TY - JOUR
T1 - The influence of technical assistance and funding on perceptions of post-disaster housing safety after the 2015 Gorkha earthquakes in Nepal
AU - Hendriks, Eefje
AU - Opdyke, Aaron
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was funded by the Dutch Research Council “Safer post-disaster self-recovery” project number 023011055 . The field research and part of the dissemination have been financially supported by Catholic Relief Services . We would also like to thank Jamie Richardson, Katherine Price, Abhishek Shrestha, Milan Mukia, Adeel Javaid, Krishna Mohan, Emily Lobo, Loren Lockwood, Siobhan Kennedy, Minar Thapa Magar and their teams for their guidance in the data collection. We thank the members of the independent research team Laura Howlett, Benjamin Schep, Gijs van Duren, Jim de Kort, Sandra van Ekeren, Ranon Caris, for their assistance in the data collection. We thank Mei Feng Wu, Nha Vy Tran, Lucy Woodley for their preliminary data analysis.
PY - 2022/4/15
Y1 - 2022/4/15
N2 - Housing is vital in facilitating a return to normality following a disaster; however, it remains one of the most challenging and problematic areas of post-disaster assistance. There is a pressing need to unpack “Build Back Better” aspirations to understand the drivers of safe housing reconstruction. The objective of this research was to understand the influence of technical assistance and sources of funding on household perceptions of housing safety. Binomial logistic regression was used to analyse survey data collected from 711 households three and half years after the 2015 Gorkha Earthquake in Nepal in two affected districts. We found that only 55% and 60% of households in the selected districts of Gorkha and Okhaldhunga, respectively, felt their home was safe in case of a large future earthquake. The use of demonstration houses in communities resulted in higher odds of safe perceptions, while door-to-door technical assistance was associated with lower perceptions of safety in Gorkha. In contrast, in Okhaldhunga, household reconstruction orientations and short training resulted in lower odds of safe perceptions. The funding source for housing reconstruction did not correlate with perceptions of safety in Gorkha, while government funding and household savings had positive correlations in Okhaldunga. Our findings suggest a possible link between reconstruction financing, technical assistance, and the perceptions household form out of recovery. Organisations seeking to support housing reconstruction can potentially leverage tailored technical assistance and funding sources as points of entry to influence household demand for safer construction.
AB - Housing is vital in facilitating a return to normality following a disaster; however, it remains one of the most challenging and problematic areas of post-disaster assistance. There is a pressing need to unpack “Build Back Better” aspirations to understand the drivers of safe housing reconstruction. The objective of this research was to understand the influence of technical assistance and sources of funding on household perceptions of housing safety. Binomial logistic regression was used to analyse survey data collected from 711 households three and half years after the 2015 Gorkha Earthquake in Nepal in two affected districts. We found that only 55% and 60% of households in the selected districts of Gorkha and Okhaldhunga, respectively, felt their home was safe in case of a large future earthquake. The use of demonstration houses in communities resulted in higher odds of safe perceptions, while door-to-door technical assistance was associated with lower perceptions of safety in Gorkha. In contrast, in Okhaldhunga, household reconstruction orientations and short training resulted in lower odds of safe perceptions. The funding source for housing reconstruction did not correlate with perceptions of safety in Gorkha, while government funding and household savings had positive correlations in Okhaldunga. Our findings suggest a possible link between reconstruction financing, technical assistance, and the perceptions household form out of recovery. Organisations seeking to support housing reconstruction can potentially leverage tailored technical assistance and funding sources as points of entry to influence household demand for safer construction.
KW - Disasters
KW - Housing
KW - Humanitarian
KW - Nepal
KW - Shelter
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.102906
DO - 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.102906
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85126148597
SN - 2212-4209
VL - 73
JO - International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
JF - International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
M1 - 102906
ER -