Recovering from catastrophic disaster in Asia / edited by William L. Waugh, Ziqiang Han.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Waugh, William L., editor.

Han, Ziqiang, editor.

Series:

Community, environment and disaster risk management ; v. 18.

Community, environment and disaster risk management, 2040-7262 ; v. 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Natural disasters--Asia.

Natural disasters.

Disaster relief--Asia.

Disaster relief.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (218 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bingley, England : Emerald Publishing, 2017.

Summary:

Volume 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.

Contents:

Prelims

Disaster recovery in Asia: an introduction

Social capital and changes in post-disaster recovery process: observations from China after the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake

Recovering from prolonged negative destination images in post-disaster Northern Japan

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

Citizen participation in the disaster reconstruction process: lessons from the Great East Japan earthquake

Social vulnerability in disasters: immigrant and refugee experiences in Canterbury and Tohoku

Disaster exceptionalism in India: The view from below

The 2015 Nepal earthquake: from rescue to reconstruction

International humanitarian assistance and disaster recovery in Asia

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record

ISBN:

9781787148932

1787148939

9781786352958

1786352958