An Inquiry into Success Factors for Post-disaster Housing Reconstruction Projects: A Case of Kerala, South India

• DOI: 10.1007/s13753-020-00309-3
• Publication Date: 2020-10-15T09:02:42Z
• Authors: Shyni Anilkumar; Haimanti Banerji
• Keywords: Stakeholder Management

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 success failure. On this background, study explored factors contributed the successful implementation by (1) consolidating critical (CSFs) for post-disaster (PDR) under “project management traits” through content analysis existing literature; (2) deriving a conceptual model envisages project PDR contexts; (3) assessing impacts those traits on using confirmatory factor analysis. Necessary data were gathered survey stakeholders involved structured questionnaires. research revealed is attributed dimensions such as institutional mechanisms, strategies, implementation, stakeholder management. A with interplay success, traits, well their CSFs identified actions must be monitored during reconstruction. Since approach widely recognized projects, these hold huge potential effective organization projects. also helped identify need improvements Kerala. Thus findings can serve foundational formulating strategies appropriate