Natural Disasters as a Catalyst for Social Capital : A Study of the 500-Year Flood in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0761864660
ISBN-13
9780761864660
Publisher
University Press of America
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University Press of America
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GB
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GB
Publication Date
Apr 3rd, 2015
Print length
108 Pages
Weight
164 grams
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22.90 x 15.30 x 1.40 cms
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Social impact of disastersNatural disasters
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Natural Disasters as a Catalyst for Social Capital examines the vastly under-explored link between natural disasters and social capital in regards to the unprecedented June 2008 flood in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Natural Disasters as a Catalyst for Social Capital examines the vastly under-explored link between natural disasters and social capital in regards to the unprecedented June 2008 flood in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. In-depth qualitative interviews with flood victims and key informants in Cedar Rapids reveal that a resident’s perception of social capital after a natural disaster is shaped by their vulnerabilities and social mobility, which vary substantially and need to be understood contextually. This book, in highlighting the enormous impact of one disaster in a mid-sized Midwestern city, offers a framework for a new theory for why social capital shifts in societies from one generation to another: the transformative impact of shared traumas.
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