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Social, not physical, infrastructure

The critical role of civil society after the 1923 Tokyo earthquake

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ID3898787
AuthorsDaniel P Aldrich (0000-0002-4150-995X, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume36
Issue3
Pages398-419
Publication date2012-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDisasters (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0361-3666 • E-ISSN: 1467-7717
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-7717.2011.01263.x
PMID22066778
OpenAlexW1974934396
LanguageEN
Citations received78
References cited65

Despite the tremendous destruction wrought by catastrophes, social science holds few quantitative assessments of explanations for the rate of recovery. This article illuminates four factors-damage, population density, human capital, and economic capital-that are thought to explain the variation in the pace of population recovery following disaster; it also explores the popular but relatively untested factor of social capital. Using time-series, cross-sectional models and propensity score matching, it tests these approaches using new data from the rebuilding of 39 neighbourhoods in Tokyo after its 1923 earthquake. Social capital, more than earthquake damage, population density, human capital, or economic capital, best predicts population recovery in post-earthquake Tokyo. These findings suggest new approaches for research on social capital and disasters as well as public policy avenues for handling catastrophes

Capital (architecture · Demographic economics · Development economics · Disaster research · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Geography · Human capital · Matching (statistics · Pace · Poison control · Population · Social capital · Social science · Sociology · Demography · Disaster Management and Resilience · Disaster Response and Management · Flood Risk Assessment and Management · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Medicine

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