Disaster Prevention and Management: Volume 17 Issue 3
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An International JournalTable of contents - Special Issue: Social perspectives on disasters in Southeast Asia
Guest Editors: JeanChristophe Gaillard, Pauline Texier
Vulnerability, “innocent” disasters and the imperative of cultural understanding
Terry CannonThe purpose of this paper is to make an argument that there are different types of social construction of disasters.
Floods in Jakarta: when the extreme reveals daily structural constraints and mismanagement
Pauline TexierThe purpose of this paper is to analyze the root causes of disaster vulnerability in Jakarta, to highlight the strategies and implications of official policies, and to consider…
Survival strategies to overcome inaagosto and nordeste in two coastal communities in Batangas and Mindoro, the Philippines
Soledad Natalia M. DalisayThe purpose of this study is to describe how the people in two coastal communities in Batangas and Mindoro respond to the effects of these seasonal changes on their lives and…
Living with increasing floods: insights from a rural Philippine community
Jean‐Christophe Gaillard, Michael R.M. Pangilinan, Jake Rom Cadag, Virginie Le MassonThe purpose of this paper is to consider people's ways of coping with increasing flooding in a Philippine rural community.
Poverty alleviation or poverty traps? Microcredits and vulnerability in Bangladesh
Mareen Gehlich‐ShillabeerIt is imperative that microcredit organisations (MCOs) have a high level of awareness of the environmental context in which their clients pursue their livelihoods. This is…
From emergency relief to livelihood recovery: Lessons learned from post‐tsunami experiences in Indonesia and India
Philippe Régnier, Bruno Neri, Stefania Scuteri, Stefano MiniatiThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the issue of post‐disaster livelihood recovery through economic rehabilitation, with the illustration of post‐tsunami promotion of…
Tsunami‐resilient communities' development in Indonesia through educative actions: Lessons from the 26 December 2004 tsunami
Julie Morin, Benjamin De Coster, Raphaël Paris, François Flohic, Damien Le Floch, Franck LavigneFollowing the 26 December 2004 tsunami, Planet Risk NGO took part in the international research program TSUNARISK and ATIP‐CNRS Jeune Chercheur. The aim of this paper is to…
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1758-6100ISSN-L:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Dr JC Gaillard
- Dr Emmanuel Raju