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God's own country in trouble a comparitive content analysis of health and disaster management policies on the 2018 floods in Kerala, India

Varghese, Ronniya LU and Lucas de Peslouan, Clémentine LU (2022) In Master Thesis Series in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science MESM02 20221
LUCSUS (Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies)
Abstract
In 2018, the Indian state of Kerala experienced devastating floods that killed 433 people and displaced 1.4 million. The floods are becoming more frequent since then due to climate change. In this research, we compared international frameworks on health and disaster with national and state documents. We used content analysis and applied Walt and Gilson's framework of health policy analysis to comprehend and analyse the level of preparedness, the presence of a climate-resilient health system and the integration of the health and disaster departments at the national and state level. Through our analysis, focussing on the nexus between health, disasters and resilience, we see that there are major pitfalls in translation of the international... (More)
In 2018, the Indian state of Kerala experienced devastating floods that killed 433 people and displaced 1.4 million. The floods are becoming more frequent since then due to climate change. In this research, we compared international frameworks on health and disaster with national and state documents. We used content analysis and applied Walt and Gilson's framework of health policy analysis to comprehend and analyse the level of preparedness, the presence of a climate-resilient health system and the integration of the health and disaster departments at the national and state level. Through our analysis, focussing on the nexus between health, disasters and resilience, we see that there are major pitfalls in translation of the international recommendations. Although some important recommendations have been mentioned in the policy documents at the national and state level, they have failed to be adopted by the state after the floods in 2018. (Less)
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author
Varghese, Ronniya LU and Lucas de Peslouan, Clémentine LU
supervisor
organization
course
MESM02 20221
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
disaster risk reduction, resilience, Build Back Better, climate-resilient health system, climate-induced floods, India, Kerala
publication/series
Master Thesis Series in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science
report number
2022:006
language
English
id
9081473
date added to LUP
2022-05-30 09:22:33
date last changed
2022-06-02 10:54:56
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  abstract     = {{In 2018, the Indian state of Kerala experienced devastating floods that killed 433 people and displaced 1.4 million. The floods are becoming more frequent since then due to climate change. In this research, we compared international frameworks on health and disaster with national and state documents. We used content analysis and applied Walt and Gilson's framework of health policy analysis to comprehend and analyse the level of preparedness, the presence of a climate-resilient health system and the integration of the health and disaster departments at the national and state level. Through our analysis, focussing on the nexus between health, disasters and resilience, we see that there are major pitfalls in translation of the international recommendations. Although some important recommendations have been mentioned in the policy documents at the national and state level, they have failed to be adopted by the state after the floods in 2018.}},
  author       = {{Varghese, Ronniya and Lucas de Peslouan, Clémentine}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  series       = {{Master Thesis Series in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science}},
  title        = {{God's own country in trouble a comparitive content analysis of health and disaster management policies on the 2018 floods in Kerala, India}},
  year         = {{2022}},
}