Factors Impacting Participatory Post‑Disaster Relocation and Housing Reconstruction:The Case of Tsholotsho District,Zimbabwe
作者机构:Department of Social InformaticsGraduate School of InformaticsKyoto UniversityKyoto 606-8507Japan Disaster Prevention Research Institute(DPRI)Kyoto UniversityKyoto 611-0011Japan
出 版 物:《International Journal of Disaster Risk Science》 (国际灾害风险科学学报(英文版))
年 卷 期:2024年第15卷第1期
页 面:58-72页
核心收录:
学科分类:08[工学] 0708[理学-地球物理学] 0815[工学-水利工程] 0706[理学-大气科学] 083303[工学-住房与社区建设规划] 0833[工学-城乡规划学]
基 金:Kyoto University
主 题:Community rehabilitation Housing reconstruction-Participatory relocation Zimbabwe
摘 要:Relocation is not typically considered the best planning option for post-disaster reconstruction and rehabilitation,but it may be necessary if the site has suffered severe damage or is at imminent *** is a growing recognition that strong community participation is necessary in the post-disaster relocation decision-making process since relocation can have detrimental effects on a community’s livelihood,cultural system,and way of life,among ***,the realization of this still needs to be *** of yet,few studies have examined a comprehensive account of meaningful community engagement in post-disaster relocation and reconstruction,particularly in developing *** study investigated what factors influenced local communities’ participation in post-disaster relocation and reconstruction works after the 2017Cyclone Dineo flood disaster in the Tsholotsho District of *** research methods such as face-to-face interviews,observations,and focus groups were used to collect qualitative data from a purposive sample of 25 community members and 6 *** empirical investigation showed that despite the fact that the relocation project was conceived as a community-centered project,there was no meaningful community engagement,due to the absence of a participatory framework or planning guidelines for stakeholder engagement,as well as the lack of political willingness among government *** study concluded that the lack of community involvement led to local communities abandoning the reconstruction sites because relocation projects failed to accommodate the cultural beliefs,place attachments,and livelihood concerns of local *** study suggested that it is imperative to enhance the awareness of government officials and other stakeholders about the importance of community participation for the effective implementation of post-disaster relocation *** community participation can also provide avenues fo