Abstract
The present paper seeks to investigate the extent and nature of organizational interdependencies in recovery operations. It focuses on the recovery following the Boxing day tsunami in 2004 in Tamil Nadu, India. It uses the theoretical framework from infrastructure interdependencies to a disaster recovery setting. It takes a case study approach and is based on eighteen interviews conducted in Tamil Nadu. The main findings of this study highlight that there are different types of dependencies between stakeholders. Further, the strength of these dependencies varies between two or more stakeholders. Also, the study indicates that lack of effort in articulating common goals for disaster recovery.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Procedia Engineering |
| Volume | 212 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2017 Nov 29 |
| Event | 7th International Conference on Building Resilience: Using scientific knowledge to inform policy and practice in disaster risk reduction - Bangkok, Thailand Duration: 2017 Nov 27 → 2017 Nov 29 |
Subject classification (UKÄ)
- Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)