People’s Response to Disasters in the Philippines [electronic resource] : Vulnerability, Capacities, and Resilience /
Gaillard, J.author.
This book provides a critical perspective on people's response to disasters in the Philippines. It draws upon an array of case studies to discuss people's vulnerability, capacities and resilience in facing a wide range of different hazards.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Acronyms; Chapter One Introduction; Part I Looking for the Root Causes of Disasters in the Philippines: Unfolding People's Vulnerability; Chapter Two Why Did 1,400 People Die in Late 2004?; Chapter Three Does Risk Perception Really Matter?; Chapter Four Vulnerability and Livelihoods; Part II No One Is a Helpless Victim! People's Capacities to Face Hazards and Disasters; Chapter Five Coping with Natural Hazards; Chapter Six Integrating Capacities in Disaster Risk Reduction
Chapter Seven Mainstreaming Marginalized Groups and Their CapacitiesPart III From Disaster to Development? People's Resilience in the Aftermath of Disaster; Chapter Eight Overcoming the Mt Pinatubo Disaster; Chapter Nine Resilience, Marginalization, and Livelihoods; Chapter Ten Post-Disaster Resettlement; Chapter Eleven Conclusion: Toward Integrated Disaster Risk Reduction; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book provides a critical perspective on people's response to disasters in the Philippines. It draws upon an array of case studies to discuss people's vulnerability, capacities and resilience in facing a wide range of different hazards.
Ethnology—Asia.
Sociology.
Environmental sociology.
Human geography.
Social structure.
Social inequality.
Natural disasters.
Asian Culture.
Sociology, general.
Environmental Sociology.
Human Geography.
Social Structure, Social Inequality.
Natural Hazards.


People's response to disasters