Risks and conflicts local responses to natural disasters
Communities affected by natural disasters are often stigmatized as being passive with regard to disaster prevention, mitigation and adaptation, waiting only for government assistance in the aftermath of such events. However, many innovative community initiatives have been developed to address natura...
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Bingley, U.K.
Emerald
2013
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| 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:
- Local responses to natural disasters : issues and challenges / Andreas Neef, Rajib Shaw
- The relationship between community support and resident behavior after the Tohoku Pacific earthquake : the case of Hitachi city in Ibaraki prefecture / Tomoko Kubo ... [et al.]
- Filling the gaps from the Christchurch earthquakes 2010-2013 : greening the rubble and the Mt Pleasant community response plan as two local initiatives / Roy Montgomery
- The role of social capital in post-flood response and recovery among downstream communities of the Ba River, Western Viti Levu, Fiji Islands / Othniel Yila, Eberhard Weber, Andreas Neef
- The interplay between collective action, individual strategies and state intervention in mitigating flood disasters in the uplands of north Thailand and northwest Vietnam / Andreas Neef, Peter Elstner, Iven Schad
- Farmers' response to drought in northwestern Bangladesh / Umma Habiba, Rajib Shaw
- People's perception on natural disasters and local survival strategies in Sundarban region : a study of Gosaba block in south twenty four Parganas district in West Bengal, India / Tarun Kumar Mondal
- Impact of social capital on local communities response to floods in southern Poland / Jaroslaw Dzialek, Wojciech Biernacki, Anita Bokwa
- Enhancing local responses through disaster resilience in schools and communities in Japan / Rajib Shaw, Shohei Matsuura
- Risk communication through community-based society organizations as local response to disaster in Bandung, Indonesia / Farah Mulyasari, Rajib Shaw
- Communicating climate change and its impact to Dhakas urban poor grassroot workshops for adults and children / Annika Salingré, Boris Braun