Description |
1 online resource : maps |
Contents |
Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I; 1 Introduction; Why Study Disasters?; Why Study Social Capital?; Intersecting Two Research Canons; The Cedar Rapids Flood of 2008; Overview; 2 Natural Disasters; What Is a Natural Disaster?; 3 Social Capital; What Is Social Capital?; The Structural and Cultural Aspects; Is It a Private or Public Good?; 4 An Analogy; Social Capital as the Commons; Part II; 5 The Flood; A Perfect Storm; A Perfect Response?; An Imperfect Recovery; The Community Responds; 6 The Community; Social Capital before the Flood; Social Capital after the Flood |
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Four Outlooks, Two ThemesStrengthened 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; 7 Two Cities?; 8 One Framework; Background Characteristics; Structural Aspects of Social Capital; Cultural Aspects of Social Capital; The Current, Contextually-Specific Situation; 9 Conclusion; Appendix 1: Research Design; Appendix 2: Maps; Notes; References |
Summary |
Acknowledgments PART IChapter 1: IntroductionWhy Study Disasters? Why Study Social Capital?Intersecting Two Research Canons The Cedar Rapids Flood of 2008Overview Chapter 2: Natural DisastersWhat Is a Natural Disaster? Chapter 3: Social CapitalWhat Is Social Capital?The Structural and Cultural AspectsIs it a Private or Public Good? Chapter 4: An AnalogySocial Capital as the Commons PART IIChapter 5: The FloodA Perfect StormA Perfect Response?An Imperfect RecoveryThe Community Responds Chapter 6: The Community Social Capital Before the FloodSocial Capital After the FloodFour Outlooks, Two Theme |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed April 15, 2015) |
Subject |
Social capital (Sociology)
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Disasters -- Social aspects -- Iowa -- Cedar Rapids
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Floods -- Iowa -- Cedar Rapids
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Social Psychology.
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Disasters -- Social aspects
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Floods
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Social capital (Sociology)
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Iowa -- Cedar Rapids
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780761864677 |
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0761864679 |
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