| Summary: | 碩士 === 義守大學 === 管理學院管理碩博士班 === 101 === On August 8, 2009 a devastating typhoon hit southern Taiwan causing 699 deaths and damaging 1766 houses leaving many people homeless. Just five months later on January 12, 2010, a major earthquake struck western Haiti. The earthquake lasted barely seven seconds but left an estimated 222,500 dead and almost 2.3 million people without safe shelter (CNSA, 2011). In their respective countries, post-disaster management relief programs have been implemented by the centralized governments and numerous international humanitarian organizations. The purpose of this study was to analyze the implementation and impact of those recovery programs over the past two years. Specifically, one relocation community in Taiwan was examined. In Haiti, the programs implemented by different humanitarian organizations in two Internal Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in Port-au-Prince were examined. This study focused on how the respective national governments have worked with humanitarian organizations and various business cooperative arrangements to manage disaster recovery. According to the respondents, in Haiti the humanitarian assistance was immediate-response oriented and was ineffective in bringing mid to long-term solutions for the victims. Therefore, in the past two years since the event, the most visible effects of the earthquake still remain in the affected areas. Conversely, in Taiwan many efforts have been undertaken by the government, humanitarian organizations and corporations to improve the living conditions of the victims. To date, hundreds of permanent houses have been built and assistance with life restoration, employment, cultural reconstruction, community and industrial development have been provided to the majority of the victims.
Keywords: Natural disaster, Humanitarian assistance, Recovery management, Haiti, Taiwan.
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