Unlocking Climate Resilience: Assessing the Socio-Economic Benefits of Resilience Incentives for Informal Sector Households in Disaster-Prone Indian Cities
- Anees Rehman A, Christ College, India
Summary:
Nowadays, natural hazards like floods, disasters, and earthquakes severely affect the inhabitants residing in urban disaster-prone areas. If we are investigating a special target group that is considered an essential contributor to our society, then our understanding of the severity of the disaster will become more comprehensive. An excellent example of such a target group is informal sector households living in the disaster-prone areas. The ravage of the disaster will destroy their socio-economic and environmental imbalance. Based on this, the study is designed to investigate the socio-economic benefits and aspects of resilience incentives in the urban informal sector. The study is conducted in Idukki district in Kerala, one of the highest disaster-prone areas in South India. The study has used an exploratory research design including qualitative and quantitative data. The data were collected from disaster-affected informal households based on the random sampling technique. To administer the data, in-depth face-to-face interviews were conducted. Finally, the study found that the respondents were still suffering from the disaster aftermath, and there is a wide gap between their losses and the incentives given by the authority.
This research was part of a multi-country research initiative led by the Global Disaster Preparedness Center of the American Red Cross. Access all final publications here.