Index

Recovering from Catastrophic Disaster in Asia

ISBN: 978-1-78635-296-5, eISBN: 978-1-78635-295-8

ISSN: 2040-7262

Publication date: 13 September 2017

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(2017), "Index", Recovering from Catastrophic Disaster in Asia (Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management, Vol. 18), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 195-203. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2040-726220160000018013

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INDEX

Accra Agenda for Action
, 188

Aceh Province, Indonesis
, 184

earthquake and tsunami relief effort
, 188–189

Action Aid
, 153

Agamben, G.
, 148

Aldrich, D. P.
, 129, 131, 135, 185, 186–187

applicable aspects, of recovery
, 101–102

Asia, disasters in
, 1–2

See also specific countries

development and
, 3–4

economic damage
, 3

reasons
, 3

recovery
, 3–8

Asian Century Institute
, 2

Balia, Rajesh
, 152

Banerjee, Anindo
, 154, 155

Bankoff, G.
, 129–130, 147–148

Barh Mukti Andolan (BMA)
, 151, 153

Barpak of Gorkha District
, 165

Bihar floods of 2008
, 146, 152–156

civil society
, 153

Dalit Watch-Bihar (DW-B)
, 150, 153, 155–156

human rights
, 153–154

invisible victims
, 155–156

women
, 155–156

BMA

See Barh Mukti Andolan (BMA)

Bolin, R.
, 130

Bourdieu, Pierre
, 128, 131–132, 135

building back better
, 4, 5, 188, 190

Canterbury, immigrant and refugee in
, 132–141

See also social vulnerability

capitalism
, 146

capital theory of Bourdieu
, 128, 131–132

case studies, disaster recovery in Japan
, 88–102

discussion
, 99–102

rural earthquakes
, 92–95

urban earthquakes
, 89–92

widespread disasters
, 95–99

catastrophes
, 148

Central Natural Disaster Relief Fund, Nepal
, 171

Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Onagawa
, 113–114

Chicago heat wave (1995)
, 130

Chile earthquake in 2010
, 19–20

international relief and
, 178

China

famine of 1876–1879
, 2

social capital, study on
, 22–32

Wenchuan Earthquake of 2008
, 16–32

Yellow River Floods of 1931
, 2

Chounaikais
, 116, 119

citizen participation, in Japan

institutionalization of
, 109

local governments and
, 106–107

Nobiru district of Higashimatsushima City
, 118–119

Yuriage district of Natori City
, 119–120

civic epistemologies
, 147

climate change
, 2

Clinton, William J.
, 188

Cluster System
, 182

Cocking, C.
, 136

communitas
, 136

communities

social cohesion
, 28–30

social support
, 25–28

community conflict
, 19

community consciousness of victims

bonds of regional societies
, 69–70

nuclear radiation and
, 70–73

on restoration of communities
, 70–73

community organizations, in Japan

Higashimatsushima City
, 114–115

Onagawa Town
, 111–114

Yuriage district
, 115–116

community recovery
, 6–7

determinants of
, 7

Crisis Management Act of 2015, Nepal
, 171

cultural capital
, 131

Cutter, S. L.
, 130

Cyclone Nargis
, 2, 189–190

cyclones
, 3

Dahal, Puspa Kamal
, 163–164

Dalits, diasasters and
, 150–152

Bihar floods of 2008 and
, 152–156

discrimination
, 153

human rights
, 153–154

NACDAOR
, 151, 153, 154, 156

National Dalit Watch (NDW)
, 150–152, 153, 155

women
, 155–156

Dalit Watch-Bihar (DW-B)
, 150, 153, 155–156

Deutscher, I.
, 18

developing countries, recovery in
, 5

disaster exceptionalism
, 153, 154

Disaster Management Act of 2005 (DMA-2005)
, 149, 150, 153

disaster management institutions, Nepal
, 171–172

Disaster Preparedness and Response Plan Guideline (2011), Nepal
, 171

disaster risk reduction (DRR)
, 86

disasters

See also specific countries

historical geography of
, 147–148

humanitarian aid/assistance
, 177–192

as political phenomena
, 106

sociological research on
, 128

disasterscape
, 149

DMA-2005

See Disaster Management Act of 2005 (DMA-2005)

Domestic Assets Scale
, 6

Drabek, T. E.
, 18

DRR

See disaster risk reduction (DRR)

Drury, J.
, 136

D'Souza, R.
, 148, 149

Dussaillant, F.
, 19–20

earthquakes
, 2

See also Great East Japan Earthquake; specific earthquake

economic capital
, 131

EM-DAT

See Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT)

Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT)
, 2

Enarson, E.
, 130, 132

ESEAN Emergency Rapid Assessment Team
, 190

extreme events
, 147

extremes, theorization of
, 147

Facebook
, 166

family recovery
, 5–6

determinants of
, 7

famine of 1876-1879, in North China
, 2

fatalities
, 2

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
, 7–8

FEMA

See Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

floods/flooding
, 2, 3

See also Bihar floods of 2008

fortuna
, 147

Fothergill, A.
, 130, 132

FRK

See Onagawa Reconstruction Coordination Conference

Fukushima nuclear disaster
, 62, 65

See also restoration of communities, in Japan

Future Committee

See Natori City New Future Committee

GAM (Free Aceh Movement)
, 189

GAO

See Government Accountability Office (GAO)

GHD

See Good Humanitarian Donorship (GHD)

global capitalism
, 146

Good Humanitarian Donorship (GHD)
, 183, 187–188

Google Crisis Response
, 166

Government Accountability Office (GAO )
, 8

Great East Japan Disasters Korean Immigrants Interview Project
, 139

Great East Japan Earthquake
, 105–120

areas of fieldwork
, 110–111

community consciousness of victims
, 69–70

immigrant and refugee
, 132–141

local organizations
, 111–116

overview
, 106–108

reconstruction and citizen participation
, 116–120

research design
, 108–109

research methods
, 110

restoration of communities
, 61–80

Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake
, 108

Gujarat, India
, 184–185

Guzman, E.
, 19–20

Gyousei-Ku
, 114–115, 119

Halifax
, 17

Harper, C. L.
, 18

Highfield, W.
, 130

hill region of Nepal
, 162

Himalayan region of Nepal
, 162

Holmes, John
, 190

Homeland Security Act, US
, 18

homo sacer
, 148

humanitarian aid/assistance
, 177–192

Cluster System
, 182

guidelines
, 182–183

Hyogo Framework
, 171, 181, 182

local recovery and
, 183–190

nativism and
, 186

racism and
, 186

Humanitarian Response Index
, 182–183

human rights
, 153–154

Hurricane Katrina
, 18, 19, 21, 129, 185–186

Vietnamese community in
, 130, 135

Hyogo Framework for Action 2005
, 171, 181, 182

immigrants
, 128, 132–141

See also social vulnerability

India, disasters in

analytical approaches
, 148–150

Bihar floods of 2008
, 152–156

citizenship and
, 149–150

Dalits and
, 150–152

National Institute for Disaster Management
, 150

overview
, 146

politics of flood control
, 151

prevention strategies and mitigation
, 150

Indian Ocean earthquake of 2004
, 2

India Today
, 146

Indonesia, earthquake and tsunami of 2004
, 186, 189

inequalities in support and recovery policies
, 150

Institute of Engineering, Nepal
, 170

Institute of Social and Environmental Transition, Nepal
, 170

International Decade for Natural Hazard Reduction
, 179

international humanitarian assistance

See humanitarian aid/assistance

International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters
, 6

Japan, disasters

See also Great East Japan Earthquake

applicable aspects of recovery
, 101–102

case studies
, 88–102

characteristics
, 86–87

creative countermeasures
, 100–101

data analysis methodologies
, 87

literature review
, 88

policies and activities
, 99–100

Kapur, A.
, 146, 148, 149

Klinenberg, E.
, 135

Kosi river's floods of 2008
, 146, 152–156

See also Bihar floods of 2008

Kosi Sufferers Development Authority
, 154

Kumar, Nitish
, 146

Latinos during Chicago heat wave (1995)
, 130

Leicht, K. T.
, 18

Likert scale
, 25, 28

Line Agencies Disaster Relief Funds, Nepal
, 171

linguistic minorities
, 128, 132–141

See also social vulnerability

Local Disaster Risk Management Guideline (2012), Nepal
, 171

Local Government Disaster Relief Funds, Nepal
, 171

local recovery, international humanitarian assistance and
, 183–190

Local Self Governance Act of Nepal
, 171

Luft, R.
, 146

Matthewman, S.
, 136

McIntosh, P.
, 137, 141

Ministry of Home Affairs of Nepal (MoHA)
, 166

Mishra, Dinesh Kumar
, 151, 152, 153

Miyagi Prefecture
, 107, 110, 111

Myanmar, Cyclone Nargis disaster
, 2, 189–190

NACDAOR

See National Confederation of Dalit Adivasi Organisations (NACDAOR)

Nankai Trough Earthquake
, 89, 95, 97, 98, 101

National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights
, 150

National Confederation of Dalit Adivasi Organisations (NACDAOR)
, 151, 153, 154, 156

National Dalit Watch (NDW)
, 150–152, 153, 155

National Disaster Response Framework, Nepal
, 171

National Emergency Operation Centre (NEOC)
, 166

National Institute for Disaster Management
, 150

National Reconstruction Authority of Nepal (NRA)
, 163

grievances received by
, 169

modality of grant distribution
, 169

survey
, 168

tenure of
, 168

National Seismological Centre (NSC)
, 165

National Social Welfare Association
, 97, 101

National Strategic Action Plan on Search and Rescue, Nepal
, 171

National Strategy for Disaster Risk Management, Nepal
, 171

nativism
, 186

Natori City New Future Committee
, 119–120

Natural Calamity (Relief) Act of Nepal
, 171

natural disasters
, 19

NDW

See National Dalit Watch (NDW)

neighborhood associations
, 116

Nepal

disaster management institutions and challenges
, 171–172

earthquake of 1255
, 162

geographical location
, 162

National Seismological Centre (NSC)
, 165

political transition and uncertainty
, 170

vulnerability to diasaters
, 162, 172

Nepal earthquake (2015)
, 161–172

aftershocks
, 162

crisis-hit districts
, 166

government's response/assistance
, 163–164

impact
, 162–163

magnitude of
, 165

PDNA
, 162–163, 165

post-earthquake reconstruction
, 163–164, 168–170

relief distribution initiative
, 167–168

search and rescue initiative
, 165–166

social media
, 166

New, P. K.
, 18

Nigg, J. M.
, 18

Niigata Chuetsu Earthquake
, 89, 92, 93, 101

Nobiru district of Higashimatsushima City

citizen participation
, 118–119

community organizations in
, 114–115

Zaitaku Residents Association
, 118–119

North Nobiru Hill Promotion Council
, 119

NSC

See National Seismological Centre (NSC)

OLS

See ordinary least squares (OLS) regression models

Onagawa Fishery Association
, 112

Onagawa Nuclear Plant
, 112

Onagawa Reconstruction Coordination Conference
, 117–118

Onagawa Town, Japan

citizen participation
, 117–118

community organizations
, 111–114

Onagawa Town Reconstruction Promotion Council
, 117–118

On-Site Operations Coordination Centre (OSOCC)
, 166

ordinary least squares (OLS) regression models
, 31

organizational embeddedness
, 24–25

OSOCC

See On-Site Operations Coordination Centre (OSOCC)

panchayats
, 154

Paris Declaration in 2005
, 188

PDNA

See post-disaster needs assessment (PDNA)

Peacock, W. G.
, 130

Peek, L.
, 130, 132

Phillips, B. D.
, 132

post-disaster needs assessment (PDNA)
, 163–164, 165

Praxis
, 153, 154

Prime Ministerial Disaster Relief Fund, Nepal
, 171

Prince, Samuel
, 17

prosocial behavior
, 19

public participation
, 20

public–private perspective
, 109

Purchasers Association
, 112–114

quality of life
, 6

racism
, 186

reconstruction
, 4

recovery
, 3–8

applicable aspects
, 101–102

community conflict
, 19

determinants of
, 7

goals
, 5

long-term
, 4

periods of
, 4

to pre-disaster situation
, 5

resilience
, 4

as restoration
, 5

social capital
, 8

studies on
, 4–5

refugees
, 128, 132–141

See also social vulnerability

rehabilitation
, 4

Reicher, S.
, 136

reinstitution
, 4

relief

See humanitarian aid/assistance

relief distribution initiative, post-earthquake in Nepal
, 167–168

research

Bourdieu's capital theory
, 131–132

institutional approaches
, 108–109

questions and observation points
, 109–110

social capital theory
, 131

resilience
, 4

emphasis on
, 140

for social-ecological systems
, 172

social marginalization
, 138–139

Response Coordination Center, Nepal
, 166

restoration
, 4

recovery as
, 5

restoration of communities

victims on
, 70–73

restoration of communities, in Japan
, 61–80

community consciousness of victims
, 69–73

lessons through big disasters
, 78–80

literature review
, 65

methodology of study on
, 66–68

mutual help in regional societies
, 73–78

overview
, 62–64

possibility for
, 73–76

Roy, T.
, 148

Rubin, Claire
, 4

rural earthquakes, Japan
, 92–95

civilian groups activities
, 93–94

community members
, 94–95

damage
, 92–93

organizations and policies
, 93

Santos, B. S.
, 147, 150–151

search and rescue initiative, after Nepal earthquake of 2015
, 165–166

Sendai Framework for Action 2015
, 171

Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030
, 182, 191

September 11
, 2001 terrorist attack, 18

Singh, Rajesh
, 152

social agency
, 136–137

social capital
, 8, 20–22, 131, 135–136

decision making
, 21

elements
, 20

importance of
, 20

inequalities in
, 19

as informal insurance
, 21

patterns and changes
, 23–32

post-disaster recovery
, 20–21

social capital indicator
, 30–32

social change
, 16, 17–20

defined
, 18

trust
, 19–20

types
, 18

social cohesion
, 28–30

social disruption
, 16

social factors, affected by disasters
, 129

social networks
, 20–21, 136

social support
, 25–28

social systems
, 129–130

social vulnerability
, 127–141

earned strength
, 137–140

exceptions
, 130

literature review
, 129–131

overview
, 128

shortcoming of
, 130–131

social agency
, 136–137

social capital
, 131, 135–136

structural constraints
, 133–134

theoretical perspectives
, 131–132

Social Vulnerability Index (SoVI)
, 130

sociological research
, 128

Solnit, R.
, 136

South Asia Institute of Advanced Studies, Nepal
, 170

SoVI

See Social Vulnerability Index (SoVI)

Sri Lanka

attack on international aid workers
, 178

Great Tsunami of 2004 and
, 187

Stanford, L.
, 130

state performativity
, 146–148

structural constraints, and social vulnerability
, 133–134

Sustainable Livelihoods Approach
, 6

symbolic capital
, 131

temporary schools, in Nepal
, 169

TEPCO

See Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO)

Terai region of Nepal
, 162

Thailand, tsunami of 2004 and
, 186, 189

deaths and devastations
, 39, 187

Swedish nationals
, 2

tourists/tourism
, 39, 51

Tierney, K.
, 18, 135, 136, 140

Tohoku

See also Great East Japan Earthquake

immigrant and refugee in
, 132–141

See also social vulnerability

Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO)
, 70, 72

topoi of tropicality
, 148

topos of natural disasters
, 147–148

tourism
, 38

town reconstruction councils, Japan
, 108, 118–120

trust
, 19–20

tsunamis
, 2

Turner, V.
, 136

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA)
, 166

United Nations Security Council
, 190

University of New South Wales, Australia
, 170

UNOCHA

See United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA)

untouchables

See Dalits, diasasters and

urban earthquakes, Japan
, 89–92

civilian groups activities
, 91

community members
, 91–92

damage
, 89–90

organizations and policies
, 90–91

Van Zandt, S.
, 130

victims, community consciousness of

bonds of regional societies
, 69–70

nuclear radiation and
, 70–73

on restoration of communities
, 70–73

Voices of the Kosi River
, 155

Wenchuan Earthquake of 2008, China
, 16–32

data collection on
, 22

influencing factors
, 30–32

measurement
, 23

organizational embeddedness
, 24–25

social capital patterns and changes
, 23–32

social cohesion
, 28–30

social support
, 25–28

West, John
, 2

widespread disasters, Japan
, 95–99

civilian groups activities
, 97–98

community members
, 98–99

damage
, 96

organizations and policies
, 96–97

“Women's Voices,”
, 133

World Bank
, 188, 189

social capital initiative efforts
, 23

World Food Program
, 179, 182

World Trade Organization (WTO)
, 38

Yellow River Floods of 1931, Central China
, 2

Yuriage district of Natori City

citizen participation
, 119–120

community organization
, 115–116

Yuriage Town Reconstruction Council
, 120

Zaitaku Residents Association of Nobiru District
, 118–119

Zhang, Y.
, 130