Guidelines for Flood Disaster Management Based on the Multilateral Participation

Abstract

This was a qualitative research which primarily aimed to study flood disaster management, investigate the potential impacts of flood disaster management, and present a new frame of reference regarding the flood disaster management that based on the study of a great flood in year 2011. The employed research tools include the in-depth interview, group dialogue, and analyzing quantitative data with content analysis. The findings of this study were as follows: Bangrakam SAO and Khlongyong subdistrict using the consistent approach for prevention, problem solving, and recovery. The dwellers of the subdistricts and community were affected by the flood disaster management; Lacking of providing the right information, insufficient, and fast would result in an improper flood disaster preparedness, the government and the dwellers of the subdistricts losses of the budget for prevention, and there were complaints about the insufficient compensatory payment 20,000 baht. Further, the proposed management with floods was structured within a new methodological framework that involved multilateral cooperation. The framework was mainly focused on the preparation for disastrous floods, including; self-reliance, natural disaster funds, an effective warning system, water-drainage canals to drain the water to the sea, a water distribution system, multi-stakeholder participation, measurements for recovery, and the flood disaster preparedness of local government.