Toward Self Reliant Communities A Cultural Comparison of Disaster Response in Thailand, Guyana and the United States

Bibliographic Data

ID12634652
AuthorsDeborah Clark Vance (McDaniel College, corresponding author)
Year2014
Volume14
Issue2
Pages1-13
Publication date2014-07-30
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Intercultural Communication (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1404-1634 • E-ISSN: 1404-1634
PublisherInternational Collaboration for Research and Publications (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.36923/jicc.v14i2.677
OpenAlexW4388590496
LanguageEN
References cited19

This research provides a cross-cultural look at communication’s role in community disaster preparation and recovery. Cultures in three diverse sites were investigated: Individuals and community groups in Thailand’s Phuket and Phang-na provinces which experienced a tsunami in December 2004; in eastern Guyana where flooding devastated coastal areas in January 2005; and in New Orleans, Louisiana, where tens of thousands of people were displaced by the winds of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and the waters that breached levees in fall 2005. Analyzing data from in-depth interviews and focus groups with individuals; members and leaders of faith-based and community organizations; and members and representatives of governmental and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), this study theorizes about the need for community members to strengthen interpersonal and community communication networks as preparation for and survival during disasters

Community organization · Disaster response · Economic growth · Emergency management · Faith · Flooding (psychology · Focus group · Geography · Interpersonal communication · Political science · Public relations · Social science · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Anthropology · Cultural Differences and Values · Disaster Management and Resilience · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Law · Psychology

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