This paper examines how a town affected by catastrophe can be restored repositioning. We describe we locally applied method for building back better with participation. To do it, merged some already known techniques. learned three lessons. First, the methodology that deployed support nonconflictive recovery process. Second, building’s physical forms reconstruction according to preferences of re...

Traumatic events like September 11 and Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (H-KR) have heightened national awareness on the effects that such events can have on communities and specific populations. These disasters not only had major effects on those directly impacted by the hurricane, but also on first responders and the subsequent teams of personnel who provided aid to residents and evacuees. Student...

Abstract Areas affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami have recovered following a long-term reconstruction process, including Banda Aceh City, Indonesia. Using data from Statistics Indonesia, this study aims to analyze population dynamics in starting (pre-tsunami), 2005 (shortly after tsunami), as well 2010 and 2020 (post-reconstruction phase). Population are calculated at sub-district ( keca...

objective: the main aim of this study was to investigate the psychological and social adjustment of parents whose adolescent children had experienced a disaster. mediating factors were considered; such as whether the child developed post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), dysfunctional attitudes, other intervening life events, and especially, social support. method: participants were 37 women wh...

The geographical condition makes Indonesia very vulnerable to natural disasters. Various disasters that have befallen claimed many lives and property losses. Some of them are the earthquake, tsunami, liquefaction in Central Sulawesi, especially Palu City, on September 28 2018, which thousands caused huge socio-economic impacts by disaster need be repaired through rehabilitation reconstruction e...

This paper addresses the post-war reconstruction experience of Qasr-e-Shirin, Iran, in the aftermath of the Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988). Compared with the war-damaged cities in southwest Iran, western cities such as Qasr-e-Shirin lack a post-war reconstruction assessment and documentation. With an objective view, the author aims at documenting the situation of the city almost thirty years after i...

On May 13, 2000, a firework depot exploded in a residential area of the city of Enschede, The Netherlands. Many disaster workers responded, including volunteer firefighters, a group that has received little attention in disaster research. This study examined the presence of health problems in volunteer firefighters who were involved in disaster work, three years after the disaster. Furthermore,...