Typhoon Yolanda and post-disaster resilience: problems and challenges

Eadie, Pauline

Abstract

Typhoon Yolanda hit the Visayas region of the Philippines on 8 November 2013. With wind speeds reaching 315 km/h, the storm remains one of the strongest and most destructive typhoons ever to make landfall (Santos, 2013). This article focuses on how the concept of ‘resilience’ was articulated and experienced post-Typhoon Yolanda (international name Haiyan) with reference to the rebuilding and rehabilitation efforts in Tacloban City. Tacloban is the administrative center of the Eastern Visayas (Region VIII) in the Philippines and one of the most heavily urbanized areas to be devastated by Yolanda. This city was chosen as the focus for this article as it became the ‘exemplary center’ of the relief and rehabilitation effort. It stands as a ‘microcosm’ (Geertz, 1980: 13) of the institutional and logistical practices common in urban lower and middle-income post-disaster scenarios. Arguably, these practices perpetuate social inequality, operate against a backdrop of ‘status pride’ (Geertz, 1980: 13) and re-materialize power in ways that consolidate the status quo and profit seeking norms.

Citation

Eadie, P. (2019). Typhoon Yolanda and post-disaster resilience: problems and challenges. Asia Pacific Viewpoint, 60(1), 94-107. https://doi.org/10.1111/apv.12215

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Sep 16, 2018
• Online Publication Date: Feb 27, 2019
• Publication Date: Apr 1, 2019
• Deposit Date: Sep 17, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 28, 2021
• Journal: Asia Pacific Viewpoint
• Print ISSN: 1360-7456
• Electronic ISSN: 1467-8373
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 60
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 94-107
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/apv.12215
• Keywords: Geography, Planning and Development; Development
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1077469
• Publisher URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/apv.12215
• Additional Information: This is the peer reviewed version of the following article Eadie, P. (2019), Typhoon Yolanda and post‐disaster resilience: Problems and challenges. Asia Pac. Viewp.. doi:10.1111/apv.12215, which has been published in final form at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/apv.12215 This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.
• Contract Date: Sep 17, 2018