People's response to disasters in the Philippines : vulnerability, capacities, and resilience / J.C. Gaillard.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Why did 1,400 people die in late 2004? -- Does risk perception really matter? -- Vulnerability and livelihoods -- Coping with natural hazards -- Integrating capacities in disaster risk reduction -- Mainstreaming marginalized groups and their capacities -- Overcoming the Mt Pinatubo disaster -- Resilience, marginalization and livelihoods -- Post-disaster resettlement -- Conclusion : towards integrated disaster risk reduction.

"Examines the root causes of people's vulnerability, capacities, and resilience in facing a wide range of different hazards. Gaillard examines people's resilience in the aftermath of disasters, with a particular analysis of traditional societies and urban communities and the role of government policies, notably resettlement through geographical relocation. Gaillard successively addresses the roles of the structural features of the Philippine society, individuals' risk perception, and the nature of people's livelihoods. He underscores the Filipinos' capacities to face natural hazards and disasters and suggests ways forward for integrating such capacities, including those of the most marginalized groups, in activities intended to prevent and cope with disasters"-- Provided by publisher.