| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立中山大學 === 公共事務管理研究所 === 103 === Typhoon Morakot brought extreme amount of rain which triggered severe flooding throughout the southern-central and southeastern Taiwan during August 6 and August 10, 2009. Morakot wrought catastrophic damage in the relatively resource scarce indigenous tribes and resulted in the need for the life and ecological rehabilitation and economic development of these tribal communities.
The post-disaster reconstruction and rehabilitation work mainly focused on the mass migration of residents from disaster areas. It has been five years after the launching of the migration plan. This research therefore investigates the challenges of life recovery after disasters. The research intends to achieve the following three research purposes: (1) to investigate the overall conditions of accommodation after the temporary housing resident has moved to their permanent assignment; (2) to explore the perspectives of permanent housing residents toward quality of life, community participation, availability of necessary resources for reconstruction work; and (3) to identify feasible post-disaster recovery strategies so as to facilitate life recovery progress and improve life quality through rehabilitation for residents in disaster areas. Specifically, this research first conducts in-depth interviews with the people of Rinari from Kucapungan, the Houcha Village in Pintung. The research then analyzes interview contents according to four aspects—i.e., life recovery condition, demand for life quality improvement, community participation, and availability of necessary reconstruction resources.
The research result indicates that the post-disaster reconstruction and rehabilitation plan is too much goal oriented and neglects the effects of recovery on both residents and communities. Also, due to a lack of treatment to deal with differences among residents, the plan indirectly causes conflicts in recovery to them. Furthermore, the research result suggests that the up-down mechanism of the poster-disaster reconstruction plan is unable to produce a sense of identity because this mechanism prevents the participation of residents and hence the emergence of a consensus among residents and community management on the reconstruction work. With regard to the availability of necessary reconstruction resources, the research result shows that the reconstruction plan is out of line with the actual demand after disaster and the average distribution impact. The mass migration of residents from disaster areas moreover gradually reconstructs ethnic consciousness of the social structure.
Accordingly, this research concludes that life recovery after disasters not merely passes a reconstruction act and sets up a temporary reconstruction agency to implement the act using an up-down strategy. Life recovery after disasters is a complex and diversified issue concerning human participants. Instead, an independent administrative organization needs to be established in order to undertake concerted efforts to ensure that disaster recovery and reconstruction works take consideration of ethnic difference, diversification, and actual demand after disaster.
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