Building resilience : Social capital in post-disaster recovery

By:

Aldrich, Daniel P

Material type: Text

TextEdition: 2012Description: 232 pISBN:

9780226012889

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Summary: This book highlights the critical role of social capital in the ability of a community to withstand disaster and rebuild the infrastructure and ties that are its foundation. The author examines the post-disaster responses of four different comminities - Tokyo following the 1923 earthquake, Kobe after the 1995 earthquake, Tamil Nadu after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, and post-Katrina New Orleans - and finds that those with robust social networks were better able to coordinate recovery.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Australian Emergency Management Library	BOOK	363.348 ALD (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		900117038

This book highlights the critical role of social capital in the ability of a community to withstand disaster and rebuild the infrastructure and ties that are its foundation. The author examines the post-disaster responses of four different comminities - Tokyo following the 1923 earthquake, Kobe after the 1995 earthquake, Tamil Nadu after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, and post-Katrina New Orleans - and finds that those with robust social networks were better able to coordinate recovery.

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