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Professor of Ocean Economics Policy, Graduate Program on Tropical Marine Resource Economics, Bogor Agricultural University, Bogor, West Java, Indonesia e-mail: tridoyo@indo.net.id

Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Socio-ecological System Analysis in the Recovery of Catastrophic Disaster

In December 26, 2004, tsunami-affected countries approximately 240,000 people were killed, 50,000 are missing and feared dead and more than one million persons were displaced. Poor coastal communities were worst hit. In many affected coastal areas, three times more women were killed than men. Children represented more than a third of the victims.

In the immediate aftermath of the tsunami, an estimated one million people were displaced. After the first few weeks, however, the large numbers of temporary displaced began to diminish as the situation stabilized and people started returning to their home areas. The fluidity with which displaced populations moved (particularly in Aceh), the growing strain on host families and the destruction of livelihoods (include fisheries sector) challenged the ability of national authorities and the international community to tailor responses to the different needs of various categories of tsunami-affected populations.

The early attention to recovery in the relief phase of the emergency helped local populations get back on their feet. In Indonesia especially in fisheries sector, rubble removal was implemented by means of ‘cash for work’ schemes which injected cash into the local economy while providing a psychological around to the 11,000 people who took part. However, in coastal areas (especially in Aceh Besar) early recovery was not possible as damage to fisheries problem for the early livelihood recovery. Improved arrangements with university and standby partners with advanced logistical capabilities and appropriate technology would assist in overcoming these recovery difficulties.



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