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Expecting The Unexpected: Field Research In Post-Disaster Settings, Anuradha Mukherji, Emel Ganapati, Guitele Rahill
Expecting The Unexpected: Field Research In Post-Disaster Settings, Anuradha Mukherji, Emel Ganapati, Guitele Rahill
Anuradha Mukherji
The purpose of this article was to examine field research after disasters by focusing on fieldwork challenges in post-disaster research settings. We describe and evaluate post-disaster fieldwork based on three separate research projects: A study of land use change adaptation strategies following the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami; a study of long-term housing recovery following the 2001 Gujarat Earthquake in India; and a study of the role of social capital in shelter recovery following the 2010 Haiti Earthquake. The main findings of this study deal with some of the unique set of challenges that accompanies fieldwork in post-disaster …
Post-Disaster Housing Recovery: The Promise And Peril Of Social Capital, Anuradha Mukherji
Post-Disaster Housing Recovery: The Promise And Peril Of Social Capital, Anuradha Mukherji
Anuradha Mukherji
Researchers argue that social networks based on shared values, trust, and norms can facilitate collective action, and such social capital increases the ability of communities to recover after a disaster, implying that the presence of social capital ensures collective community action after a disaster and enables recovery. Drawing from comparative case studies of Bhuj and Bachhau, urban centres impacted by the 2001 Gujarat earthquake in India, this study presents a nuanced view of the role of social capital during post-disaster recovery. It argues that it is important to consider community contexts that are inherent to the amount of social capital …