household welfare before and after the flood, for both affected households and for those who were not directly flooded. We can … thus measure the true impact of the disaster on income, expenditure, assets, debt and savings levels as well as labour … market outcomes. We analyse flood impacts across different socio-economic groups and livelihoods, and identify spillover …

what disaster research literature has labeled ‘disaster subcultures’ or a set of cultural (tangible and intangible) tools … at discerning if the disaster subculture concept has contemporary relevance in the Netherlands, particularly with respect … to flooding, and if so, whether applying this lens would reveal more about the nature of existing disaster subcultures …

Linking indegenious knowledge of the community with modern techniques to mesure, analyse and reduce disaster … local wisdom, knowledge along with modern tools and techniques can give rid from disaster worst situation and can reduce …

Flood is one of the common natural phenomena anywhere. In the second half of 2011, Thailand has recently faced with the … most devastating flood of her modern history. More than 3,330 national highways are damaged by this flood. Some roads are …

, and indicated whether they favored governmental disaster relief. For all hazards, including auto accident risks, most …-fifths of our respondents favor government relief for disaster victims, but only one-third do for victims in high-risk areas …

of natural hazards. Considering a general preference for private solutions, the example of the English flood insurance …