TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Speed or deliberation: a comparison of post-disaster recovery in Japan, Turkey, and Chile
JO  - Disasters
A1  - Platt, Stephen
A1  - So, Emily
SP  - 696
EP  - 727
VL  - 41
IS  - 4
N2  - This paper compares recovery in the wake of three recent earthquakes: the Great East Japan Earthquake in March 2011; the Van earthquake in Turkey in October 2011; and the Maule earthquake in Chile in February 2010. The authors visited all three locations approximately 12-18 months after the incidents and interviewed earthquake specialists, disaster managers, urban planners, and local authorities. A key challenge to post-disaster recovery planning is balancing speed and deliberation. While affected communities must rebuild as quickly as possible, they must also seek to maximise the opportunities for improvement that disasters provide. The three case studies bring this dilemma into stark relief, as recovery was respectively slow, fast, and just right in the aftermath of the events: the Government of Japan adopted a deliberate approach to recovery and reconstruction; speed was of the essence in Turkey; and an effective balance between speed and deliberation was achieved in Chile.<br><br>© 2016 The Author(s). Disasters © Overseas Development Institute, 2016.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0361-3666
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/disa.12219
ID  - ref1
ER  -