Exploring interdepencies and common goals in disaster recovery coordination

TY - GEN

T1 - Exploring interdepencies and common goals in disaster recovery coordination

AU - Raju, Emmanuel

AU - Becker, Per

AU - Tehler, Henrik

N1 - Conference code: 7

PY - 2018

Y1 - 2018

N2 - The present paper seeks to investigate the extent and nature of organizational interdependencies in recovery operations. It focuses on the recovery following the Boxing day tsunami in 2004 in Tamil Nadu, India. It uses the theoretical framework from infrastructure interdependencies to a disaster recovery setting. It takes a case study approach and is based on eighteen interviews conducted in Tamil Nadu. The main findings of this study highlight that there are different types of dependencies between stakeholders. Further, the strength of these dependencies varies between two or more stakeholders. Also, the study indicates that lack of effort in articulating common goals for disaster recovery.

AB - The present paper seeks to investigate the extent and nature of organizational interdependencies in recovery operations. It focuses on the recovery following the Boxing day tsunami in 2004 in Tamil Nadu, India. It uses the theoretical framework from infrastructure interdependencies to a disaster recovery setting. It takes a case study approach and is based on eighteen interviews conducted in Tamil Nadu. The main findings of this study highlight that there are different types of dependencies between stakeholders. Further, the strength of these dependencies varies between two or more stakeholders. Also, the study indicates that lack of effort in articulating common goals for disaster recovery.

U2 - 10.1016/j.proeng.2018.01.129

DO - 10.1016/j.proeng.2018.01.129

M3 - Conference article

SN - 1877-7058

VL - 212

SP - 1002

EP - 1009

JO - Procedia Engineering

JF - Procedia Engineering

T2 - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Building Resilience

Y2 - 27 November 2017 through 29 November 2017

ER -