Post-Disaster Reconstruction

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-84407-879-0
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 566 g

On Sunday 26 December 2004, a tsunami of up to 30 metres high hit the northern tip of Sumatera in Indonesia, causing immediate destruction and the deaths of at least 130,000 in Indonesia alone. The scale of the devastation and ensuing human suffering prompted the biggest response endeavour to any natural disaster in history.

Post-Disaster Reconstruction will be the first major book that analyses the different perspectives and experiences of the enormous post-tsunami reconstruction effort. It looks specifically at the reconstruction efforts in Aceh, one of the regions most heavily-hit by the tsunami and a province that has until recently suffered nearly three decades of armed conflict. Positioning the reconstruction efforts within Aceh's multi-layered historical, cultural, socio-political and religious contexts, the authors explore diverse experiences and assessments of the reconstruction. It considers the importance of the political and religious settings of the reconstruction, the roles of communities and local non-government organisations and the challenges faced by Indonesian and international agencies. From the in-depth examination of this important case study of disaster reconstruction - significant not only because of the huge scale of the natural disaster and response but also the post-conflict issues - the editors draw together the lessons learned for the future of Aceh and make general recommendations for post-disaster and post-conflict reconstruction-making.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Clarke, Matthew

Fanany, Ismet

Kenny, Sue

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Naturgewalten & Katastrophen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface - Silence can be Deafening and Emptiness can be Blinding

Introduction

1. Deconstructing Aceh's Reconstruction

Part I: The Context of Reconstruction

2. The Role of Islamic Law (Shari'a) in Post-tsunami Reconstruction

3. Political Reconstruction in Aceh

4. Reconstruction through Participatory Practice?

Part II: Case Studies

5. Towards a Model of Constructive Engagement between Aid Deliverers and Recipients in a Disaster Situation: The Case of Lampuuk, Aceh

6. Village Government in Aceh, Three Years after the Tsunami

7. The Voices of International NGO Staff

8. The Role and Experiences of Badan Rehabilitasi dan Rekonstuksi (BRR)

9. Remaking Neighbourhoods in Banda Aceh: Post-tsunami Reconstruction of Everyday Life

Conclusion

10. Lessons from Aceh

Afterword - Reconstructing the Invisible Landscape

Über Autor(innen)

Associate Professor Matthew Clarke is the Course Director of the postgraduate International and Community Development program at Deakin University, Australia. He has also written on the Millennium Development Goals, climate change, HIV and AIDS and human well-being indicators.

Dr Ismet Fanany lectures in Indonesian language and culture at Deakin University, Australia. His research interests includes capacity building within local Indonesian non-governmental organisations. His most recent publications include topics on Malay proverbs and metaphors and language and public policy. In addition, he also writes fiction and translates from English into Indonesian.

Professor Sue Kenny is the Director of the Centre for Citizenship, Development and Human Rights at Deakin University, Australia. She has extensive research and consultancy experience in community development and non-government organisations, about which she has published widely. Her study of post-tsunami Aceh has been part of a six year project investigating capacity-building in Indonesia.