The complexity of working with clients in post-flood-disaster recovery situations
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The complexity of working with clients in post-flood-disaster recovery situations
The committees to help in post-flood disaster recovery may be hard to get due to the lack of experienced work force that they require for technical assistance. The recovery process requires many functions where it becomes complex due to a lack of personnel to perform all the necessary functions. The recovery committees may lack institutional capacity that may have negative impacts on households as well as families surrendering the primary responsibility of post-flood disaster recovery emergency management to the local people.
Post-disaster migration to a safer place after floods becomes difficult for those most vulnerable due to rising costs of housing where many people cannot afford it. Those who are affected by floods may have the challenge of building new homes due to the high costs of the standards of rebuilding their houses that are new and improved to avoid being affected by floods in the future. The rural jurisdictions are not able to plan well for post-flood disaster recovery as well as hazard mitigation due to a lack of planning capacity. That has adverse effects on the recovery process due to a lack of knowledge, which makes many vulnerable people suffer after a flood disaster (Dollery, Kinoshita & Souza, 2015).
Some of the issues that they may experience as they move through the recovery process
The flood leads to an economic downturn where economic growth fall, the rising level of unemployment, and increased government borrowing to take care of the affected populations. Due to the destruction of the infrastructure, it becomes difficult to get affordable houses. The communities that practice agriculture suffers extensive damage due to loss of revenue after crop damage as well as the high cost of replanting in the flooded fields. Due to the destruction of the routes used for transportation, many industries suffer because they cannot transport the finished products to the market or get access to raw materials. The schools in areas that are affected by floods become troublesome to access, bringing about their closure since there is the destruction of the routes that buses use. Many businesses evacuate, creating a loss of revenue and damage by the floodwaters. The areas that are affected by floods are not easy to access, making it difficult for the government to assist them because they lack full documentation of the damages they suffered. That requires a strategic plan to identify those who are most vulnerable and most affected and help them (Annabelle & Vinet, 2016).
The role of government agencies, environmental engineers, and non-government agencies in the resources and help that they may provide
The government agencies help in decision making on the delivery of infrastructure to the communities that the floods affect. The government provides temporary housing, financial assistance as well as repair of the infrastructure. They assess the damage as well as resource needs for them to obtain the required resources and allocate them.
Environmental engineers are the first to respond in case of floods where they are involved in saving lives as well as property. They plan about the management of the incident and operations that they require in all the phases of disaster response. They collect control and command activities to recover from all the losses because of the floods.
Non-governmental agencies that include both private as well as nonprofit-making agencies provide shelter, donates money, food, and services. Also, they take care of populations that have special needs to ensure that they find solutions to the difficulties they encounter (Coppora & Haddow, 2016).