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Community Interventions in Disasters
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Community Interventions in Disasters

Subhasis Bhadra and Venkat Pulla
Community Work: Theories, Experiences & Challenges, pp.103-117
Niruta Publications
2014
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Abstract

Social Work resilience building community development disaster management tsunami social work psychosocial well-being
Climate change or otherwise disasters seem to occur in every part of the world: largely natural and some attributed to wrong interventions of humans into nature. Only a few months ago (June 2013) the Indian government conducted a mammoth rescue operation in Uttarakhand. Most relief and recovery be it India or Australia requires time and resources that go beyond the immediate crisis relief. Crucially the survivors of disaster need to get back to normalcy through their engagement and recovery by strengthening their own capacity. This process of individual and community recovery is recognised as psychosocial supports essentially referred to as the most important intervention in disaster management practice. The survivor community in disaster recovery becomes the key stakeholder and community participation anchors the lifeline for pursuing community change. In this chapter the authors present a community development perspective of the various phases of the disaster management cycle focusing on relief, rehabilitation, rebuilding and finally disaster preparedness that attempts to strengthen resilience at individual and community levels. The authors have drawn on their previous work relating to the 2004 Tsunami while explaining the various concepts.

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