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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Implementation of Community Based Disaster Risk Management in Indonesia: Progress, Issues and Challenges -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. CBDRM Practices in Indonesia -- 2.1. CBDRM Framework in Indonesia -- 2.1.1. National Policy on Disaster Management -- 2.1.2. Actors in CBDRM in Indonesia -- 2.1.3. Development of CBDRM Framework -- 3. Some Examples of CBDRM on Water-Related Disaster -- 3.1. Community-Based Flood Mitigation in Bandung City and Jakarta -- 3.2. CBDRR Initiatives in Aceh and West Sumatera -- 3.3. Other CBDRM Schemes in Indonesia -- 4. From Practice to Policy -- 4.1. Learning from Past Experiences -- 4.2. Formulating Enabling Policy -- Conclusion -- References -- Lessons Learned from Community Based Early Warning System in the Philippines -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Methodology -- 2.1. Strategies in the Establishment of CBFEWS -- 2.2. Activities in the Establishment of CBFEWS -- 2.2.1. Consultation with Lgus -- 2.2.2. Network Design -- 2.2.3. Acquisition and Fabrication of EWS Instruments -- A. Rain-Gauge -- B. Water Level Gauge -- C. Communication System -- 2.3. Ocular Survey of Proposed Sites -- 2.4. Installation and Hydrographic Survey -- 2.5. Training for Observers -- 2.6. Pilot Testing/Dry Run -- 2.7. Other Activities -- 2.7.1. Agreement among Stakeholders -- 2.7.2. Enactment of a Local Ordinance for Operation and Maintenance -- 3. Lessons Learned -- Operation and Maintenance -- Institutional Stability of CBFEWS -- Differences in Political Affiliation -- Sustainability -- Acceptability of the CBFEWS -- Institutionalization of Partnership among Stakeholders -- Role of Volunteers and School -- Conclusion -- References -- Building for Floods in the Hindu Kush Himalayan Region - Local Knowledge and Community Innovation -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. "Reading" the Landscape.

In April 1997, Grand Forks, North Dakota, and East Grand Forks, Minnesota, experienced a disastrous flood. Both cities have been textbook examples of success according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. They have an updated infrastructure, paid for largely by the federal government. Their downtowns are on the road to recovery with new construction and businesses. The paths of the two cities have diverged in the social and political aftermath of the flood. East Grand Forks, following consultant suggestions, instituted extensive citizen participation initiatives. East Grand Forks has experienced political stability and citizen satisfaction. Grand Forks relied primarily on bureaucratic guidance to react to the disaster. Grand Forks has experienced changes in government structure, turnover of elected and appointed officials, and much less positive citizen evaluation. This study examines the effect of perceptions of citizen participation on the citizens' evaluation of the success of the recovery.

"Drawing on the Pakistan Earthquake Reconstruction and Recovery Project (PERRP), this volume explores the sociocultural side of post-disaster infrastructure reconstruction. As the latter is often fraught with delays and even abandonment-one cause being ineffective interactions between construction and local people-PERRP used anthropological and participatory approaches. Along with strong construction management, such approaches led to the rebuilding being completed on time. As disasters are increasing in number and intensity, so too will be the need for reconstruction, for which PERRP has lessons to offer"--

Too little attention has been given to the gender-differentiated effects of natural disasters, that is, women's losses relative to men's, how women's work time and conditions change (both in terms of care-giving and income-generating work), or how disaster-related aid and entitlement programs include or marginalize affected women. The detailed case studies from three earthquake-stricken areas in India and Turkey that are contained in this issue of SEEDS help fill this information gap. They provide examples of how low-income women who have lost everything can form groups and become active participants in the relief and recovery process. Readers learn how women became involved in housing, created businesses, mobilized funds, and provided crucial community services. The issue also examines the roles that NGOs and government policy and procedures play in facilitating (or impeding) women's involvement.

Despite strong support for citizen participation in the abstract, there is less support in practice, in part because of different expectations about the impact of participation. This research examines participation in two communities following a disaster. It tests four hypotheses. The research demonstrates that actual participation had no impact or a slight negative impact on satisfaction and legitimacy, but the beliefs that citizens had had an impact and the city had attempted to involve citizens were strongly positively related to both. The research suggests that the symbolic role of participation may be more important than its instrumental role. [Reprinted by permission of Sage Publications Inc., copyright 2007.]

Hurricane Katrina brought to light many questions about Americans' preparedness for handling large-scale disasters: Is FEMA effective? Are the local, state, and federal governments sufficiently coordinated? Examining issues from various perspectives, this work offers students the tools to form their own opinions by bringing such events into focus

Billions of dollars and millions of people are involved in disaster relief, yet catastrophes around the world continue to take a huge toll in human lives and treasure. This book covers the response to disasters. It covers issues in both historical and contemporary context, with information on disaster relief around the world