Production Of Disaster And Recovery In Post Earthquake Haiti

Author : Juliana Svistova,Loretta Pyles
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2018-02-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781315306018

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Production of Disaster and Recovery in Post-Earthquake Haiti by Juliana Svistova,Loretta Pyles Pdf

Natural disasters have long been seen as naturally generated events, but as scientific, technological, and social knowledge of disasters has become more sophisticated, the part that people and systems play in disaster events has become more apparent. Production of Disaster and Recovery in Post-Earthquake Haiti demonstrates how social processes impact disasters as they unfold, through the distribution of power and resources, the use of discourses and images of disaster, and the economic and social systems and relations which underlie affected communities. The authors show how these processes played out in post-earthquake Haiti to set in motion the mechanics of the disaster industrial complex to (re)produce disasters and recovery rather than bring sustainable change. The book reveals that disaster and recovery rhetoric helped create fertile conditions for neoliberal disaster governance, militarized and digital humanitarianism, non-profiteering, and disaster opportunism to flourish while further disenfranchising marginalized populations. However, the Haiti earthquake, as is the case with all disaster sites, was ripe with mutual aid, community building, and collective action, all of which further local resilience. The authors seek to re-construct dominant discourses, policies, and practices to advance equitable, participatory partnerships with local community actors and propose a praxis for a people’s recovery as an action-oriented framework for resisting the transnational disaster industrial machinery. The authors argue for new synergies in policymaking and program development that can respond to emergencies and plan for true long-term, sustainable development after disasters that focuses as much on humans and the natural world as it does on economic progress. Production of Disaster and Recovery in Post-Earthquake Haiti will be of great interest to students and scholars of disaster studies, humanitarian studies, development studies, Haitian studies, geography and environmental studies, as well as to non-governmental organizations, humanitarians, and policymakers.

Author : Martin Hartberg,Aurelie Proust,Michael Bailey
Publisher : Oxfam
Page : 25 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Disaster relief
ISBN : 9781848147867

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From Relief to Recovery: Supporting good governance in post-earthquake Haiti by Martin Hartberg,Aurelie Proust,Michael Bailey Pdf

The humanitarian response undertaken in Haiti after the earthquake that struck on 12 January 2010 has been one of the most complex ever. However, as the first anniversary of the quake approaches, the Haitian state, together with the international community, is making little progress in reconstruction. The Haitian authorities need to show greater strategic leadership and take decisions that reflect the priority needs of the Haitian population. They need to initiate public infrastructure projects that put people to work and build skills; support people to return home or allocate land for new houses; and invest in agriculture. The international community should do much more to support these efforts by increasing the capacity and accountability of Haitian institutions.

Author : Maureen Taft-Morales
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781437929324

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Haiti Earthquake by Maureen Taft-Morales Pdf

This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. The largest earthquake ever recorded in Haiti devastated parts of the country, including the capital, on Jan. 12, 2010. The quake, centered about 15 miles southwest of Port-au-Prince, had a magnitude of 7.0. The focus of this report is on the immediate crisis in Haiti as a result of the earthquake and the U.S. and international response as of 1/15/10. Contents: (1) Current Conditions; (2) Haitian Gov¿t. Response; (3) Humanitarian Relief Operation; (4) U.S. Response; (5) International Response; (6) Response of International Financial Institutions; (7) Regional Response ; (8) Implications for Haiti; (9) Congressional Concerns: Funding; Immigration; Constituent Concerns and Private Charities; (10) Legislation in the 111th Congress. Illus.

Author : Paul Farmer
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2012-07-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781610392075

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Haiti After the Earthquake by Paul Farmer Pdf

“Paul Farmer, doctor and aid worker, offers an inspiring insider's view of the relief effort.”—Financial Times “The book's greatest strength lies in its depiction of the post-quake chaos… In the book's more analytical sections the author's diagnosis of the difficulties of reconstruction is sharp.” —Economist “A gripping, profoundly moving book, an urgent dispatch from the front by one of our finest warriors for social justice.” —Adam Hochschild “His honest assessment of what the people trying to help Haiti did well—and where they failed—is important for anyone who cares about the country or international aid in general.” —Miami Herald

Author : Ann-Margaret Esnard,Alka Sapat
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-23
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781135006433

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Displaced by Disaster by Ann-Margaret Esnard,Alka Sapat Pdf

Displacement has traditionally been conceptualized as a phenomenon that results from conflict or other disruptions in developing or unstable countries. Hurricane Katrina shattered this notion and highlighted the various dilemmas of population displacement in the United States. The dilemmas stem from that of inconsistent terminology and definitions; lack of efforts to quantify displacement risk potential and that factor displacement vulnerability into community plans; lack of understanding of differential needs of "displacees" especially during long-term recovery periods; and policy and institutional responses (or lack thereof) especially as it relates to post-disaster sheltering and housing. Incorporating relevant examples, cases, and policies Esnard and Sapat look at the experience of other countries and how the international community has dealt with hundreds of thousands of individuals who have been forced to leave their homes. Displaced by Disaster addresses such issues from a planning and policy perspective informed by scholarship in disciplines such as emergency management; political science; sociology and anthropology. It is ideal for students and practitioners working in the areas of disaster management, planning, public administration and policy, housing, and the many disciplines connected to disaster issues.

Author : Kasia Mika
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2020-06-30
Category : Disaster relief
ISBN : 0367588498

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Disasters, Vulnerability, and Narratives by Kasia Mika Pdf

This book offers an interdisciplinary discussion of a wide range of narrative responses to the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. By putting postcolonial literary studies in dialogue with disaster studies, the monograph excavates the multiple tensions within these narratives, while also demonstrating how together they can help us to navigate the complica

Author : Vincent Joos,Martin Munro,John Ribó
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2023-04-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781800737570

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The Power of the Story by Vincent Joos,Martin Munro,John Ribó Pdf

A cross-disciplinary volume that combines and puts into dialogue perspectives on disasters, this book includes contributions from anthropology, history, cultural studies, sociology, and literary studies. Offering a rich and diverse set of arguments and analyses on the ever-relevant theme of catastrophe in the circum-Caribbean, it will encourage debate and collaboration between scholars working on disasters from a range of disciplinary perspectives.

Author : Sandeeka Mannakkara,Suzanne Wilkinson,Regan Potangaroa
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-15
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781351582360

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Resilient Post Disaster Recovery through Building Back Better by Sandeeka Mannakkara,Suzanne Wilkinson,Regan Potangaroa Pdf

"Building Back Better" (BBB) has been a popular slogan in disaster recovery efforts around the world, including the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, the 2009 Samoan Tsunami, the 2010 Haiti Earthquake and the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. BBB has recently been identified as one of four priorities of action for disaster risk reduction globally in the next 15 years by the United Nations Sendai Framework. However, there has consistently been a mismatch and confusion in the interpretation of the phrase and what BBB encapsulates which has made proper implementation difficult and unsuccessful at times. This book explains the concept of "Building Back Better" as an innovative holistic approach to rebuilding a community following a disaster event in order to develop resilience. It begins by exploring the background, development and definitions of BBB. The theory behind establishing BBB as a holistic concept is explained and the internationally recognised BBB Framework developed by the authors is introduced and described. Each of the components of the Framework are explained in detail with findings from international research and case studies from the US, Haiti, Indonesia, Samoa, Sri Lanka, Vanuatu, Gaza, China, Australia, UK and New Zealand, providing practical recommendations for implementation in recovery projects. There is a focus on the translation of BBB theory into practice to assist implementers to use the BBB Framework and BBB Indicators introduced in this book as an effective tool to plan and implement disaster recovery projects. This publication can be used as a handbook by government, non-governmental and private industry practitioners to prepare for and implement post disaster recovery projects that benefit and strengthen local communities and as a core text on international Disaster and Energy Management courses.

Author : H. Adlai Murdoch
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2021-02-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781978815742

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The Struggle of Non-Sovereign Caribbean Territories by H. Adlai Murdoch Pdf

The Struggle of Non-Sovereign Caribbean Territories is an essay collection made up of two sections; in the first, a group of anglophone and francophone scholars examines the roots, effects and implications of the major social upheaval that shook Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana, and Réunion in February and March of 2009. They clearly demonstrate the critical role played by community activism, art and media to combat politico-economic policies that generate (un)employment, labor exploitation, and unattended health risks, all made secondary to the supremacy of profit. In the second section, additional scholars provide in-depth analyses of the ways in which an insistence on capital accumulation and centralization instantiated broad hierarchies of market-driven profit, capital accumulation, and economic exploitation upon a range of populations and territories in the wider non-sovereign and nominally sovereign Caribbean from Haiti to the Dutch Antilles to Puerto Rico, reinforcing the racialized patterns of socioeconomic exclusion and privatization long imposed by France on its former colonial territories.

Author : Joseph Scarce
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2021-12-21
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781787754072

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Art Therapy in Response to Natural Disasters, Mass Violence, and Crises by Joseph Scarce Pdf

With contributions from a range of expert voices within the field, this book explores the use of art therapy as a response to traumatic events. Offering rare insight into ways in which art therapists have responded to recent crises, this is a unique resource for art therapists looking to coordinate interventions for large-scale disaster and resulting trauma. Chapters address a range of environmental and manmade disasters around the world, including hurricanes, typhoons, wildfires, mass shootings and forced migration, highlighting the impact of an art therapy approach in dealing with widespread trauma. Covering both community and individual cases, it provides an in-depth view into the challenges of working in these settings, including the effects on the therapist themselves, and offers practical information on how to coordinate, fund and maintain responses in these environments. The first book to focus on disaster response in art therapy, this will be an invaluable contribution to the field in an increasingly vital area.

Author : William C. Sanna
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Disaster relief
ISBN : OCLC:1430586405

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Unforeseen consequences of aid by William C. Sanna Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Disaster relief
ISBN : UCSD:31822041312224

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EU Support for Rehabilitation Following the Earthquake in Haiti by Anonim Pdf

"The earthquake which hit Haiti on 12 January 2010 claimed a heavy toll in human lives and caused massive destruction in and around the capital. In this report the European Court of Auditors examines whether the EU support for rehabilitation of the country was well designed and implemented and whether the Commission properly linked the provision of relief with rehabilitation efforts and development aid. The Court concludes that the support for rehabilitation was overall well designed, addressing the major needs of the country. However, the programmes were not implemented sufficiently effectively and relief, rehabilitation and development were not sufficiently linked. This was partly due to the difficult context and the weaknesses of national authorities, but also due to shortcomings in the management of some factors under the Commission's control."-- Page [4] of cover.

Author : Vincent Joos
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781978820586

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Urban Dwellings, Haitian Citizenships by Vincent Joos Pdf

Developing disasters : dispossession and industrialization in Northern Haiti -- Industrial futures : abstract and disciplinarian landscapes in post-earthquake Haiti -- State (in) interventions : infrastructure and citizenship -- Inhabiting Port-au-Prince after 2010 : indigenous urbanization, history, and belonging -- Daily life in the shotgun neighborhoods of downtown Port-au-Prince -- Demolishing shotgun neighborhoods -- Conclusion.

Author : Frances L. Edwards
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2019-08-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781498592802

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Housing Recovery after Disasters by Frances L. Edwards Pdf

Recent disasters have demonstrated the critical role that re-housing victims play in communities’ long term disaster recovery. This book examines the history and theories of rehousing, the role of bonding social capital, applies systems theory to understanding the stages of recovery, then presents case studies of long term housing recovery following Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Sandy in the United States, Hurricane Maria in Dominica, the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, and a variety of disasters in Turkey, Nepal, Japan, and India. Together these chapters address what Dr. Louise Comfort has called “one of the most persistent and difficult policy problems in the field: long term recovery of communities following disaster.”

Author : Pawel Gromek,Mariusz Feltynowski,Monika Wojakowska
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2023-12-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781003814788

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Shaping National Security by Pawel Gromek,Mariusz Feltynowski,Monika Wojakowska Pdf

Shaping National Security: International Emergency Mechanisms and Disaster Risk Reduction presents international emergency mechanisms relative to disaster risk reduction (DRR). The goal is to share knowledge about existing frameworks, and utilize established DRR policies and programs, as another means to reinforce and strengthen national security in countries around the world. The book outlines, in detail, the United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC), the International Search and Rescue Advisory Group (INSARAG), the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) and the Union Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM) DRR programs. While these entities’ versions of DRR best practices are largely directed at decreasing the impact of disaster hazards, limiting relevant exposure, local vulnerabilities, increasing capacities to cope with disaster, the authors present these frameworks as potential tools, and effective means, to support national security efforts. This is especially important in disaster circumstances when local, and national emergency resources, may be insufficient to face hazards and multi-hazards, and result in cascading effects to occur as hazard events transpire. Chapters present various resources available to them, through these programs, to encourage authorities from every country to effectively apply the mechanisms—and emergency mechanisms specifically—to offer domestic solutions. Due to these programs proven track records in providing organisational standards, the use of such mechanisms can serve as both the basis to foster sound DRR practices and, by extension, can supplement resiliency, security, and continuity within countries. This concept is based on the premise that the UNDAC, INSARAG, NATO and ECPM emergency mechanisms have been developed to be implementable (directly or indirectly) in every country in the world when disasters occur. Shaping National Security takes a "big-picture," holistic view of DRR and national security to offer innovative ideas and solutions to professionals and officials working in disaster management, disaster risk reduction, emergency management, crisis management, civil protection, public security management, national security, criminal justice, international studies, and homeland security.