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T-4   Theme Panel: The Power of People: Comparative Studies of Civil Society in Disaster Recovery
Date: Thursday, Aug 28, 10:15 AM
Co-sponsored by 30-15 and 39-3
Chair: Diane Davis
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, dedavis@MIT.EDU

Author(s):
Social, Not Physical, Infrastructure: The Critical Role of Civil Society in Disaster Recovery
Daniel P. Aldrich
Purdue University, daniel.aldrich@gmail.com

The Role of Civil Society for Long-Term Life Recovery From a Megadisaster: Social Survey Results Among the Survivors of the 1995 Kobe Earthquake
Shigeo Tatsuki
Doshisha University, tatsuki@gold.ocn.ne.jp

Reconstituting Community: Early Evidence from a Study of Disaster Recovery in Greater New Orleans Since Hurricane Katrina
Frederick D. Weil
Louisiana State University, fweil@lsu.edu

Risk Communication and Risk Perception in the California Wildfires of 2007
David M. Shafie
Chapman University, shafie@chapman.edu


Discussant(s): Barry G. Rabe
University of Michigan, brabe@umich.edu