Mainstreaming Decentralization and Collaboration in Disaster Risk Management:Insights from Coastal Bangladesh  

作　　者：Mohammad Abdul Quader Amanat Ullah Khan Md.Abdul Malak Matthieu Kervyn 

机构地区：[1]Department of Geography,Earth System Science,Vrije Universiteit Brussel,1050 Brussels,Belgium [2]Department of Geography and Environment,Jagannath University,Dhaka 1100,Bangladesh [3]Department of Geography and Environment,Dhaka University,Dhaka 1000,Bangladesh [4]Department of Environmental Science,Bangladesh University of Professionals,Dhaka 1216,Bangladesh

出　　处：《International Journal of Disaster Risk Science》2023年第3期382-397,共16页国际灾害风险科学学报（英文版）

基　　金：VLIR-UOS (FlemishInter-Universities Council) for providing funding for the Ph.D.study of Mohammad Abdul Quader

摘　　要：Bangladesh is renowned in disaster risk reduction(DRR)for active involvement of community people and local disaster management institutions in DRR activities.Our study aimed to describe the disaster risk management(DRM)institutions and assess their functioning in six coastal unions across the three coastal zones of Bangladesh.Both qualitative and quantitative research approaches were used.The study focused on two key local institutions—the Union Disaster Management Committees(UDMCs)and the Cyclone Preparedness Program(CPP)—functioning at the union level in DRM.Such institutions have both horizontal and vertical collaborations with other institutions.However,we argue that the UDMCs'external dependencies in their functioning indicate their limited financial and administrative autonomy,which is a barrier to successfully institutionalizing disaster management.The results show that the CPP is the most successful program,markedly increasing the trust of the people in warning dissemination and evacuation efforts in the event of a cyclone.Although the adoption of decentralized risk management systems has resulted in significant progress in increased rate of evacuation and reduced death rate and damage,lack of funding and equipment,limited coordination between institutions,lack of skilled and knowledgeable workforce,and inappropriate power structures may reduce the effectiveness of DRR activities prior to,during,and following disasters.

关 键 词：Coastal Bangladesh Cyclone preparedness program(CPP) DECENTRALIZATION Disaster risk governance Institutional linkage Union disaster management committee(UDMC) 

分 类 号：D035[政治法律—政治学] X4[环境科学与工程—灾害防治]