| Half full or half empty? Shelter after the Jogjakarta earthquake. | |
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PMID: 20735456 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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The international shelter response to the Jogjakarta earthquake in Indonesia in May 2006 is widely regarded as a success story, especially when compared with the response to the Indian Ocean tsunami 16 months earlier. This evaluation is largely in terms of the international aid system itself, which emphasises statistical measures of 'success' and internal coordination and efficiency. From the perspective of those closer to the ground, however, it was less successful, especially in terms of coordination and communication with and participation of local agencies and affected communities. This paper, by an aid worker resident in Jogjakarta and an anthropologist, examines the response from a perspective grounded both within and outside the aid system, local as well as global. It recognises the relative success of the response, but argues for an approach more grounded in local knowledge and responsive to local concerns, while also providing practical suggestions for improvement. |
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Authors:
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Graeme MacRae; David Hodgkin |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2010-08-23 |
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Title: Disasters Volume: 35 ISSN: 1467-7717 ISO Abbreviation: Disasters Publication Date: 2011 Jan |
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Created Date: 2010-12-07 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7702072 Medline TA: Disasters Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 243-67 Citation Subset: IM |
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© 2011 The Author(s). Disasters © Overseas Development Institute, 2011. |
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School of Social and Cultural Studies, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand. G.S.MacRae@massey.ac.nz |
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