Minoo Salimi; Ahmad Naderi
Abstract
Since earthquake has a wide range of effects on people's lives, we can think of it as an important variable in the changes of societies’ social life. The social consequences of the disaster vary according to age, gender, economic and social class. Children, women and low-income people are among ...
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Since earthquake has a wide range of effects on people's lives, we can think of it as an important variable in the changes of societies’ social life. The social consequences of the disaster vary according to age, gender, economic and social class. Children, women and low-income people are among the most suffering groups. This qualitative research has been conducted with the aim of understanding the women’s lived experiences of earthquakes in Sarpol-e-Zahab. This study has used a phenomenological approach and conducted semi-structured interviews with 30 women affected by the earthquake. As a result, there are 90 interview texts and 10 written texts of informant’s lived experiences and their interpretation, which are recorded in 120 semantic units. The findings of the study, which are 18 sub-themes and finally 5 main themes, show that women go through very difficult conditions. Identity crisis and their incompatibility with the post-earthquake condition, sexual abuse, committing suicide, decreasing in the age of committing suicide, earthquake and post-earthquake phobia, sudden lifestyle change, lack of peace, lack of facilities and financial capacity, qualitative and quantitative difficulties and disorders in schools, the increase in family strife, the increase in divorce, the increase in violence have caused social, psychological and cultural unrest in this city.
hamidreza zarnegar
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This article is the result of a participatory field study conducted in an earthquake stricken village of Bam area namely “Darbeh Bagh “ in the Khajeh Asgar rural zone, to find out the local community’s assessment of how villagers themselves as well as governmental and non-governmental ...
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This article is the result of a participatory field study conducted in an earthquake stricken village of Bam area namely “Darbeh Bagh “ in the Khajeh Asgar rural zone, to find out the local community’s assessment of how villagers themselves as well as governmental and non-governmental organizations have managed the crisis after the earthquake. In this study Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) was employed as the major research methodology to elicit the ideas and solutions through participatory approaches for reconstructing the earthquake area proposed by the villagers. In addition to relying on participatory assessment techniques and using them, a general study on key concepts of disaster management was conducted in this project. According to the existing theoretical framework, disaster management is divided into the different stages include: readiness (mitigation), relief and rehabitation (response). Based on this theoretical pattern, theoretical issues related to community roles and residents' disaster management (in organizing, coordinating and planning activities) in above mentioned stages were investigated in this research project. For applying the research, concerning the current methods that are used in the group participatory negotiations, some discussions were done with the partnership of the facilitators (colleagues) on the research objectives, so they were asked to determine main issues, related questions and appropriate techniques in the workshop meetings After the facilitators' workshop meetings, a ten days period of research field activity begun with the participation of villagers. Findings of the community members’ analysis on disaster management and their assessment of involved institutions’ performance in earthquake are presented in this article.