Lesson Learned in Post-Disaster Reconstruction Project

Global warming and climate change have been intensifying the severity of disasters worldwide. Disasters not only cause loss of human lives and affect the economy; they also have a huge impact on houses located in areas prone to natural calamities. Therefore, in recent years, governments have been emphasizing post-disaster reconstruction, especially in countries that see frequent disasters. From the Ji-ji earthquake in 1999, which led to the launch of large-scale post-disaster reconstruction, to Typhoon Morakot in 2009, the Taiwanese government has attached great importance to the formulation of post-disaster reconstruction policies. However, different from the Ji-ji earthquake, 73% of the disaster victims of Typhoon Morakot were the indigenous population, which made this unique post-disaster reconstruction (PDR) project unique. Nonetheless, the indigenous context-based PDR project still had little discussion.