An Inquiry into Success Factors for Post-disaster Housing Reconstruction Projects: A Case of Kerala, South India
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An Inquiry into Success Factors for Post-disaster Housing Reconstruction Projects: A Case of Kerala, South India Shyni Anilkumar1 • Haimanti Banerji2
Accepted: 11 August 2020 Ó The Author(s) 2020
Abstract The 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami triggered significant destruction to housing and related infrastructures across various coastal districts of south India. Research shows that tsunami reconstruction projects in Kerala experienced different degrees of success and failure. On this background, this study explored factors that contributed to the successful implementation of tsunami housing projects in Kerala by (1) consolidating various critical success factors (CSFs) for post-disaster reconstruction (PDR) projects under ‘‘project management success traits’’ through content analysis of existing literature; (2) deriving a conceptual model that envisages project success in PDR contexts; and (3) assessing the impacts of those success traits on tsunami housing projects using confirmatory factor analysis. Necessary data were gathered through a survey of various stakeholders involved in tsunami reconstruction projects in Kerala using structured questionnaires. The research revealed that PDR project success is attributed to critical dimensions of project management such as institutional mechanisms, reconstruction strategies, project implementation, and stakeholder management. A conceptual model with the interplay of project success, success traits, as well as their CSFs identified the project management actions that must be monitored during reconstruction. Since the project management approach is widely recognized for PDR projects,
& Shyni Anilkumar [email protected] 1
Department of Architecture and Planning, National Institute of Technology, Calicut, Kozhikode, Kerala 673601, India
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Department of Architecture and Planning, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal 721302, India
these success traits hold huge potential for effective organization and management of housing reconstruction projects. The study also helped to identify project management traits that need improvements for the successful implementation of post-disaster housing projects in Kerala. Thus the research findings can serve as a foundational study for formulating project management strategies appropriate to PDR projects in Kerala. Keywords Critical success factors Housing project management success traits India Post-disaster housing reconstruction
1 Introduction Kerala, the southernmost state of India on its southwest coast, is vulnerable to a range of hazards such as cyclones, earthquakes, floods, landslides, and so on. The Kerala coast frequently experiences severe erosion, necessitating frequent evacuation and rehabilitation of coastal communities, especially during the monsoon. The state is vulnerable to cyclones and experiences high winds due to cyclonic storms along the Bay of Bengal. Kerala also falls under seismic zone III, making it vulnerable to earthquakes of a magnit
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