I. Introduction
The occurrence of natural disasters may be considered as ‘acts of nature’, but the reality that it occurs in political space (Cohen and Werker, 2008) can lead to different possibilities. ‘All disasters are political for three reasons: first and most important is that disasters affect people. Second is that disaster involves public policy where it shows the preparedness of people and how the emergency management creates and implements policy. Lastly, disasters pull the public interest with the aid of the media.’ (Selves, 2003). People’s behavior are driven by different stimulus and they may act according to their self-interests and resort to alternatives, considering their vulnerability in post disaster situation. Blaikie et al. describes vulnerability as “…the characteristics of a person or group and their situation that influence their capacity to anticipate, cope with, resist and recover from the impact of a natural hazard (an extreme natural event or process)” (2014: 11). This statement is supported by the findings of …show more content…
On the case of Indonesia, individuals insist and in which the researchers have found out that climatic disasters such as typhoons leading into floods have a potential to cause individuals to engage in political violence rather than geologic disasters such as earthquakes for the reason that climatic disasters can be predicted and in which the accountability of the disaster management of the government needs to be perceived and seen by individuals. As connected with the case of Indonesia, individuals affected in the case of Pakistan think that conducting violent protest is one of the best ways in catching the attention of the government in order for them to meet their demand of services during the
The occurrence of natural disasters may be considered as ‘acts of nature’, but the reality that it occurs in political space (Cohen and Werker, 2008) can lead to different possibilities. ‘All disasters are political for three reasons: first and most important is that disasters affect people. Second is that disaster involves public policy where it shows the preparedness of people and how the emergency management creates and implements policy. Lastly, disasters pull the public interest with the aid of the media.’ (Selves, 2003). People’s behavior are driven by different stimulus and they may act according to their self-interests and resort to alternatives, considering their vulnerability in post disaster situation. Blaikie et al. describes vulnerability as “…the characteristics of a person or group and their situation that influence their capacity to anticipate, cope with, resist and recover from the impact of a natural hazard (an extreme natural event or process)” (2014: 11). This statement is supported by the findings of …show more content…
On the case of Indonesia, individuals insist and in which the researchers have found out that climatic disasters such as typhoons leading into floods have a potential to cause individuals to engage in political violence rather than geologic disasters such as earthquakes for the reason that climatic disasters can be predicted and in which the accountability of the disaster management of the government needs to be perceived and seen by individuals. As connected with the case of Indonesia, individuals affected in the case of Pakistan think that conducting violent protest is one of the best ways in catching the attention of the government in order for them to meet their demand of services during the