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Day_24 : The E.L. Quarantelli Resource Collection

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I did text mining before to clarify the characteristics and trends of disaster evacuation research from the research papers. I have found the database which is the most appropriate for the project with Japan Association for Earthquake Engineering (JAEE) members. Other members who are mainly natural scientists or engineers used the Spinger link and other databases for analyzing general disaster related papers. From a social scientific perspective, the E.L. Quarantelli Resource Collection (Disaster Research Center) from the University of Delaware was selected. I have got a lot of help from the staff. I really really appreciate her kindness.
https://www.drc.udel.edu/elq-collection/about

 

 

Day_21 : Disaster and Sociology

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Émile Durkheim, maybe you know the name if you are interested in sociology. His book “suicide” which published a long, long time ago, in 1897, is still not old I feel. I was so impressed to know the book when I started to study sociology before. After I began to do disaster research, I remembered the memory to do study Durkeim’s suicide and  tried to combine his concept with disaster research on Hurricane Katrina. Statistical data were used to explain the social background to explain why so many people were victimized step by step.

http://dil-opac.bosai.go.jp/publication/nied_natural_disaster/pdf/41/41-05.pdf

The above is the disaster report on the Hurricane Katrina.

Day_18 : Natural disasters in Thailand

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“More must be done to fight climate change” (Bangkok Post)
http://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/1034545/more-must-be-done-to-fight-climate-change

The above article was found on the Bangkok Post. The risk assessment mapping in Thailand* indicates the flood is the first priority to prepare. Disaster data infrastructure is challenging in Thailand to analyze. The culture to establish an excellent disaster management system in Thailand could be facilitated by the research based on the data infrastructure.

* Risk assessment mapping in Thailand (Tentative)

http://disasters.weblike.jp/disasters/archives/2935

The above was already published in JAEE report.

Day_16 : GNOCDC

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The Greater New Orleans Community Data Center (GNOCDC) website was found after the field survey on Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana and Mississippi in 2005. I was so amazed. This is one of the demographer’s great contributions to disaster research.
The site has the following:
http://www.datacenterresearch.org/pre-katrina/prekatrinasite.html

The site provides information on pre-Katrina situations in a parish. This is very useful to examine the social backgrounds of the areas in detail.
I wrote the paper by using these data to explain how human suffering was exacerbated by social backgrounds (sorry in Japanese; however, the summary and figures are in English).
http://dil-opac.bosai.go.jp/publication/nied_natural_disaster/pdf/41/41-05.pdf