Ram Sateesh PASUPULETI Luleå University of Technology Lulea, Sweden , Sweden, Kingdom of, and School of Planning and Architecture Bhopal India

1. Towards An Interdisciplinary Framework for Understanding
the Role of Culture in the Post Disaster Reconstruction Process
–The Case of Tsunami Reconstruction in Tamilnadu, Southern India
By
Dr.Ram Sateesh Pasupuleti
Assistant Professor Assistant Professor
Division of Architecture and Water, School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal,
Lulea University of Technology Sweden India (Currently on Extra Ordinary Leave)
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2. Post disaster housing in Gujarat Earthquake affected
areas, Latur, Marathwada, India
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3. Understanding…
Culture
BUILT
ENVIRONMENT
disaster
Vulnerability Development
Bourdieu’s
Dovey Leach Lim
theory on
(2005) (2005). (2008).
Cultural Capital
(1986 p47)
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4. Lim(2008) Model on Cultural Environment
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6. Defining Conceptual Framework for
Analysis
Pre-disaster
Development processes
V
U External Constructs of
Environment
L Culture in
Concepts of HUMAN Built Environment
Urban Design N INTERVENTION
E Public Geographical and
Permeability Space Ecological Environment
R Structures
Legibility A Geographic Family, Gender and Kinship
Plots Landscape
Variety B
Religion and Belief systems
I
Robustness Buildings Economy
L
Personalisation I Politics
T
Social and Cultural interaction
Y
Post-disaster
Development processes
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7. Principles: Geographic and Family, Religion and Economy Politics Social and Cultural
Responsive Natural Gender and Belief interactions
Environments Environment Kinship systems
Relations
Vulnerability Component
Permeability
Legibility
Variety&Choice
Robustness
Personalisation
Transforming spatial component of built environment in the pre and post disaster development process
(Public space network, Plots, Buildings)
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8. CRITERIA OF SELCTION OF CASESTUDIES
Government
South Indian
Federation of
Fishermen
Socieites
Church
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10. A CASE OF KOVALAM VILLAGE
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13. THARANGAMBADI
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14. LEGIBLITY
ANALYSIS
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15. LIGHTHOUSE KUPPAM
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18. Barriers in Communicating
needs and wants
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19. Pre-disaster
Development processes
V Impacts
Causes
U External
Livelihood Difficulties
Pre disaster Environment
L
Development issues HUMAN Weakening Family Kinship
N INTERVENTION
Love and Affections
Inability to understand
E Public
Vernacular Architecture Space Difficulties in
R Structures
Following religious practices
Lack of variety and Choice
A Geographic
Plots Landscape
Barriers in Communication B
Difficulties in
I Neighbourhood interaction
Lack of proper education Buildings
and awareness L
Difficult access to political and
I institutional activities
Lack of Zone wise
Building Regulations T
Encroachments and
Y Extensions
Lack of redevelopment
strategies Post-disaster
Development processes
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20. The focus of creating built environments without recognizing what is
appropriate to a particular settlement is a common and frequent failure in
such post disaster development projects.
On the social level, it creates interactive methodologies engaging members of
traditional settlements, the culture experts from within, and professionals in
designing for development. The study emphasises the values of both engaging
and understanding local knowledge among development practitioners,
reaffirming the relevance of culture and traditions in the culture- vulnerability
development equation.
In terms of economy, the research analyses the importance of re-linking
culture and economy and vulnerability by providing methodologies for
understanding ways of living that are culturally integrated on the level of
traditional fishing settlements.
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21. A Way forward
As a final point, this project was researcher driven although it is foreseeable
that future projects like these would ideally be driven by the subjects once the
methodology is established
A. Empowering grass root level governance
B. Appropriate training and awareness programmes for local governing
bodies
C. Documentation of existing settlement layouts and development issues
in traditional settlements by spatial information and digital technologies
D. Development of building and planning regulations with local
and regional concerns
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22. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I would like to thank FORMAS funding agency for providing
financial support to participate in IDRC 2012.
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