Lessons Learned from the Failed Spanish Refugee System: For the Recovery of Sustainable Public Policies

Bris, Pablo; Bendito, Félix

doi:10.3390/su9081446

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“…To achieve sustainability, decision-makers must give attention to planning such accommodations in times of emergency. This fact was made evident by Bris and Bendito and their study of Spain during the European Refugee Crisis [36]. This study aims to address this gap in knowledge by providing insight into different institutional responses to a sudden high influx of displaced persons in a developed country.…”

Section: Accommodations During Emergency Situationsmentioning

confidence: 92%

Stakeholder Legitimization of the Provision of Emergency Centralized Accommodations to Displaced Persons

2019

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Sudden population influxes into cities—such as those seen during post-disaster migration—place unexpected demands on the urban housing system. Decisions made during these influxes are often controversial, potentially hindering the ability of the organizations involved to respond. This study’s objective was to explore strategies (e.g., types of information shared and types of accommodation chosen) that can be used during decision-making processes when providing emergency accommodations to increase stakeholder acceptance, and thus lead to sustainable institutional responses. This study specifically sought to shed light on how, during the Refugee Crisis in Germany of 2015 and 2016, stakeholders legitimized decisions made to provide centralized emergency accommodations to displaced persons. Making this study possible were 25 semi-structured interviews with utility, government, nonprofit, and company employees involved in the provision of centralized accommodations for displaced persons. Interviews were conducted in 2016 and underwent a qualitative analysis. Results indicate that stakeholders primarily legitimized the provision of centralized accommodations based on convictions of right and wrong (moral legitimacy), while they legitimized decisions to not provide such accommodations based on their understanding and experience of practical barriers (cultural-cognitive legitimacy). Recommendations arising from this study include the following: provide information to stakeholders about accommodations’ livability (to gain consequential legitimacy) and past successes (to gain comprehensibility legitimacy), adapt regulations to help stakeholders use procedural legitimacy, and prefer fully renovated buildings or modular housing to buildings with no major renovations or container housing (to gain consequential rather than procedural legitimacy).

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Section: Accommodations During Emergency Situationsmentioning

confidence: 92%

Stakeholder Legitimization of the Provision of Emergency Centralized Accommodations to Displaced Persons

2019

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“…However, this is an outlying proposal. Most of Japanese prefabricated houses have not leveraged enough on the current customization possibilities afforded by prefabrication [83,84].…”

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Impact of Japanese Post-Disaster Temporary Housing Areas’ (THAs) Design on Mental and Social Health

Bris

Bendito

2019

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The phenomenon named kodokushi, meaning death alone without the care or company of anyone inside temporary housing, appeared after the Kobe earthquake in Japan in 1995 with some 250 cases. This paper analyzes the evolution of Japanese temporary houses—to attempt to prevent the problem of kodokushi—from the point of view of management, how services and activities are organized, and design. We will use case studies as our methodological tool, analyzing the responses in 1995 Kobe (50,000 THs), 2004 Chūetsu (3000 THs), 2011 Tōhoku (50,000 THs), and 2016 Kumamoto (4000 THs). This article shows how the Japanese THAs follow a single design that has undergone very little variation in the last 25 years, a design which promotes the social isolation of their residents, making recovery—from the psychological perspective—and helping the most vulnerable members of society, more difficult. In small scale disasters (Chūetsu) applying organization and management measures was able to correct the problems caused by design and there were no cases of kodokushi: in large-scale disasters (Tōhoku), however, the difficulties to implement the same measures resulted in the reappearance of new cases at rates similar to Kobe’s. Our main conclusion is that the design of Japanese THAs must be reconsidered and changed to respond to the real needs of the most vulnerable groups.

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Friend or Foe: An Analysis of the Contribution National Identity Hegemony Plays in the Acceptance of Asylum Seekers in Australia, Spain and Catalonia

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2019

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With the vast number of people currently seeking asylum, this research sought to understand what determines the reception of asylum seekers and rationalises the treatment of asylum seekers by a nation. This is important to gain insight into how and why displaced people are dehumanised and criminalised when seeking asylum. The national identities of Australia, Spain and Catalonia are analysed, as is the influence of each national identity on public perceptions of asylum seekers. To achieve this, Benedict Anderson's understanding of nationalism being an imagined national community has been adopted. A literature review examining the construction of each national identity, and its influence on public perception of asylum seekers was carried out. Findings were then compared with empirical data gathered during observation in Sydney, Australia and Barcelona, Catalonia. It was hypothesised that sentiments held towards asylum seekers by members of a national community could be attributed to the boundaries of inclusion and exclusion created by a national identity. This was confirmed, as a difference in attitudes towards asylum seekers was evident in Australia, Spain and Catalonia resulting from the processes governments have chosen to develop such an identity.

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Lessons Learned from the Failed Spanish Refugee System: For the Recovery of Sustainable Public Policies

Cited by 4 publications

References 23 publications

Stakeholder Legitimization of the Provision of Emergency Centralized Accommodations to Displaced Persons

Stakeholder Legitimization of the Provision of Emergency Centralized Accommodations to Displaced Persons

Impact of Japanese Post-Disaster Temporary Housing Areas’ (THAs) Design on Mental and Social Health

Friend or Foe: An Analysis of the Contribution National Identity Hegemony Plays in the Acceptance of Asylum Seekers in Australia, Spain and Catalonia

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