Building-Back-Better in Post-Disaster Recovery:Lessons Learnt from Cyclone Idai-Induced Floods in Zimbabwe

• 作者: Ernest Dube Gayan Wedawatta Kanchana Ginige
• 来源期刊: 国际灾害风险科学学报（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2021,（5）
• 所属期刊栏目: ARTICLES
• 页码范围: 700-712
• 页数: 13页
• 语种: 英文

摘要

This study evaluated the build-back-better con-siderations in post-disaster recovery,following the devas-tation of Chipinge and Chimanimani communities by Cyclone Idai-induced floods in 2019.Conducted in 2020,the study assessed the impact of Cyclone Idai-induced floods on communities in Chipinge and Chimanimani Districts of Zimbabwe;evaluated the build-back-better considerations;and analyzed the lessons learned.Based on a qualitative approach and case study design,the study depended on focus group discussions,interviews,and researcher observations to gather data from 85 participants.The findings indicate that Cyclone Idai-induced floods seriously impacted human lives,infrastructure,and liveli-hoods of communities that had been living with flood risk and vulnerability.Build-back-better considerations were absent in much of the post-disaster recovery effort to address the cyclone disaster impact.There are important early lessons for both practitioners and community mem-bers to learn from the Cyclone Idai event.These lessons still can inform policy and disaster risk reduction practice in the medium and long term.Build-back-better should be a mandatory objective in the recovery from any disaster impact.Continuous training is also recommended to improve the disaster knowledge of stakeholders and increase local ability to cope with future disaster events.