FRONT COVER -- RISKS AND CONFLICTS: LOCAL RESPONSES TO NATURAL DISASTERS -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- ABOUT THE EDITORS -- BRIEF INTRODUCTION OF THE SERIES -- BRIEF INTRODUCTION OF THE VOLUME -- PREFACE -- CHAPTER 1 LOCAL RESPONSES TO NATURAL DISASTERS: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES -- INTRODUCTION TO THE THEME OF THIS VOLUME -- STRUCTURE OF THE BOOK -- REFERENCES -- PART I - POST-DISASTER RESPONSE AND RECOVERY AT THE LOCAL LEVEL -- CHAPTER 2 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND RESIDENT BEHAVIOUR AFTER THE TOHOKU PACIFIC EARTHQUAKE: THE CASE OF HITACHI CITY IN IBARAKI PREFECTURE -- INTRODUCTION -- JAPAN'S NATURAL DISASTER PREVENTION REGIME -- EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE AND DISASTER PREVENTION IN HITACHI CITY -- RESPONSE OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES: OPERATION OF EVACUATION SITES -- BEHAVIORAL RESPONSES OF RESIDENTS AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE -- DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX -- 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 -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODOLOGY -- NEW ZEALAND IN CONTEXT -- THE RESPONSE AND RECOVERY "MILIEU" FOLLOWING THE EARTHQUAKES -- GREENING THE RUBBLE -- THE MT PLEASANT COMMUNITY RESPONSE -- RISKS TO THESE GAP-FILLING INITIATIVES -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX A: MT PLEASANT HAZARDSCAPE -- APPENDIX B: JOINT LOGISTICS CO-ORDINATORS' TASKS -- 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 -- INTRODUCTION -- THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK: SOCIAL CAPITAL IN DISASTER RECOVERY -- METHODOLOGY -- SOCIOECONOMIC SITUATION OF SAMPLED HOUSEHOLDS -- CONTEXT OF THE STUDY: REPEATED FLOOD HAZARDS -- PATTERNS OF SOCIAL CAPITAL DEPLOYED TOWARDS RECOVERY.

DISASTER RECOVERY AS FACTOR OF REINFORCING BONDING SOCIAL CAPITAL AND BUILDING BRIDGING SOCIAL CAPITAL -- DISCUSSION, LIMITATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 5 THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN COLLECTIVE ACTION, INDIVIDUAL STRATEGIES AND STATE INTERVENTION IN MITIGATING FLOOD DISASTERSIN THE UPLANDS OF NORTH THAILAND AND NORTHWEST VIETNAM -- INTRODUCTION -- STUDY AREAS AND METHODOLOGY -- RESPONSES TO REPEATED FLOOD EVENTS IN THE MAE LANA CATCHMENT, NORTH THAILAND -- RESPONSES TO REPEATED FLOOD EVENTS IN THE CHIENG KHOI CATCHMENT, NORTHWEST VIETNAM -- SYNTHESIS AND CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 6 FARMERS' RESPONSE TO DROUGHT IN NORTHWESTERN BANGLADESH -- INTRODUCTION -- CAUSES OF DROUGHT -- TYPES OF DROUGHT -- DROUGHT IMPACTS -- FARMERS' RESPONSE TOWARDS DROUGHT: A CASE STUDY -- CONCLUSION -- NOTE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- 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 -- INTRODUCTION -- SUNDARBAN: A UNIQUE AND MOST VULNERABLE ECOSYSTEM -- PEOPLE'S PERCEPTION ON NATURAL DISASTERS: A STUDY FROM FIVE SELECTED VILLAGES IN GOSABA BLOCK -- VILLAGE WISE VARIATIONS OF PERCEPTION ON NATURAL DISASTERS -- OCCUPATION-WISE VARIATIONS ON PERCEPTION OF NATURAL DISASTERS -- LOCAL SURVIVAL STRATEGIES -- FOLK TRADITION -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 8 IMPACT OF SOCIAL CAPITAL ON LOCAL COMMUNITIES' RESPONSE TO FLOODS IN SOUTHERN POLAND -- INTRODUCTION -- SOCIAL CAPITAL AND NATURAL HAZARDS -- SOCIAL CAPITAL RESOURCES IN POLAND -- LOCAL RESPONSE TO THE FLOOD IN SOUTHERN POLAND -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 9 ENHANCING LOCAL RESPONSES THROUGH DISASTER RESILIENCE IN SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES IN JAPAN -- INTRODUCTION -- SCHOOLS AS AN EVACUATION SITE -- UTILIZATION OF SCHOOLS IN PAST DISASTERS -- CASES OF CITIES AFFECTED BY EAST JAPAN EARTHQUAKE TSUNAMI -- CASES OF CITIES PREPARING FOR FUTURE DISASTERS -- ENHANCING LOCAL RESPONSES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 10 RISK COMMUNICATION THROUGH COMMUNITY-BASED SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS AS LOCAL RESPONSE TO DISASTER IN BANDUNG, INDONESIA -- INTRODUCTION -- CBSOS AS LOCAL RESPONDERS TO DISASTER IN INDONESIA -- CASE STUDY: BANDUNG, INDONESIA -- ADVANCING CBSOS' SIERA OF BANDUNG AS A RISK COMMUNICATION PLATFORM -- POTENTIALS AND CHALLENGES OF CBSOS' RISK COMMUNICATION AS LOCAL RESPONSE TO DISASTERS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 11 COMMUNICATING CLIMATE CHANGE AND ITS IMPACT TO DHAKA'S URBAN POOR - GRASSROOT WORKSHOPS FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN -- INTRODUCTION -- DHAKA AS A HAZARD-PRONE AREA -- CHARACTERISTICS OF THE URBAN POOR IN DHAKA -- DIDACTIC PRINCIPLES -- METHODOLOGY: WORKSHOP DEVELOPMENT, EVALUATION, AND ANALYSIS -- THE WORKSHOP CONCEPT -- LESSONS LEARNED -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES.