The need for local involvement: Decentralization of disaster management institutions in Baluchistan, Pakistan

Local government, political decentralisation and resilience to natural hazard-associated disasters

“…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.…”

“…Djalante, Holley, and Thomalla (2011) recognise the importance of polycentric and multi-layered institutions, and following Tompkins, Lemos, and Boyd (2008), the central role of participation and collaboration, self-organisation and effective local networks in post-disaster recovery. 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.…”

Nongovernmental organizations coordination models in natural hazards: A systematic review

“…In case, the approach is not well implemented at these levels, the effectiveness is reduced, so that the gap was reported after the 2005 earthquake in Kashmir followed by NDMA by the Pakistani government[15]…”

Determinants of Post‐flood Social and Institutional Trust Among Disaster Victims

“…Because of their deep knowledge of local conditions, the voices of disaster victims are critical during community recovery after disaster (Onstad et al., ). As the emergency management institutions in Pakistan are highly centralized and do not involve local people, disaster victims rarely participate in decision‐making (Ainuddin, Aldrich, Routray, Ainuddin & Achkazai, ).…”