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Exploring too much water related to community resilience: two Italian case studies. Sardinia flooding in November 2013 and Genoa flooding in October 2014

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Abstract

Two dramatic Italian floods took place around the Sardinia town of Olbia on 17-19\r\nNovember 2013 and in Genoa on 9-10 October 2014.\r\nThese are two interesting case studies on floods due to their specific social impact, crisis\r\ncommunication, disaster management and disaster resilience practices, taking into account their\r\ndifferent geographical areas, communities and institutional systems.\r\nA secondary data analysis of these two critical events has been conducted considering the\r\ntheoretical principles of visual sociology, while a methodological framework has been adopted\r\naccording to the principles of the secondary data analysis itself.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationDIFFERENCES, INEQUALITIES AND SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION
PublisherInstitute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Pages390-391
Number of pages2
ISBN (Print)978-80-7330-272-6
Publication statusPublished - 2015

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
    SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

Keywords

  • Community Resilience
  • Disaster Management
  • Flooding
  • Sociology of Disaster

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