Disasters and Social Capital

This book analyzes social capital and preparations for natural hazards in the Philippines, arguing that economic inequality is detrimental to social capital which then makes societies more at risk of having natural hazards turn into disasters. It features a case study of a rural municipality in the Eastern Visayas region.

Autorentext

Justin Veuthey is an associate researcher at the University of Geneva's Institut de Recherches Sociologiques. He also worked as a journalist and with the Swiss government's humanitarian aid agency.

Inhalt

Foreword

Chapter 1: Introduction and conceptual framework

Chapter 2: Asia and the Philippines

Chapter 3: Uncohesive reins of greed

Chapter 4: The Eastern Visayas

Chapter 5: The fulcrumic municipal scale

Chapter 6: Barangays

Chapter 7: Conclusions on inequalities, social capital, and DRR

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