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Risks and conflicts [electronic resource] : local responses to natural disasters / edited by Andreas Neef, Centre for Development Studies University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, Rajib Shaw, Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.

Contributor(s): Series: Community, environment and disaster risk management ; v. 14.Publisher: United Kingdom : Emerald, 2013Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource (299 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color mapsISBN:
  • 9781781908204
  • 1781908206
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 363.345 23
LOC classification:
  • HV551.2 .R56 2013
NLM classification:
  • 2014 D-504
  • WA 295
Online resources:
Contents:
Chapter 1. Local responses to natural disasters: issues and challenges / Andreas Neef and Rajib Shaw -- Part I: Post-disaster response and recovery at the local level -- Chapter 2: The relationship between community support and resident behavior after the Tohoku Pacific earthquake: the case of Hitachi City in Ibaraki Prefecture / Tomoko Kubo, Toshiki Yamamoto, Michihiro Mashita, Misao Hashimoto, Konstantin Greger, Tom Waldichuk and Keisuke Matsui -- Chapter 3. 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 -- Chapter 4. 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 and Andreas Neef -- Chapter 5. 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 and Iven Schad -- Chapter 6. Farmers' response to drought in northwestern Bangladesh / Umma Habiba and Rajib Shaw -- Part II: Adaptation and risk reduction strategies as local responses to disasters -- Chapter 7. 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 -- Chapter 8. Impact of social capital on local communities' response to floods in southern Poland / Jaroslaw Dzialek, Wojciech Biernacki and Anita Bokwa -- Chapter 9. Enhancing local responses through disaster resilience in schools and communities in Japan / Rajib Shaw and Shohei Matsuura -- Chapter 10. Risk communication through community-based society organizations as local response to disaster in Bandung, Indonesia / Fara Mulyasari and Rajib Shaw -- Chapter 11. Communicating climate change and its impact to Dhaka's urban poor -- grassroot workshops for adults and children / Annika Salingre and Boris Braun.
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Chapter 1. Local responses to natural disasters: issues and challenges / Andreas Neef and Rajib Shaw -- Part I: Post-disaster response and recovery at the local level -- Chapter 2: The relationship between community support and resident behavior after the Tohoku Pacific earthquake: the case of Hitachi City in Ibaraki Prefecture / Tomoko Kubo, Toshiki Yamamoto, Michihiro Mashita, Misao Hashimoto, Konstantin Greger, Tom Waldichuk and Keisuke Matsui -- Chapter 3. 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 -- Chapter 4. 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 and Andreas Neef -- Chapter 5. 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 and Iven Schad -- Chapter 6. Farmers' response to drought in northwestern Bangladesh / Umma Habiba and Rajib Shaw -- Part II: Adaptation and risk reduction strategies as local responses to disasters -- Chapter 7. 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 -- Chapter 8. Impact of social capital on local communities' response to floods in southern Poland / Jaroslaw Dzialek, Wojciech Biernacki and Anita Bokwa -- Chapter 9. Enhancing local responses through disaster resilience in schools and communities in Japan / Rajib Shaw and Shohei Matsuura -- Chapter 10. Risk communication through community-based society organizations as local response to disaster in Bandung, Indonesia / Fara Mulyasari and Rajib Shaw -- Chapter 11. Communicating climate change and its impact to Dhaka's urban poor -- grassroot workshops for adults and children / Annika Salingre and Boris Braun.

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