- Title
- Drivers, services gaps and improving disaster management for displaced people: A case study of prolonged displacement following the 2022 floods in Lismore, Australia
- Creator
- Mortimer, Anastasia; Egbelakin, Temitope; Sher, Willy
- Relation
- Handbook of Flood Risk Management and Community Action: An International Perspective p. 66-84
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781003315247-8
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Resource Type
- book chapter
- Date
- 2024
- Description
- In recent years, Eastern Australia has experienced consecutive high-rainfall induced flooding disasters which have resulted in widespread housing damage and destruction. Subsequently, impacted communities are dealing with displacement as a secondary crisis following disaster events. Internal displacement is an under-researched area of Australian disaster studies scholarship, particularly research which accounts for lived experiences of being displaced and the factors that limit people’s ability to recover from displacement post-disaster. This case study set out to identify potential drivers of prolonged community displacement in Lismore, following the 2022 Eastern Australian Floods. This was achieved by analysing personal submissions made by flood-impacted residents of Lismore to the NSW Independent Flood Inquiry. Limited housing availability, economic decline, the uncertainty of when displacement would end and delays in governmental response to displacement are contributing to people’s experiences of prolonged displacement in this case. The findings of this study add to a preliminary understanding of the phenomenon of displacement in the context of Australia. However, further research is needed to determine a multitude of factors causing prolonged displacement. Such research can support trauma-informed institutional approaches to disaster management for displaced communities, which limit the possibility of prolonged displacement occurring after a disaster.
- Subject
- disaster management; flooding; internal displacement; flood impact
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1497518
- Identifier
- uon:54381
- Identifier
- ISBN:9781032324708
- Language
- eng
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