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Stimulating resilience for recovery: building adaptive resilience in emergency WASH response in Haiti, the Philippines and Lebanon
conference contribution
posted on 2018-02-12, 15:10 authored by Katrice G. King, Lee S. Bosher, Sam Kayaga, Mark ButtleRecovery deficits are often witnessed within disaster-affected societies following post-disaster
interventions. Humanitarian operations have struggled to find coherence between relief and recovery
activities, which has resulted in a perceived operational ‘gap’ between relief, recovery and development.
Building individual/household resilience within the humanitarian sphere has been theoretically posed to be
fundamental for recovery; a programmatic consideration that could ensure former weak resilience would
not hinder post-disaster recovery. Therefore, could a resilience building approach offer much needed
solutions to the challenge of recovery within post-disaster contexts? This paper will present findings from
recent doctoral research undertaken in the 2010 Haiti earthquake response, as well as presenting case
study evidence from the 2013 post-disaster responses in the Philippines and the Syrian response in
Lebanon. The paper will look specifically at the common barriers to recovery experienced by individuals/
households in a crisis event, understanding how emergency response operations within the WASH sector
affects recovery, individual/ household resilience within the post-disaster environment will be detailed,
gauging its relevance for stimulating recovery; giving case study examples of how in practice resilience at
the individual/ household level can be operationalised in emergency response programming.
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KING, K.G. ... et al, 2014. Stimulating resilience for recovery: building adaptive resilience in emergency WASH response in Haiti, the Philippines and Lebanon. IN: Shaw, R.J., Anh, N.V. and Dang, T.H. (eds). Sustainable water and sanitation services for all in a fast changing world: Proceedings of the 37th WEDC International Conference, Hanoi, Vietnam, 15-19 September 2014, 7pp.Publisher
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