Recovering from catastrophic disaster in Asia
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Recovering from catastrophic disaster in Asia
(Community, environment and disaster risk management, v. 18)
Emerald, 2017
Available at 3 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
- Chapter 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
- Jose 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.
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