A Study on Cyclone Aila Recovery in Koyra, Bangladesh:Evaluating the Inclusiveness of Recovery with Respect to Predisaster Vulnerability Reduction

作     者：Md.Shibly Sadik Hajime Nakagawa Rezaur Rahman Rajib Shaw Kenji Kawaike Kumiko Fujita 

作者机构：Department of Civil and Earth Resources Engineering Kyoto University Center for Environmental and Geographic Information Services (CEGIS) Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI) Kyoto University Institute of Water and Flood Management Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology Graduate School of Media and Governance Shonan Fujisawa Campus (SFC) Keio University 

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：2018年第9卷第1期

页      面：28-43页

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学科分类：07[理学] 070601[理学-气象学] 0706[理学-大气科学] 

基　　金：a part of a collaborative research project (SATREP) between Bangladesh and the Japan Government funded by JST-JICA 

主　　题：Bangladesh Cyclone Aila Diagnostic analysis Disaster risk reduction Post-disaster reconstruction 

摘      要：The need to consider disaster risk reduction at the time of recovery is well-recognized. Viable disaster risk reduction measures should resolve the root causes of predisaster vulnerabilities. Accordingly, we investigated the recovery from the impact of Cyclone Aila in Koyra Upazila, Bangladesh, which was severely damaged by this2009 cyclone. Our research focused on understanding preAila vulnerabilities to cyclone impact and examined the degree of inclusion of vulnerability reduction measures within the recovery process. A composite methodology that included an institutional survey, key informant interviews,collection of the judgment of experts, focus group discussions, and a score-based quantification technique was adopted. Through a process of understanding pre-Aila vulnerabilities, recognition of the root causes of these inherent weaknesses, and identification of appropriate measures for pre-Aila vulnerability reduction, a set of 23 indicators were selected to represent the most desirable vulnerability reduction measures to implement duringrecovery. A score-based technique was applied to measure the degree of inclusion of vulnerability reduction within the recovery with respect to the indicators. The scoring result shows that the degree of inclusion of vulnerability reduction within the recovery was poor. The result specifies that among the 23 indicators of potential vulnerability reduction measures, 10 are completely missing and the rest are only partially included. The overall findings imply that the Koyra community continues to live with a vulnerability similar to that of the pre-Aila period.