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2.3.2 Data analysis
The data was analyzed based on disaster management model suggested Yesil (2006). The disaster
model deals with the ongoing process by which all concerned bodies plan for and try to reduce the
impact of disaster before flood disaster happen, take the necessary reactive response during the flood
event and take action after flood disaster happen to return affected communities to a more normal
condition (Few et al , 2006). Actions taken at each phase play crucial role to reduce the health impact
of flooding (Few, 2006). (Figure 4)
Flood
Impact
Risk
Assessment
Preparedness
Response
Policy
Development
Mitigation
Recovery
Figure 4: Disaster Management Model Modified from Yesil (2006)
The original model by Yesil (2006) lacks the feed back arrow from risk assessment to policy
development. So I added this arrow to illustrate not only policy affect risk assessment, but also risk
assessment affects or influence policy development. In general the model was criticized “for
underplaying the dynamic and often undermining relationship between disasters and ongoing coping
capacity that may create spirals rather than cycles of vulnerability, however the model has helped in
communicating the importance of a more holistic approach to risk management that does not only
depend on relief efforts and humanitarian response” (Few, 2007).
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