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Social Protection Ten-Years After the Tsunami: The Case of Indonesia and Thailand

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Abstract

An earthquake with an epicenter in the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia sparked a chain of injurious tsunamis along the shoreline bordering the Indian Ocean, killing thousands of people in eleven countries. Aside from damage to properties and lives claimed, it resulted to exacerbating the dire conditions of the poor and vulnerable communities. The sources of livelihood of the people were destroyed. That said, rebuilding their lives of those who survived the catastrophe became a critical challenge. This chapter examines the social protection programs focusing on the livelihood of affected communities in Indonesia and Thailand after the tsunami. From community-level examples, the chapter will draw issues, challenges, and impacts in social protection in relation to building resiliency in a post-disaster context. The author argue that social protection is not only a means to aid survivors in recovery, but it also reduces poverty, improves the lives of survivors, and facilitates communities’ adaptation and mitigation to future disaster risks toward resiliency.

Keywords

  • Community resiliency
  • Disaster recovery
  • Livelihood
  • Social protection

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    See DDPM, Loss Assessment by Tsunami and Earthquake from Provinces (Data as of June 10, 2005)

  2. 2.

    Regional Analysis of the Socio Economic Impacts of the Indian Ocean Tsunami, August 2005

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    Tsunami Thailand: One Year Later: National Response and Contribution of International Partners. United Nations Country Team in Thailand, Office of the UN Resident Coordinator

  4. 4.

    Saarni (2007).

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  1. Center for Disaster Preparedness – Philippines, Block 25 Lot 3, JP Rizal, New Capitol Estates 1, Commonwealth Avenue Brgy. Batasan Hills, Quezon City, 1126, Philippines

    Benigno Balgos

  2. Earthquakes and Megacities Initiatives, 3/F Puno Annex Building 47 Kalayaan Avenue—Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines

    Jesus Dominic Dizon

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  1. Graduate School of Global Environmental International Environment and Disaster M, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan

    Rajib Shaw

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Balgos, B., Dizon, J.D. (2015). Social Protection Ten-Years After the Tsunami: The Case of Indonesia and Thailand. In: Shaw, R. (eds) Recovery from the Indian Ocean Tsunami. Disaster Risk Reduction. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-55117-1_10

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