Impact of Natural Disasters on Sustainability and Well-being: A Research Report

ASSESSMENT 2 S118: RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES
IN GLOBAL LEARNING
Impact of natural disaster on sustainability and well being
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Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
The Problem...............................................................................................................................3
The clarity of goals and objectives of the research and appropriateness...................................4
Literature Review.......................................................................................................................5
Theoretical or Conceptual Framework.......................................................................................8
Research Variables.....................................................................................................................9
Research Aims...........................................................................................................................9
Hypotheses.................................................................................................................................9
Research Methodology.............................................................................................................10
Research Design.......................................................................................................................10
Sampling Methods...................................................................................................................10
Role of the researcher in the study and appropriateness..........................................................10
Data Collection Methods..........................................................................................................11
Data analysis methods..............................................................................................................11
Interpretation and Discussion of Findings...............................................................................12
Issues related to validity, reliability and trustworthiness.........................................................12
Recommendations for future research.....................................................................................12
Conclusion................................................................................................................................12
References................................................................................................................................14
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Introduction
The research report provided below majorly aims at identification and analysis of the pact
that is levied by the natural disasters on the sustainability and wellbeing of the individuals. In
order to resent the information, the research has been crucially based on the information
which has been extracted from valid and published sources. It should be noted that the
research is based on the secondary as well as primary sources. The impact of the disasters in
the economy are multidimensional and it should be noticed that even after occurrence of
these disasters the economy required time to recover from the same which is not only a
wastage of resources of the country but this also impacts the wellbeing of the environment
(Selmi et. al., 2015). The research is inclusive of literature review which will help the reader
to gain deeper insights on the topic. The literature review is based on secondary sources of
data collection.
The Problem
The natural disasters are caused due to varied reasons which are inclusive of hydro-
meteorological, geophysical, climatological and biological phenomena that have an adverse
impact on the naturally built environment as well as the wellbeing of the individuals
surrounding the place where the disasters occur. At times it has been found that when the
disasters are adverse, in such cases the impact of these disasters and the amount of toll they
imply on the sustainable development of an economy or individuals is generally high. In this
research report, the issue is the impact of these disasters on the wellbeing and sustainability
and the researcher will also identify the issues that are being faced by the communities due to
the natural disasters. In order to identify the same the research will be inclusive of the
primary as well as secondary sources of research that would be presented taking into
consideration the qualitative and quantitative data sources.
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The clarity of goals and objectives of the research and appropriateness
In order to ensure that the research is valid and appropriate, it has been ensured by the
researcher that the data sources and information have been collected through valid sources
and the data is also latest. It has also been ensured that the data is realistic in nature and is
based on the incidents that have occurred in the past. Apart from this, it has also been made
sure that the research is mainly based on published and validated articles and case studies.
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