Institutional Analysis of Flood Early Warning System in Thailand: A Case Study of Flooding Caused by Tropical Storm Pabuk (2019) In Nakhon Si Thammarat

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  • Thawatchai Palakhamarn Graduate School, Chulalongkorn University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.61462/cujss.v52i2.899

Keywords:

disaster risk management, institutional analysis, early warning system, Pabuk tropical storm, Nakhon Si Thammarat

Abstract

The objectives of this research are as follows: 1) to review the context of and the concepts on early warning systems 2) to examine the management of early warning systems of Thailand in the flooding situation caused by Pabuk tropical storm of 2019 in Nakhon Si Thammarat Province 3) to offer policy recommendations for enhancing the capacity of institutional mechanism of early warning systems to be consistent with the global standard. The research involved a mix of methodologies, namely, social network analysis, in-depth interviews and questionnaire survey. The research findings are 1) Although Thailand has several government agencies working on early warning systems with full legislative authorization, only the central authority has met the global criteria for early warning systems. 2) The flooding event revealed a hybrid topology network that mixes a partial mesh network with multiple incomplete networks. This indicates that: 2.1) there was a lack of specification of national early warning system policy, resulting in low interaction among network members; 2.2) network members failed to perform activities specific to early warning sufficiently to engender interaction, thus resulting in a lack of consistency; and 2.3) Community networks did not consistently and systematically connect up with the national early warning mechanism. 3) Thus, this study recommends that Thailand should develop a strategy of national early warning system that focuses on the determining setting up of formal and consistent power relations among central, regional, and local authorities. Furthermore, a unified framework for monitoring, evaluating, and budgeting of disaster early warnings system should be established throughout Thailand, as well as specifying mechanism preparedness for in local early warning operations according to a standard handbook.

 

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Published

06-10-2022

How to Cite

Palakhamarn, Thawatchai. 2022. “Institutional Analysis of Flood Early Warning System in Thailand: A Case Study of Flooding Caused by Tropical Storm Pabuk (2019) In Nakhon Si Thammarat”. Chulalongkorn University Journal of Social Sciences 52 (2). Bangkok, Thailand:55-79. https://doi.org/10.61462/cujss.v52i2.899.

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