| Author | Pone Nyet Khaing |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.DM-14-03 |
| Subject(s) | Flood damage--Myanmar Hpa-an
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation and Management, School of Environment, Resources and Development |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. DM-14-03 |
| Abstract | Flood is a common hydro-metrological hazard and it is the second largest disaster in terms of number of affected people and damaged cost after storm in Myanmar. The study area is one of the flood prone areas in Lower Myanmar and 2013 flood has taken people’s attention to look into flood in Lower Myanmar as a common threat to tackle it. The paper intends to study preparedness and response to flood hazard in Hpa-an town, the newly open society which is recently removed from the restricted tourist destination and is situated in the east bank of Salween River. People from that area use to live with seasonal flood however 2013 rapid onset riverine flood sent about 408 households (2300 residents) to relief shelters from the study area. The research aims to assess preparedness and response to flood hazard at individual household and community level. The research revealed that households from the study area have adopted good practices and they cope their existing flood risk, “at risk, manage” level on average of sample households based on the assessment results since they have been living with annual flood for decades. The study found out the weak community initiative and preparedness to flood hazard in the area although community is prone to flood hazard. However the community is fully being supported by the neighborhood administration which has well experienced, indigenous knowledge, human resources and material resources to response to flood hazard. The research provides a set of recommendations to strengthening the existing flood response and preparedness capacity of the community. The community should conduct vulnerability and capacity assessment of the area in cooperation with the neighborhood administration and flood risk map of the area should come out as a result of it. In this way local people will realize their vulnerability, upcoming hazard and risk and it would be applicable for flood risk management of the area. The study recommends developing flood depth measurement in the area so that people’s indigenous knowledge to predict and forecast will be effective and applicable to flood warning and forecasting from different sources. The neighborhood (external community of the study area) should have comprehensive disaster plan based on scenario and the resources (material and human) should be upgraded according to plan. The community task force so called “Responders” should be well trained for flood emergency response and the neighborhood should exercise the disaster plan with local people’s participation. |
| Year | 2014 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. DM-14-03 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD) |
| Department | Department of Development and Sustainability (DDS) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation and Management (DM) |
| Chairperson(s) | Routray, Jayant Kumar; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Ahmad, Mokbul Morshed;Sutat Weesakul; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Thailand International Cooperation Agency (TICA); |
| Degree | Thesis (M. Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2014 |