Recovering from catastrophic disaster in Asia

Volume 18 of the Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management series looks at how cities and countries recover from catastrophic disasters with a specific focus on Asia. Asia has experienced devastating disasters over the centuries. Proximity to the seismically active Ring of Fire and other p...

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Other Authors: Waugh, William L. (Editor), Han, Ziqiang (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bingley, U.K. Emerald Publishing Limited 2017
Series:Community, environment and disaster risk management
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Collection: Emerald Business, Management and Economics eBook Collection Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Prelims
  • Disaster recovery in Asia: an introduction
  • Social capital and changes in post-disaster recovery process: observations from China after the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake
  • Recovering from prolonged negative destination images in post-disaster Northern Japan
  • Restoration of communities following the Great East Japan disaster: The transformation of mutual help networks through the eyes of the victims
  • Lessons from disaster recovery in Japan through case studies of four earthquakes
  • Citizen participation in the disaster reconstruction process: lessons from the Great East Japan earthquake
  • Social vulnerability in disasters: immigrant and refugee experiences in Canterbury and Tohoku
  • Disaster exceptionalism in India: The view from below
  • The 2015 Nepal earthquake: from rescue to reconstruction
  • International humanitarian assistance and disaster recovery in Asia
  • Index
  • Includes bibliographical references