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Natural disasters as a catalyst for social capital : a study of the 500-year flood in Cedar Rapids, Iowa /
Acknowledgments PART IChapter 1: IntroductionWhy Study Disasters? Why Study Social Capital?Intersecting Two Research Canons The Cedar Rapids Flood of 2008Overview Chapter 2: Natural DisastersWhat Is a Natural Disaster? Chapter 3: Social CapitalWhat Is Social Capital?The Structural and Cultural Aspec...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham, Maryland :
University Press of America, Inc.,
[2015]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I; 1 Introduction; Why Study Disasters?; Why Study Social Capital?; Intersecting Two Research Canons; The Cedar Rapids Flood of 2008; Overview; 2 Natural Disasters; What Is a Natural Disaster?; 3 Social Capital; What Is Social Capital?; The Structural and Cultural Aspects; Is It a Private or Public Good?; 4 An Analogy; Social Capital as the Commons; Part II; 5 The Flood; A Perfect Storm; A Perfect Response?; An Imperfect Recovery; The Community Responds; 6 The Community; Social Capital before the Flood; Social Capital after the Flood
- Four Outlooks, Two ThemesStrengthened Community: We Are All in the Same Boat Together; Strengthened Community: Reevaluations Will Lead to Social Progress; Weakened Community: Neighborhoods Were Decimated; Weakened Community: New Rifts Emerged; Part III; 7 Two Cities?; 8 One Framework; Background Characteristics; Structural Aspects of Social Capital; Cultural Aspects of Social Capital; The Current, Contextually-Specific Situation; 9 Conclusion; Appendix 1: Research Design; Appendix 2: Maps; Notes; References