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Cultures of Disaster : Society and Natural Hazard in the Philippines.

By: Bankoff, GregMaterial type: Text

TextPublisher: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2002Copyright date: ©2002Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (251 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780203221891Subject(s): Natural disasters -- Philippines -- Psychological aspects | Natural disasters -- Philippines | Natural disasters -- Social aspects -- Philippines | Natural disasters -- South AsiaGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Cultures of Disaster : Society and Natural Hazard in the PhilippinesDDC classification: 363.3409599 LOC classification: GB5011.76 -- .B36 2003ebOnline resources: Click to View

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Summary: In this fascinating and comprehensive study, Greg Bankoff traces the history of natural hazards in the Philippines from the records kept by the Spanish colonisers to the 'Calamitous Nineties', and assesses the effectiveness of the relief mechanisms that have evolved to cope with these occurrences. He also examines the correlation between this history of natural disasters and the social hierarchy within Filipino society. The constant threat of disaster has been integrated into the schema of daily life to such an extent that a 'culture of disaster' has been formed.

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In this fascinating and comprehensive study, Greg Bankoff traces the history of natural hazards in the Philippines from the records kept by the Spanish colonisers to the 'Calamitous Nineties', and assesses the effectiveness of the relief mechanisms that have evolved to cope with these occurrences. He also examines the correlation between this history of natural disasters and the social hierarchy within Filipino society. The constant threat of disaster has been integrated into the schema of daily life to such an extent that a 'culture of disaster' has been formed.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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