The consequences of disasters : demographic, planning, and policy implications / edited by Helen James, Ph. D. and Douglas Paton, Ph. D. (with 24 other contributors).
"Presents innovative multi-disciplinary perspectives on how people and societies respond to, and recover from sudden, unexpected crisis events like natural disasters which impact tragically on the established patterns and structures of their lives. Through detailed empirical analysis which empl...
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| Language: | English |
| Published: | Springfield, Illinois, U.S.A. : Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, Ltd., [2015] |
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Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION: THE DEMOGRAPHIC, PLANNING AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF DISASTER RESILIENCE; Chapter 2 THE EVOLUTION OF WELL-BEING IN THE AFTERMATH OF A DISASTER: EVIDENCE FROM ACEH AND NORTH SUMATRA; Chapter 3 CLIMATE-CHANGE RESILIENCE, POVERTY REDUCTION, AND DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT; Chapter 4 DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE AFTER HURRICANE KATRINA: A TALE OF TWO PLACES; Chapter 5 LONG-TERM COMMUNITY RECOVERY: LESSONS FROM EARTHQUAKE AND TYPHOON EXPERIENCES IN TAIWAN; Chapter 6 LAND IS LIFE AND LIFE IS LAND: DEVELOPMENT, RESILIENCE, FAMILY AND KNOWLEDGE FOR THE AYTA OF MT. PINATUBO.
- Chapter 7 THE DISINTEGRATION AND REVIVAL OF FAMILIES: THE GREAT TANGSHAN EARTHQUAKE IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVEChapter 8 DEMOGRAPHIC CONSEQUENCES OF THE 2003 BAM EARTHQUAKE IN IRAN; Chapter 9 SOCIAL CAPITAL AND THE 'REBIRTH' OF BANTUL FROM THE 2006 YOGYAKARTA EARTHQUAKE1; Chapter 10 THE DISCOURSE OF DISASTERS IN PHILIPPINE FESTIVALS: CULTURE, LOCAL GOVERNANCE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF HISTORICAL MEMORY; Chapter 11 SAVING FOLK PERFORMING ARTS FORTHE FUTURE: CHALLENGES FOR UNOTORIKAGURA AFTER THE GREAT EAST JAPAN EARTHQUAKE IN 2011.
- Chapter 12 THE IMPACT OF THE WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKE ON ECONOMY AND EMPLOYMENT IN HARD-HIT DISASTER AREAS OF SICHUAN, SOUTHWEST CHINAChapter 13 LOST-CHILD FAMILIES' FERTILITY DECISIONS AND RELEVANT FACTORS AFTER THE 2008 WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKEIN SICHUAN, SOUTHWEST CHINA; Chapter 14 COMMUNITY-BASED EMERGENCY REFERRAL FOR MATERNAL AND CHILDHEALTH IN NGAPUDAW TOWNSHIP, MIDDLE ISLAND, AFTER CYCLONE NARGIS; Chapter 15 HOW DO WE RE-MAKE OUR LIVES? GENDER AND SUSTAINABILITY IN THE POST-DISASTER CONTEXT IN ASIA.
- Chapter 16 COMMUNITY RESILIENCE TO FLOODS: A CASE STUDY OF MOBILE KINDERGARTENS IN THE MEKONG DELTA OF VIETNAMChapter 17 THE LONG-TERM IMPACT OF NATURAL DISASTERS ON THE ECONOMY OF RURAL HOUSEHOLDS: THE "6.10" MAJOR FLOOD DISASTER IN SHALAN TOWN, HEILONG JIANGPROVINCE, NORTH CHINA; Chapter 18 CONSEQUENCES OF THE MT. PINATUBOVOLCANIC ERUPTION IN TWO PHILIPPINE TOWNS: BACOLOR, PAMPANGA AND SAN MARCELINO, ZAMBALES; Chapter 19 BENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF PROVIDING SOCIAL SUPPORT TO OTHERS: INTERVENTION CONSIDERATIONS FOR A CONTINUING DISASTER COMMUNITY IN JAPAN.
- Chapter 20 ENGAGING THE 'OTHER': MAORI, URBAN RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE PLANNING IN CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE 2010-2011 EARTHQUAKESChapter 21 POLICY DIMENSIONS OF LONGER-TERM RECOVERY OF SELECTED DDISASTER-IMPACTED COMMUNITIES IN IRAN, CHINA AND MYANMAR: CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES; Chapter 22 CONCLUSION: FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN INTEGRATED DISASTER AND DEVELOPMENT-THEORETICAL AND POLICY PERSPECTIVES; INDEX.