Disaster's Impact on Livelihood and Cultural Survival
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Disaster's Impact on Livelihood and Cultural Survival

Losses, Opportunities, and Mitigation

  1. 354 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Disaster's Impact on Livelihood and Cultural Survival

Losses, Opportunities, and Mitigation

About this book

Many facets of disasters generate interest among scholars and practitioners. However, a vital area of disaster research is consistently underemphasized. Little is written about the immediate and long-term impacts on a community's livelihood systems and the customs and practices of the culture affected. Disaster's Impact on Livelihood and Cultural S

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Information

Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2015
Print ISBN
9781482248432
eBook ISBN
9781482248449
Edition
1
Topic
Law
Subtopic
Forensic Science
Index
Law

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Contents
  3. List of Figures
  4. List of Tables
  5. Foreword
  6. Introduction
  7. Editor
  8. Contributors
  9. Chapter 1: Cultural Aspects of Risk to Environmental Changes and Hazards : A Review of Perspectives
  10. Chapter 2: Disaster Risk Governance in Ecosystem-Dependent Livelihoods Exposed to Multiple Natural Hazards in Uganda
  11. Chapter 3: Gender Considerations for Disaster Management Practices
  12. Chapter 4: Disaster Resettlement Organizations and the Culture of Cooperative Labor in the Ecuadorian Andes
  13. Chapter 5: Taking the High Ground : Impact of Public Policy on Rebuilding Neighborhoods in Coastal Japan after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami
  14. Chapter 6: Creating Community after Disaster : Norm Formation in Post-Hurricane Mitch Resettlements in Honduras
  15. Chapter 7: Culture as a Long-Term Coping Mechanism for Resettlement Trauma : French Pied-Noir Associations and Post-Algerian War Displacement
  16. Chapter 8: Precious Water : Impact of Drought on Farming Communities in Southwest Kansas
  17. Chapter 9: Examining Social Resilience : Post-Tsunami Livelihood Rehabilitation and Its Impacts on Households and Communities in Kamphuan, Ranong, Thailand
  18. Chapter 10: Livelihood Losses, Recovery, and Opportunities for Cultural Revitalization : Experience from the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake in Peopleā€™s Republic of China
  19. Chapter 11: Peace Building and Livelihood Restoration in Human-Made Disaster : A Case from Gujarat, India
  20. Chapter 12: Pathways to Economic Livelihood Recovery : A Study of Tsunami-Affected Communities in Tamil Nadu, India
  21. Chapter 13: Marketing and Material Goods : Impact of Disaster Responders on Livelihood Strategies
  22. Chapter 14: Social Impact of Typhoon Bopha on Indigenous Communities, Livelihoods, and Conflict in Mindanao
  23. Chapter 15: Sociocultural Survival in the Face of Looming Disaster : The Gitgaā€™at First Nationā€™s Opposition to the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline Project
  24. Chapter 16: Layering of Natural and Human-Caused Disasters in the Context of Sea Level Rise : Coastal Louisiana Communities at the Edge
  25. Chapter 17: Above the Rising Tide : Tribes in Coastal Louisianaā€™s Apply Local Strategies and Knowledge to Adapt to Rapid Environmental Change
  26. Chapter 18: The Emergency Community : A Grassroots Model for Post-Disaster Redevelopment
  27. Chapter 19: Lifestyle Practices and Cultural Survival after the Lā€™Aquila Earthquake (Italy, 2009) : A New Adaptive Challenge between Smart City and Resilient Landscapes
  28. Chapter 20: Faith, Communities, and Disaster
  29. Chapter 21: Social Recovery in Disasters : Cultural Resistance of Luizenses
  30. Back Cover