The reproduction of human (in)security : a case study of post-flood Ayutthaya

The study focuses on human security in the post-flood environment of disaster-affected community. The research aims to assess the reproduction of human (in)security constituted by relief operation as well as institutional learning of community’s experience. It explains the reproduction process of human security concentrated on community of affected areas. In addition, it further proposes potential way of reconstructing and restructuring human security in the post-disaster environment future preparation. This research is the analytical-qualitative study being employed the case study of the 2011 flood in Lae Paniad Luang Elephant Camp and Ayutthaya Hospital community as the unit of analysis. Ayutthaya, housing five industrial zones and contributing to a large amount of the country’s GDP as well as its historical significance, was severely affected by the incident in 2011. The methodology utilized in the study includes in-depth and semi-structured interview, potentially aimed to extract qualitative data analysis. The study found that flood in 2011 resulted in immediate-to-short term food, economic, health, environmental, personal, community and political insecurity. The relief operation by different sectors contributed to addressing multi-dimensional human insecurity to some degree. The findings suggest that even though human security has been reproduced to some extent two years after the disaster, there have been numbers of issues different stakeholders need to learn and take in account in coping with natural disaster.本研究聚焦受灾区社区洪灾后环境中的人类安全（human security）议题。本研究旨在评估由救灾行动所型塑的人类（不）安全之再生产过程，以及社区经验的制度性学习。研究阐释了聚焦受灾区社区的人类安全再生产机制，并进一步提出了适用于灾后环境、服务于未来防灾准备的人类安全重构与重整路径。本研究采用分析性质性研究方法，以2011年洪水事件中的莱帕尼阿杜昂大象营地（Lae Paniad Luang Elephant Camp）与大城府医院社区（Ayutthaya Hospital community）作为分析单元。大城府拥有五个工业区，对该国GDP贡献显著且兼具历史价值，在2011年洪灾中遭受重创。本研究采用的方法包括深度访谈与半结构化访谈，以获取质性数据分析所需的相关资料。研究发现，2011年洪灾引发了即时至短期层面的食物、经济、健康、环境、人身、社区及政治层面的不安全状态；多部门开展的救灾行动在一定程度上缓解了多维人类安全危机。研究结果表明，尽管灾后两年人类安全状况已在一定程度上得到恢复与再生产，但仍存在诸多亟待各利益相关方学习借鉴并纳入灾害应对考量的问题。