Resilience in a Global Disaster
The Local in Disaster-Induced Compressed Globalization
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12116355 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Håvard Benum Lindanger (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 387-406 |
| Publication date | 2012-08-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Forum for Development Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0803-9410 • E-ISSN: 1891-1765 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/08039410.2012.691896 |
| OpenAlex | W2005646093 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 19 |
There is something of an axiom in the literature on disasters and post-disaster rehabilitation/reconstruction that states that the poor are the most vulnerable and the least resilient when faced with large-scale destruction caused by a sudden-onset disaster. Based on 6 months of fieldwork from January to July 2006 in Nagapattinam District, Tamil Nadu, this article argues that this ‘axiom’ is distorting and potentially harmful in those situations where the disastrous event ‘goes global’. The ‘global tsunami’ caused the disaster process to implode back on the affected countries as actors converged laden with resources, projects and policies. In many disaster situations, the convergence after the disaster gives rise to a ‘disaster boom economy’ and an (acceptable-) recipient scarcity (as opposed to resource scarcity). The post-Indian Ocean Tsunami situation saw resource abundance within some communities, while others were destitute. Based on ethnographic material from Nagapattinam District, the argument is that vulnerability, resilience and the distribution of ‘power’ after a disaster is, in cases where the disaster ‘goes global’, not simply an aspect of the ‘local’ society but of a global process that occurs in a historical, symbolic, political and economic landscape
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |