Navigating life after the Kiteezi landfill disaster in Uganda: a study on vulnerability, resilience and quality of life DOI
Mahadih Kyambade,

Afulah Namatovu

Environmental Hazards, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 16

Published: March 7, 2025

This study examined the quality of life, vulnerabilities, and resilience among Kiteezi Landfill disaster-affected population in Uganda, focusing on community support relief interventions. A qualitative approach was employed, using purposive sampling for 16 in-depth interviews (IDIs) 11 focus group discussions (FGDs) with residents from neighbourhood. The IDIs included key informants directly affected by disaster, providing insights into their experiences Findings revealed significant psychological social implications, highlighting ongoing fear, anxiety, emotional distress that participants' mental health work capacity. Both unaffected individuals reported declines well-being, confirming literature extensive impacts crises. Financial instability exacerbated disintegration, diminishing respect support. Resilience-building strategies, particularly entrepreneurial activities, emerged as crucial recovery, emphasising importance economic empowerment skill development. research underscores multi-dimensional nature disaster advocating a holistic integrates immediate long-term resilience-building efforts to restore individual well-being.

Language: Английский

Community‐centred disaster recovery: A call to change the narrative DOI Creative Commons
David Sanderson,

Tim Heffernan,

Marco De Sisto

et al.

Disasters, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Sept. 4, 2024

Abstract This paper challenges current approaches to undertaking community‐centred disaster recovery. Community‐centred are widely recognised as ‘the gold standard’ for effective recovery from disasters. Yet, they rarely applied well enough in practice. Challenges include the ‘authority’ culture of command‐and‐control agencies, emphasis on discrete time frames, and reluctance relinquish centralised control. The focuses people's experiences New South Wales, Australia, which has experienced severe fires floods since 2019. We undertook key informant interviews an online survey inquire into how is enacted. Our work uncovered widespread dissatisfaction with practices. discusses themes emerging research ends a call change framed conducted by responding organisations, underlying causes vulnerability recovery, measure success differently, alter narrative who ‘owns’

Language: Английский

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Exploring Paradigm Shifts in Researching Long-Term Disaster Recovery DOI
Hitomi Nakanishi, Deborah Blackman, Ben Freyens

et al.

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 105482 - 105482

Published: April 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Navigating life after the Kiteezi landfill disaster in Uganda: a study on vulnerability, resilience and quality of life DOI
Mahadih Kyambade,

Afulah Namatovu

Environmental Hazards, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 16

Published: March 7, 2025

This study examined the quality of life, vulnerabilities, and resilience among Kiteezi Landfill disaster-affected population in Uganda, focusing on community support relief interventions. A qualitative approach was employed, using purposive sampling for 16 in-depth interviews (IDIs) 11 focus group discussions (FGDs) with residents from neighbourhood. The IDIs included key informants directly affected by disaster, providing insights into their experiences Findings revealed significant psychological social implications, highlighting ongoing fear, anxiety, emotional distress that participants' mental health work capacity. Both unaffected individuals reported declines well-being, confirming literature extensive impacts crises. Financial instability exacerbated disintegration, diminishing respect support. Resilience-building strategies, particularly entrepreneurial activities, emerged as crucial recovery, emphasising importance economic empowerment skill development. research underscores multi-dimensional nature disaster advocating a holistic integrates immediate long-term resilience-building efforts to restore individual well-being.

Language: Английский

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