Good Governance and Post-Tsunami Recovery in Patong

Publication language
English
Pages
8pp
Date published
01 Jun 2007
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Disasters, Tsunamis, Governance, Response and recovery, Urban
Countries
Thailand
Organisations
Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC)

The Patong municipality in Phuket province of Thailand was devastated on 26 December 2004 by the Indian Ocean Tsunami event. This case study presents how the Municipality of Patong converted the tragedy into an opportunity and stood up to the challenges posed by the event in clearing the destruction and re-launching itself in less than two years. The underlying theme of this story is the execution of good urban governance policies by the Patong Municipality