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ASSESSMENT ON
Cultural impact is the change of value system,
RECOVERY NEEDS
The loss or interferrence of social and ethics and norms in the society after the Needs for development is aimed at restoring the
FORMULATION OF government functions as result of a disaster. disaster. The examples of impact on the culture
ACTION PLAN FOR assets belonging to the governments,
1. Construction For example, the damage of a government are the decreased number of cultural
REHABILITATION AND communities, families and coporations after the
2. Compensation building causes the suspension of general activities, the change of value standard in the
Construction event of disaster. This reconstruction must
RECONSTRUCTION 3. Providing aid Disruption administrative functions, provision of society and so on.
4. Recovery of function prioritize the principle of reconstructing better
to functions security, legal order and basic services. Such Cultural impact carries implication to the
5. Risk reduction disaster-resistant buildings in such way that
are the cases when the basic social services change of social structure in the middle term disaster risk reduction becomes mandatory
are interrupted, like the process of and long term. This change includes change of consideration in assessing post disaster needs.
deliberation, public decision making, Impact Social, Cultural behaviors in society after disaster. The
process of public protection as well as and Politics increased social issues after disaster can
sociocultural processes. become the benchmark of social impacts due
to disaster. For instance, increased social Needs for compensastion is aimed at
conflict, increased gender-based violence, compensating the economic losses suffered by
Components of Post Disaster Needs Assessment increased number of child workers and the governments, communities, families and
Detailed explanation for each of the activity component can be seen in the following table: increased number of divorces. Compensation corporations as consequences of the disaster.
Increased vulnerability and or decreased Political impact is the change of power
capacity of the individuals, families and Compensation must be oriented at the recovery
structure and political behavior in middle term of economic capacity in long term so it must be
communities as consequences of a disaster. and long term after the incident of disaster.
For example, disaster causes deterioration effective, efficient and sustainable.
Sub Examples of political impacts are disasters with
Component Description to asset condition, health condition,
Component Increased Risk implication to the increase in political-based
education condition and psychological conflicts due to the fight for resources after the Needs
condition of a family, thus decreasing the disasters, or the decline in public trust toward
The change of form in the physical assets Needs for providing aid which is aimed at assisting
capacity of the family or increasing the the democratically elected leaders due to
and infrastructures belonging to the in recovering the access of individuals, families
vulnerability of the family in the case of mismanagement in disaster handling.
governments, communities, families and Providing and communities to their basic rights such as
future disaster.
corporations such that their functions access education, health, food, social security, housing,
Consequences Damage are partially or totally disturbed as direct assistance culture, occupation, demography and so forth.
consequences of a disaster. For example, The provision of these must be conducted for the
damaged houses, schools, health purpose of restoring the existing basic service
centers, factories, business premises, system.
religious worship places and so forth in
the category of light, mild, and heavy
damage level.