Post-Flood Risk Management and Resilience Building Practices: A Case Study

Hafiz Suliman Munawar,Numera Anum,Abbas Z Kouzani,Sara Imran Khan,M A Parvez Mahmud,Zakria Qadir

doi:10.3390/app11114823

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Abstract

The study was conducted to assess the post 2010 flood risk management and resilience-building practices in District Layyah, Pakistan. Exploratory research was applied to gain knowledge of flood risk management to embed the disaster risk reduction, mitigation, and adaptation strategies at the local government and community level. Around 200 questionnaires were collected from the four devastated areas/union councils. Primary data from the field uncovered flood risk management practices by organizations, local government, and the community. It highlights resilience-building practices undertaken by the community through rehabilitation, community participation, and local indigenous practices. The role of the District Layyah’s local government and organizations to mitigate the 2010 flood and their contribution towards flood resilience in affected communities was investigated, as no comparable studies were carried out in the riverine belt of District Layyah previously. Moreover, the tangible and non-tangible measures to lessen the vulnerability to floods and improve flood risk governance at a local level were identified. This study makes a valuable contribution in strengthening the resilience building of vulnerable communities by recommending few changes in existing practices concerning flood risk at a local level.

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An extreme weather event is defined as a phenomenon that leads to injuries, health disparities, or loss of human lives
Different factors contribute to the vulnerability and severity of disasters such as lack of effective early warning systems, poor infrastructures, lack of awareness about disaster management, poor communities living in disaster-prone areas, lack of coordination between disaster management authorities and limited skilled manpower to provide an early response to victims
Pakistan has developed an institute known as Natural Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) at the federal level to respond to disaster scenarios

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An extreme weather event is defined as a phenomenon that leads to injuries, health disparities, or loss of human lives. The disaster causes damage to the properties, economy, and ecosystem. These losses are such that the community cannot cope with them using their present resources [1,2]. Pakistan has suffered different natural hazards, which cost numerous lives and a considerable effect on the economy. Such as the 2005 massive earthquake in Kashmir taking the lives of more than 75,000 people [3]. The vulnerabilities in the system for disaster management, its prevention, and socio-culture issues aggravate the effects of these events resulting in larger shocks.

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