Kevin F. Adler

Natural Disasters as a Catalyst for Social Capital

A Study of the 500-Year Flood in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 110
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. April 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 6mm
• Gewicht: 173g
• ISBN-13: 9780761864660
• ISBN-10: 0761864660
• Artikelnr.: 41396433

Autorenporträt

Kevin F. Adler is an entrepreneur and sociologist who creates ventures that use technology to engage and transform communities.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments PART I Chapter 1: Introduction Why Study Disasters? Why
Study Social Capital? Intersecting Two Research Canons The Cedar Rapids
Flood of 2008 Overview Chapter 2: Natural Disasters What Is a Natural
Disaster? Chapter 3: Social Capital What Is Social Capital? The Structural
and Cultural Aspects Is it a Private or Public Good? Chapter 4: An Analogy
Social Capital as the Commons PART II Chapter 5: The Flood A Perfect Storm
A Perfect Response? An Imperfect Recovery The Community Responds Chapter 6:
The Community Social Capital Before the Flood Social Capital After the
Flood Four Outlooks, Two Themes Strengthened 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 Chapter 7: Two Cities? Chapter 8: One
Framework Background Characteristics Structural Aspects of Social Capital
Cultural Aspects of Social Capital The Current, Contextually-Specific
Situation Chapter 9: Conclusion Appendix I: Research Design Appendix II:
Maps References