Natural disasters as a catalyst for social capital : a study of the 500-year flood in Cedar Rapids, Iowa / / Kevin F. Adler
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Adler Kevin F.
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| Titolo: |
Natural disasters as a catalyst for social capital : a study of the 500-year flood in Cedar Rapids, Iowa / / Kevin F. Adler
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, [Maryland] : , : University Press of America, , 2015 |
| ©2015 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (110 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 306.3 |
| Soggetto topico: | Social capital (Sociology) |
| Floods - Iowa | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Iowa Cedar Rapids |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; 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 | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 AspectsIs it a Private or Public Good? Chapter 4: An AnalogySocial Capital as the Commons PART IIChapter 5: The FloodA Perfect StormA Perfect Response?An Imperfect RecoveryThe Community Responds Chapter 6: The Community Social Capital Before the FloodSocial Capital After the FloodFour Outlooks, Two Theme |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Natural disasters as a catalyst for social capital |
| ISBN: | 0-7618-6466-0 |
| 0-7618-6467-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910788296103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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