Cultures of Disaster
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Author_Greg Bankoff
bicol
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central
Central Luzon
Cold Episode
Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program
Contemporary Societies
cyclones
Davao Del Norte
Detailed Regional Data
Disaster Coordinating Councils
disaster risk reduction
Eastern Visayas
emergency management policy
ENSO Event
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hazard
hazard mitigation
Lanao Del Norte
luzon
manila
Manila Bay
metro
Metro Manila
Moro Islamic Liberation Front
National Power Corporation
natural
natural hazard impact on society
NDCC
Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning
Philippine Commission
Philippine Islands
Red Tides
region
social stratification
South Cotabato
Southeast Asian studies
Toxic Red Tides
tropical
Ultra-violet Rays
vulnerability assessment
Warm Episode
Young Man
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- ISBN 9781138879263
- Weight: 470g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 10 Apr 2015
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
Greg Bankoff is Senior Lecturer in Southeast Asian History at the University of Auckland. His previous books include Crime Society and the State in Nineteenth-Century Philippines (Hawaii University Press: 1996).
