Road to Resettlement:Understanding Post-disaster Relocation and Resettlement Challenges and Complexities Through a Serious Game

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外文摘要：Resettlement and relocation are among the most difficult policies to put into practice,but they may be the best ways to minimize future risks to settlements exposed to natural hazards both before and after disaster events.As climate-related disasters and forced migration become increasingly common worldwide,governments,humanitarian or development actors,and policymakers must now prioritize the implementation of a dignified and effective resettlement program as part of their planning and management responsibilities.Much of this effectiveness depends on the stakeholders and beneficiaries'under-standing and knowledge of the different resettlement phases,culture and customs of affected populations,activities,and the associated implementation challenges,costs,and benefits.Serious games are used in a variety of contexts to increase awareness,train and build capacity in stakeholders and beneficiaries.This article presents a serious game developed to educate practitioners,local agencies,students,and the public to understand the complexities and challenges involved in a successful resettlement.The game is based on a real proposed resettlement project initiated in the Chiradzulu District in southern Malawi after Cyclone Freddy in March 2023,which caused widespread flooding and landslides,forcing some vil-lages to relocate permanently.The progression in the Road to Resettlement Game consists of six primary levels:land and site preparation,housing and livelihood,water,sanitation,and hygiene,health,education,and protection.These levels are meant to be completed in a sequence that adheres to the principles of resettlement.By engaging in the serious table-top board game,players gain an understanding of the resettlement activities,their sequence,and the associated practical(technical and social)and financial challenges.

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Cyclone freddyDisplacementMalawiPost disaster recoveryResettlementSerious game

作者：

Ali Asgary、Peyman Naeemi、Nilanjana Ganguli、Mohammadali Tofighi、Koorosh Attarian、Tabata Fioretto

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作者单位：

Disaster and Emergency Management,School of Administrative Studies,York University,Toronto,ON M3J 1P3,Canada

Y-EMERGE and Advanced Disaster,Emergency and Rapid Response Simulation(ADERSIM),York University,Toronto,ON M3J 1P3,Canada

Department of Humanities,Faculty of Liberal Arts and professional Studies,York University,Toronto,ON M3J 1P3,Canada

Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change,York University,Toronto,ON M3J 1P3,Canada

Dahdaleh Institute of Global Health Research,York University,Toronto,ON M3J 1P3,Canada

International Organization for Migration,Lilongwe,Malawi

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出版年：

2024

DOI：

10.1007/s13753-024-00580-8

国际灾害风险科学学报(英文版)

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年,卷(期)：2024.15(4)