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Building resilience : Social capital in post-disaster recovery

By: Material type: TextTextEdition: 2012Description: 232 pISBN:
  • 9780226012889
Subject(s): 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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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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