Social perspectives on disasters in Southeast Asia
By: guest editors, Jean-Christophe Gaillard and Pauline Texier
Series: Disaster prevention and management -- v. 17, no. 3; Disaster prevention and management -- v. 17, no. 3.
Publisher: Emerald
Published: 2008
Place of publication: [Bradford, England]
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
ISBN-13: 9781848550339; 9781848550322
Subjects: Emergency management; Natural disasters; Hazardous geographic environments; SOCIAL SCIENCE; General
Description: The papers in this e-book were prepared for a panel of the 5th EuroSEAS conference held in Naples, Italy, between 12 and 15 September 2007. These include contributions from the academe as well as from the practitioner realm, notably NGOs, from Europe and Southeast Asia. The papers encompass case studies from rural and urban settings in Southeast Asia as well as conceptual reflections. All of the papers presented in this special e-book of DPM lie within the Hyogo Framework of Action (HFA), 2005 - 2015. The aim of the issue is to increase understanding of the social dimension of disasters in Sou.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Cover; CONTENTS; EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; Guest editorial; Vulnerability, "innocent" disasters and the imperative of cultural understanding; Floods in Jakarta: when the extreme reveals daily structural constraints and mismanagement; Survival strategies to overcome inaagosto and nordeste in two coastal communities in Batangas and Mindoro, the Philippines; Living with increasing floods: insights from a rural Philippine community; Poverty alleviation or poverty traps? Microcredits and vulnerability in Bangladesh; From emergency relief to livelihood recovery.