. There was another study on the lessons learnt from the tsunami on the environmental implications for disaster preparedness (Srinivas and Nakagawa 2008).…”

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“…One of the articles was a bibliometric analysis of all documents published on the December 2004 tsunami. Amongst the four ecology related articles, two overlapped with that in Sri Lanka (Giri and others 2008;Srinivas and Nakagawa 2008).…”

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From Bathymetry to Bioshields: A Review of Post-Tsunami Ecological Research in India and its Implications for Policy

Mukherjee

Dahdouh‐Guebas

Kapoor

et al. 2010

Environmental Management

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More than half a decade has passed since the December 26th 2004 tsunami hit the Indian coast leaving a trail of ecological, economic and human destruction in its wake. We reviewed the coastal ecological research carried out in India in the light of the tsunami. In addition, we also briefly reviewed the ecological research in other tsunami affected countries in Asia namely Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand and Maldives in order to provide a broader perspective of ecological research after tsunami. A basic search in ISI Web of Knowledge using keywords ''tsunami'' and ''India'' resulted in 127 peer reviewed journal articles, of which 39 articles were pertaining to ecological sciences. In comparison, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand and Maldives had, respectively, eight, four, 21 and two articles pertaining to ecology. In India, bioshields received the major share of scientific interest (14 out of 39) while only one study (each) was dedicated to corals, seagrasses, seaweeds and meiofauna, pointing to the paucity of research attention dedicated to these critical ecosystems. We noted that very few interdisciplinary studies looked at linkages between pure/applied sciences and the social sciences in India. In addition, there appears to be little correlation between the limited research that was done and its influence on policy in India. This review points to gap areas in ecological research in India and highlights the lessons learnt from research in other tsunami-affected countries. It also provides guidance on the links between science and policy that are required for effective coastal zone management.

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Environmental implications for disaster preparedness: Lessons Learnt from the Indian Ocean Tsunami

Cited by 166 publications

References 1 publication

Advancing the theory and practice of impact assessment: Setting the research agenda

Advancing the theory and practice of impact assessment: Setting the research agenda

Adaptive governance and managing resilience to natural hazards

From Bathymetry to Bioshields: A Review of Post-Tsunami Ecological Research in India and its Implications for Policy

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