Sense of Home Place in Participatory Post-Disaster Reconstruction

Kamani‐Fard, Asal; Ahmad, Mohd Hamdan; Ossen, Dilshan Remaz

doi:10.1142/s1464333213500051

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“…This undoing occurred when both designers and residents had to make multiple decisions in time and space about what should and could be achieved from an environmental performance perspective. As with many disasters, residents are cognisant of the diverse challenges that emerge in the aftermath of such an event and were astute observers of the changes that occurred around them over time (Annear et al , 2014; Kamani-Fard et al , 2013).…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The roles that professionals play in fostering social re-engagement are just as important as the reconstruction itself (Mannakkara and Wilkinson, 2014). The ability for residents to cope with the loss of a home is likely to be mediated by the positive social and psychological bonds developed in their community (Kamani-Fard et al , 2013; Charlesworth and Fien, 2014). Recovery after fire also presents an opportunity to explore new development opportunities and design responses rather than returning the community to an imagined pre-fire state, despite political and social pressure to be seen to do so (von Einsiedel et al , 2010; Srivastava and Laurian, 2006).…”

Section: The Role Of Planners In Post Fire Recoverymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Planning for the redevelopment after a fire event

MacKenzie

2017

IJDRBE

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of planners and designers in supporting residents to negotiate the challenges of rebuilding after wildfire on the urban fringe. The research seeks to understand how planning and design professionals, in providing professional services, comprehend the changing expectations of residents transitioning from emergency to the slow process of achieving a post fire normal state through the project of redesigning their homes. Design/methodology/approach This paper uses semi-structured interviews to examine the role of planners and designers employed to facilitate and assess, or provide design services for residents who rebuilt houses after the 2003 bushfires in Canberra, Australia’s Capital City. Narrative analysis was used to identify emerging themes based on their professional experiences during the redevelopment of the suburb. Findings Case analysis shows that external influences were significant contributing factors in determining the design of houses rebuilt after the fires. The goal for both the designers and residents was to design a more sustainable built form; however, this was not achieved as external social and cultural influences came into the decision-making process. Practical implications The paper provides a different perspective on the competing goals planners and designers face in supporting residents to rebuild after disasters such as wild fires. It highlights the changing nature of the relationship between professionals and community. In particular, the research suggests planners can play an important role as observers and facilitators of long-term change occurring in the years after wildfire. The research provides insights into how planners and building designers may better serve the community by gaining a better understanding of the changing nature of redevelopment over time. Originality/value The research provides a novel approach to understanding the challenges facing planners and building designers working with residents to rebuild houses after wildfire. The paper makes the case for a better understanding of the temporal dynamics and external influences affecting decision making in post disaster redevelopment of homes.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Role Of Planners In Post Fire Recoverymentioning

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Planning for the redevelopment after a fire event

MacKenzie

2017

IJDRBE

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“…The family loses everything in the long list of attributes that make up a home: from protection from the elements, to their livelihoods, to their sense of dignity and place. The importance of 'place attachment' is well understood viscerally (we all know what it means to be homesick) and some academic work analyses the impact of losing one's home in the event of a disaster (Kamani-Fard et al, 2013).…”

Section: What Is a Good House?mentioning

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Defining ‘Better’ Better

Flinn

2020

Journal of Humanitarian Affairs

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This paper explores the importance of house and home for survivors of natural disaster: it protects from hazards and contributes to health, well-being and economic security. It examines the reconstruction of homes after a disaster as an opportunity to Build Back Better, re-defining ‘better’ as an holistic and people-centred improvement in housing. It questions the humanitarian shelter sector’s emphasis on structural safety while poor sanitation, inadequate vector control and smoke inhalation are responsible for many more deaths worldwide than earthquakes and storms. The paper extends this discussion by arguing that promoting ‘safer’ for a substantial number of families is better than insisting on ‘safe’ for fewer. The overall benefit in terms of lives saved, injuries avoided and reduced economic loss is greater when safer is prioritised over safe, and it frees resources for wider consideration of a ‘good home’ and the pursuance of ‘self-recovery’. The paper is informed by field research conducted in 2017 and 2018. Finally, implications for humanitarian shelter practice are outlined, with particular reference to self-recovery. It highlights a need for adaptive programming, knowledge exchange and close accompaniment so that families and communities can make informed choices with respect to their own recovery pathways.

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“…Similarly, exploration might allow individuals to participate in active construction of the refugee camp, so that it can begin to resemble and feel like either the lost home or a new home. Indeed, Kamani‐Fard, Ahmad, and Ossen () found in a sample of survivors of the 2003 Bam earthquake in Iran that degree participation in active home reconstruction was positively related to positive emotions about new homes.…”

Section: Potential Disaster‐related Determinants Of Successful Copingmentioning

confidence: 99%