Abstract
The climate-induced shocks, coupled with the pandemic, lead to complex and intersecting disasters. This work presents the success story of adaptive governance in managing compounding disasters. Adaptive governance helps address the challenges of climate-induced natural disasters and pandemics through its approach, which entails flexibility, collaboration, and continuous learning. The state of Odisha in India is considered to be one of the disaster hotspots states in India. Odisha has faced the wrath of many disasters, and the devastation caused by the super cyclone 1999, which killed around ten thousand people, has been the most severe. However, since then, the Government of Odisha has set an example for other states and countries to emulate its disaster management model. This paper explores how the Government of Odisha has been successful in dealing with compounding disasters through its adaptive model of governance. The methodology comprises a desk review of its disaster management policies for the state and on-field discussions with a wide array of stakeholders ranging from Government officials, INGOs, NGOs, people representatives and communities for understanding measures, processes followed, governance and its disaster model. The implications of this research will help other developing countries learn and replicate Odisha’s success story in dealing with compounding disasters.
Presenters
Souryabrata MohapatraAssociate Fellow, National Council of Applied Economic Research, India Sumanta Banerjee
Research Scholar, Economics, Ravenshaw University, Orissa, India
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
Technical, Political, and Social Responses
KEYWORDS
Compounding disasters, Pandemics, Adaptive governance, India
