People’s Response to Disasters in the Philippines

Chapter One. Introduction

1. Introduction
J. C. Gaillard

Part I. Looking for the Root Causes of Disasters in the Philippines: Unfolding People’s Vulnerability

2. Why Did 1,400 People Die in Late 2004?
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3. Does Risk Perception Really Matter?
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4. Vulnerability and Livelihoods
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Part II. No One Is a Helpless Victim! People’s Capacities to Face Hazards and Disasters

5. Coping with Natural Hazards
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6. Integrating Capacities in Disaster Risk Reduction
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7. Mainstreaming Marginalized Groups and Their Capacities
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Part III. From Disaster to Development? People’s Resilience in the Aftermath of Disaster

8. Overcoming the Mt Pinatubo Disaster
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9. Resilience, Marginalization, and Livelihoods
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10. Post-Disaster Resettlement
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11. Conclusion: Toward Integrated Disaster Risk Reduction
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Nyckelord: Cultural and Media Studies, Asian Culture, Sociology, general, Environmental Sociology, Human Geography, Social Structure, Social Inequality, Natural Hazards