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Book SynopsisVolume 18 of the Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management series looks at how cities and countries recover from catastrophic disasters with a specific focus on Asia. Asia has experienced devastating disasters over the centuries. Proximity to the seismically active “Ring of Fire” and other plate boundaries, long Pacific and Indian Ocean coastlines, major river and tributary courses, desert and semi-desert areas, and other geographic features create a diversity of hazards and potential hazards. Chapters cover topics including International Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Recovery, Disaster exceptionalism in India, Immigrant and refugee experiences in Canterbury and Tohoku, Citizen Participation in the Disaster Reconstruction Process after the Great East Japan Earthquake, and Social Capital and Changes in Post-Disaster Recovery Process in China after the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake.
Trade ReviewSociologists and specialists in technical and policy aspects of disaster planning and response present case studies to illustrate particularly Asian approaches to recovering from catastrophe. Their topics include social capital and changes in post-disaster recovery process: observations from China after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, the restoration of communities following the Great East Japan Disaster: the transformation of mutual help networks through the eyes of the victims, lessons from disaster recovery in Japan through case studies of four earthquakes, disaster exceptionalism in India: the view from below, and international humanitarian assistance and disaster recovery in Asia. -- Annotation ©2017 * (protoview.com) *
Table of ContentsChapter 1, Disaster Recovery in Asia: An Introduction; Ziqiang Han and William L. Waugh, Jr.
Chapter 2, Social Capital and Changes in Post-Disaster Recovery Process: Observations from China after the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake; Ziqiang Han
Chapter 3, Recovering from Prolonged Negative Destination Images in Post-Disaster Northern Japan; David N. Nguyen and Fumihiko Imamura
Chapter 4, Restoration of Communities Following the Great East Japan Disaster: the Transformation of Mutual Help Networks through the Eyes of the Victims; Morio Onda
Chapter 5, Lessons from Disaster Recovery in Japan through Case Studies of Four Earthquakes; Yingying Sun
Chapter 6, Citizen Participation in the Disaster Reconstruction Process: Lessons from the Great East Japan Earthquake; Takashi Tsuji
Chapter 7, Social Vulnerability in Disasters: Immigrant and Refugee Experiences in Canterbury and Tohoku; Shinya Uekusa
Chapter 8, Disaster Exceptionalism in India: The View From Below; José Manuel Mendes
Chapter 9, The 2015 Nepal Earthquake: From Rescue to Reconstruction; Chandra Lal Pandey
Chapter 10, International Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Recovery in Asia; William L. Waugh, Jr.
