Risks and conflicts : local responses to natural disasters / edited by Andreas Neef, Centre for Development Studies University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, Rajib Shaw, Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.

Includes bibliographical references.

Chapter 1. Local responses to natural disasters: issues and challenges / Andreas Neef and Rajib Shaw -- Part I: Post-disaster response and recovery at the local level -- Chapter 2: The relationship between community support and resident behavior after the Tohoku Pacific earthquake: the case of Hitachi City in Ibaraki Prefecture / Tomoko Kubo, Toshiki Yamamoto, Michihiro Mashita, Misao Hashimoto, Konstantin Greger, Tom Waldichuk and Keisuke Matsui -- Chapter 3. Filling the gaps from the Christchurch earthquakes 2010-2013: greening the rubble and the Mt. Pleasant community response plan as two local initiatives / Roy Montgomery -- Chapter 4. The role of social capital in post-flood response and recovery among downstream communities of the Ba River, western Viti Levu, Fiji Islands / Othniel Yila, Eberhard Weber and Andreas Neef -- Chapter 5. The interplay between collective action, individual strategies and state intervention in mitigating flood disasters in the uplands of north Thailand and northwest Vietnam / Andreas Neef, Peter Elstner and Iven Schad -- Chapter 6. Farmers' response to drought in northwestern Bangladesh / Umma Habiba and Rajib Shaw -- Part II: Adaptation and risk reduction strategies as local responses to disasters -- Chapter 7. People's perception on natural disasters and local survival strategies in Sundarban region: a study of Gosaba Block in south Twenty Four Parganas district in west Bengal, India / Tarun Kumar Mondal -- Chapter 8. Impact of social capital on local communities' response to floods in southern Poland / Jaroslaw Dzialek, Wojciech Biernacki and Anita Bokwa -- Chapter 9. Enhancing local responses through disaster resilience in schools and communities in Japan / Rajib Shaw and Shohei Matsuura -- Chapter 10. Risk communication through community-based society organizations as local response to disaster in Bandung, Indonesia / Fara Mulyasari and Rajib Shaw -- Chapter 11. Communicating climate change and its impact to Dhaka's urban poor -- grassroot workshops for adults and children / Annika Salingre and Boris Braun.

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