Kevin F. Adler

Natural Disasters as a Catalyst for Social Capital (eBook, ePUB)

A Study of the 500-Year Flood in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Natural Disasters as a Catalyst for Social Capital examines the vastly under-explored link between natural disasters and social capital in regards to the unprecedented June 2008 flood in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. In-depth qualitative interviews with flood victims and key informants in Cedar Rapids reveal that a resident's perception of social capital after a natural disaster is shaped by their vulnerabilities and social mobility, which vary substantially and need to be understood contextually. This book, in highlighting the enormous impact of one disaster in a mid-sized Midwestern city, offers a framework for a new theory for why social capital shifts in societies from one generation to another: the transformative impact of shared traumas.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 68
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. April 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780761864677
• Artikelnr.: 42720176

Autorenporträt

Kevin F. Adler is an entrepreneur and sociologist who creates ventures that use technology to engage and transform communities.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
PART I
Chapter 1: Introduction
Why Study Disasters?
Why Study Social Capital?
Intersecting Two Research Canons
The Cedar Rapids Flood of 2008
Overview
Chapter 2: Natural Disasters
What Is a Natural Disaster?
Chapter 3: Social Capital
What Is Social Capital?
The Structural and Cultural Aspects
Is it a Private or Public Good?
Chapter 4: An Analogy
Social Capital as the Commons
PART II
Chapter 5: The Flood
A Perfect Storm
A Perfect Response?
An Imperfect Recovery
The Community Responds
Chapter 6: The Community
Social Capital Before the Flood
Social Capital After the Flood
Four Outlooks, Two Themes
Strengthened 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
Chapter 7: Two Cities?
Chapter 8: One Framework
Background Characteristics
Structural Aspects of Social Capital
Cultural Aspects of Social Capital
The Current, Contextually-Specific Situation
Chapter 9: Conclusion
Appendix I: Research Design
Appendix II: Maps
References