What constrained disaster management capacity in the township level of China? Case studies of Wenchuan and Lushan earthquakes

Qiang, Zhang; Lu, Qi; Hu, Yameng; Lau, Jocelyn

doi:10.1007/s11069-015-1683-0

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“…CDR in developing country rural communities has most often been conducted by governments using ‘command‐and‐control’ and ‘top‐down’ approaches (Allen, 2006; Imperiale and Vanclay, 2016), which has led to a dependency on external support and ignored the potential in local communities (Zhang et al, 2015). For example, Nahayo et al (2017) found that in Rwanda, the government's DRR policy was implemented with little consideration of the community's limited traditional knowledge or its low level of disaster awareness and preparedness.…”

Section: Cdr Development In Rural Communitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…CDR can be improved through capacity‐building (Shah et al, 2019), that is, by augmenting resident knowledge and skills to ensure the community can better mitigate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters (Misanya and Øyhus, 2015; Harris et al, 2018). One of the main reasons for the many casualties during the 2013 Lushan earthquake was inadequate local emergency response capabilities (Zhang et al, 2015). As a result, the focus of the SRC programme was on strengthening resident disaster response abilities, which involved training residents to analyse independently potential community risks and develop family emergency plans.…”

Section: The Src Programme's Operational Framework: Five Cdr Elementsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Building rural community disaster resilience in developing countries: insights from a Chinese NGO's Safe Rural Community programme

2023

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As rural areas in developing countries are generally more vulnerable to disasters triggered by natural hazards than urban areas, it has become critical to strengthen rural community disaster resilience (CDR) to reduce the risks. Using follow‐up interviews, surveys, and secondary data, this study reviewed the Safe Rural Community (SRC) programme implemented by the One Foundation, a Chinese civilian non‐governmental organisation (NGO), after the 2013 Lushan earthquake in China. The study focused on five key resilience aspects: networks; infrastructure; institutions; capacity; and culture. It found that the SRC programme successfully developed five standardised, systematic, interrelated, and practical elements: localised volunteer rescue teams; adequate emergency supplies; practical disaster reduction training; community emergency plans; and regular emergency rescue drills. Third‐party evaluations and a 2022 Lushan earthquake test revealed that this NGO‐led, community‐based, and team‐oriented initiative had been effective. Consequently, the study provides some guidance for the development of effective CDR programmes in rural communities in developing countries.

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Section: Cdr Development In Rural Communitiesmentioning

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Section: The Src Programme's Operational Framework: Five Cdr Elementsmentioning

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Building rural community disaster resilience in developing countries: insights from a Chinese NGO's Safe Rural Community programme

2023

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“…In terms of barriers to adaptation there is limited analysis specific to China, though one study identifies money, knowledge, and shortages of farmland and labour as key barriers, 64 while another briefly discusses lack of information and technical knowledge, and limited financial capacity. 65 Another potential barrier is local government capacity: studies of disaster management capacity and rural poverty alleviation at the local level have highlighted major fiscal and institutional limitations, 66,67 though to date there has been no analysis of local government capacity in relation to climate change adaptation.…”

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Adaptation science and policy in China's agricultural sector

Rogers

2016

WIREs Climate Change

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In recent years, China's central government has begun to articulate its adaptation policy and to identify measures to adapt the nation's agriculture to changing precipitation patterns, higher temperatures, and extreme events. These developments are occurring at a time when the agricultural sector is in flux: while the major grain crops-rice, wheat, and corn-are still central to food security, many smallholder farmers have shifted away from land-intensive production to growing higher-value, labour-intensive horticultural products, such as fruit and vegetables. In addition, new forms of agriculture are emerging because of out-migration and land transfers. This review introduces the adaptation policy context for agricultural adaptation in China and reviews existing research on impacts and adaptation. It then discusses how well existing research and policy actually reflect the challenges of adapting China's farms to climate change. Four issues are discussed which together suggest that current science and policy very poorly reflect challenges on the ground: the framing of agriculture as a relatively homogeneous sector; the absence of any vulnerability assessments attuned to local contexts; a bias toward large-scale engineering solutions; and insufficient consideration of local government capacity.

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“…The formulation of a stochastic planning model for resource allocation aids managers in tackling the challenge of resource distribution [ 7 ]. Nevertheless, when confronted with sudden natural disasters, the government's emergency management system gets bogged down in bureaucratic obstacles during the initial response phases [ 8 ]. Moreover, disasters frequently inflict considerable damage upon critical infrastructure, consequently disrupting the flow of relief supplies and rescue forces, as modern society is increasingly dependent on the services of infrastructure systems [ 9 ].…”

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Disaster response strategies of governments and social organizations: From the perspective of infrastructure damage and asymmetric resource dependence

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Yao,

Tian

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What constrained disaster management capacity in the township level of China? Case studies of Wenchuan and Lushan earthquakes

Cited by 16 publications

References 4 publications

Building rural community disaster resilience in developing countries: insights from a Chinese NGO's Safe Rural Community programme

Building rural community disaster resilience in developing countries: insights from a Chinese NGO's Safe Rural Community programme

Adaptation science and policy in China's agricultural sector

Disaster response strategies of governments and social organizations: From the perspective of infrastructure damage and asymmetric resource dependence

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