The Impact of Local Elites on Disaster Preparedness Planning

The Location of Flood Shelters in Northern Bangladesh

Bibliographic Data

ID3122202
AuthorsMozaharul Islam Khan, Md Mozaharul Islam Khan (corresponding author)
Year1991
Volume15
Issue4
Pages340-354
Publication date1991-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDisasters (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0361-3666 • E-ISSN: 1467-7717
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-7717.1991.tb00473.x
PMID20958733
OpenAlexW2025697911
LanguageEN
Citations received5

Disaster relief and preparedness organisations are concerned with allocating scarce resources in unstable environments, such as those prone to flooding and river erosion. The need to understand the role of powerful elites in such disaster prone environments is illustrated through an analysis of the actual location decisions and biases involved in siting four flood shelters in four communities in northern Bangladesh. The previously unrecognised implications of the location biases for employment, shelter, access and the utilisation of the flood shelter by the powerless people in the target group demonstrate the need for disaster organisations to include an analysis of the local power structure in project preparation and appraisal

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