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September 19, 2012

[SSJ: 7735] upcoming Building Resilience book launch in Tokyo September 27th at 7:00

From: Daniel Aldrich
Date: 2012/09/19

Speaker: Daniel P. Aldrich, Associate professor of political science at Purdue University
Time: 7:00p.m. (Talk will start at 7:30p.m.)
Venue: Temple University, Japan Campus,Mita 502 & 503
(access: http://www.tuj.ac.jp/maps/tokyo.html)
Moderator: Kyle Cleveland, ICAS Associate Director
Admission: Free (Open to general public)
Language: English
RSVP: icas@tuj.temple.edu
*If you RSVP you are automatically registered. If possible, we ask you to RSVP but we always welcome participants even you do not RSVP.

Each year, natural disasters threaten the strength and stability of communities worldwide. Yet responses to the challenges of recovery vary greatly and in ways that aren't explained by the magnitude of the catastrophe or the amount of aid provided by national governments or the international community. The difference between resilience and disrepair, as Daniel P. Aldrich shows, lies in the depth of communities'
social capital.

Building Resilience highlights the critical role of social capital in the ability of a community to withstand disaster and rebuild both the infrastructure and the ties that are at the foundation of any community. Aldrich examines the post-disaster responses of four distinct communities―Tokyo following the 1923 earthquake, Kobe after the 1995 earthquake, Tamil Nadu after the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, and New Orleans post-Katrina―and finds that those with robust social networks were better able to coordinate recovery. In addition to quickly disseminating information and financial and physical assistance, communities with an abundance of social capital were able to minimize the migration of people and valuable resources out of the area.

Daniel P. Aldrich is associate professor of political science at Purdue University, an American Association for the Advancement of Science fellow at USAID during 2011-2012, and a Fulbright research fellow at the University of Tokyo (2012-2013). He is the author of the books Site Fights (Cornell University Press 2010) and Building Resilience (University of Chicago Press
2012) along with 70 articles, book chapters, reviews, and Op Eds (for more info please visit
http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~daldrich/)

The book is already available for purchase online (http://www.amazon.co.jp/Building-Resilience-Capital-Po
st-Disaster-Recovery/dp/022601288)
and copies will also be available for purchase and signing at the event.

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Check out my books BUILDING RESILIENCE and SITE FIGHTS https://www.amazon.com/author/danielpaldrich
Dr. Daniel P. Aldrich, Associate Professor, Purdue University Fulbright research professor, Tokyo University
http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~daldrich/ Twitter:
DanielPAldrich

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