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Heinkel, Sophie-Bo, Thiebes, Benni ORCID: 0000-0002-9067-2120, Than, Zin Mar ORCID: 0000-0002-4261-2414, Aung, Toe, Kyi, Tin Tin, Mar, Win Lei, Oo, Saw Sandar, Miller, Christian ORCID: 0000-0002-7918-6869, Willkomm, Marlene, Maung, Win, Myint, Zin Nwe, Soe, Khin Khin, Spohner, Regine and Kraas, Frauke ORCID: 0000-0002-3498-6758 (2022). Disaster preparedness and resilience at household level in Yangon, Myanmar. Nat. Hazards, 112 (2). S. 1273 - 1295. NEW YORK: SPRINGER. ISSN 1573-0840

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Abstract

Resilience has become important in disaster preparedness and response. Unfortunately, little is known about resilience at the household level. This study presents the results of a survey into individual and household level preparedness to disaster events in Yangon, Myanmar, which is prone to natural disasters such as tropical cyclones, flooding, and earthquakes. The study aimed to understand societal resilience and to provide information that could be used to develop a holistic framework. In four different Yangon townships, 440 households were interviewed. The results of the survey indicate how risk preparedness could be improved by specific measures related to the following five factors: (1) increasing the general public's knowledge of first aid and its role in preparedness; (2) improving mobile phone infrastructure and capacity building in its usage so that it can be used for communication during disasters, along with building up a redundant communication structure; (3) better use and organisation of volunteer potential; (4) more specific involvement of religious and public buildings for disaster response; and (5) developing specific measures for improving preparedness in urban areas, where the population often has reduced capacities for coping with food supply insufficiencies due to the high and immediate availability of food, shops and goods in regular times. The findings of this survey have led to specific recommendations for Yangon. The identified measures represent a first step in developing a more general framework. Future research could investigate the transferability of these measures to other areas and thus their suitability as a basis for a framework.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Heinkel, Sophie-Bo UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Thiebes, Benni UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-9067-2120 UNSPECIFIED Than, Zin Mar UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-4261-2414 UNSPECIFIED Aung, Toe UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Kyi, Tin Tin UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Mar, Win Lei UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Oo, Saw Sandar UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Miller, Christian UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-7918-6869 UNSPECIFIED Willkomm, Marlene UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Maung, Win UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Myint, Zin Nwe UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Soe, Khin Khin UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Spohner, Regine UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Kraas, Frauke UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-3498-6758 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-681274
DOI:	10.1007/s11069-022-05226-w
Journal or Publication Title:	Nat. Hazards
Volume:	112
Number:	2
Page Range:	S. 1273 - 1295
Date:	2022
Publisher:	SPRINGER
Place of Publication:	NEW YORK
ISSN:	1573-0840
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language CLIMATE-CHANGE; COMMUNITY; RISK; PERCEPTIONS; ADAPTATION; EXPERIENCE; CAPACITY; HAZARD; READY Multiple languages Geosciences, Multidisciplinary; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences; Water Resources Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/68127