Article
Post-project review in urban disaster risk reduction
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal
(2017)
Abstract
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an analysis of a post-project review (PPR) method
designed to verify the accomplishments of urban disaster risk reduction-neighborhood approach (DRR-NA)projects after at least one year of project closeout. The PPR revisited the essential processes identified duringproject implementation and analyzed the sustainability of project gains.
Design/methodology/approach – The first section focuses on a literature review of the evaluation methods
after project implementation, and the second describes the urban risk PPR design, its implementation,and findings.
Findings – The proposed framework for the PPR was clear and uniform and at the same time offered the
necessary flexibility to adapt to the different DRR-NA projects and contexts. The PPR methodology sought todetermine the conditions of the physical works, social and environmental gains, and progress in institutionalarrangements associated with the NA projects. Factors that contribute and impede success in DRR-NAprojects were identified.
Practical implications – Allowing at least one year between the completion of the NA projects and the PPR
is both convenient and challenging. On the positive side, this approach allows for the verification of projectoutcomes after an extended period of time. However, there are also challenges, such as the need to seekadditional financial resources to carry out the review; generate new contractual mechanisms; and assignhuman resources to review a project already closed.
Originality/value – The changes introduced into the PPR methodology to obtain a participative and
self-conducted process resulted in a truly collective learning experience, becoming an act of accountabilityand social commitment.
Keywords
- Disaster,
- Disaster risk reduction,
- Urban risk,
- Informal settlement,
- Sistematización
Disciplines
Publication Date
2017
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/DPM-10-2016-0205
Citation Information
Sarmiento, Juan-Pablo, Philip Gelman, Gustavo Jordão, and Patricia Bittner. “Post-Project Review in Urban Disaster Risk Reduction.” Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal 26, no. 2 (April 3, 2017): 148–61. doi:10.1108/DPM-10-2016-0205.
Sarmiento, J.-P., Gelman, P., Jordão, G., & Bittner, P. (2017). Post-project review in urban disaster risk reduction. Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, 26(2), 148–161. https://doi.org/10.1108/DPM-10-2016-0205