Disasters and Changes in Society and Politics (eBook)

Giuseppe Forino is Lecturer of Planning at the University of Salford.

Introduction – An Overview of the Book: Beyond Conventional Approaches to Disaster Recovery - Giuseppe Forino
Part 1: Making Sense of Post-disaster Changes in Society and Space
1. Risk Perception, Climate Change and Disasters of the Alpine Environments: The Mont de La Saxe Landslide - Elisabetta Dall’Ò
2. The Isolation of the Island: The Social Impasse in Ischia after the Earthquake and Tourism Crises (2017–22) - Giovanni Gugg
3. The Permanent Red Zone: An Ethnography of Spatial Practices in the Areas of the Italian Central Apennines Affected by Earthquakes (2016–17) - Enrico Mariani
4. Adaptive Disaster Memories: Voices from the Post-earthquake Irpinia (23 November 1980) - Gabriele Ivo Moscaritolo
Part 2: Post-disaster Politics
5. The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Ladder of Power: Local Politics and Society in Italy - Pietro Saitta
6. Afar from Vesuvius but Still at Risk: The Unstoppable Urbanization of the Naples Volcano’s Yellow Zone - Giovanni Gugg
7. Local Communities as Strangers In-between: The Paradigm of Aleatory Politics in Post-earthquake Central Italy (2016–17) - Francesco Danesi della Sala
Part 3: Disasters and Conflicting Knowledges
8. Under the Smart City Paradigm: The Social and Spatial Transformation of L’Aquila City Centre - Isabella Tomassi
9. Expertise Versus Aspiration: Ethnography of Post-earthquake Reconstruction in Emilia (Italy) - Silvia Pitzalis
10. Local and Professional Knowledge in Post-disaster Reconstruction: Overlaps and Differences in Maierato
(Calabria, Southern Italy) - Francesco De Pascale and Loredana Antronico
Part 4: Organizations Adapting to Post-disaster Changes
11. Adapting to the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Distance Learning Experience of the University of Milan-Bicocca - Sara Zizzari and Brunella Fiore
12. The National and Local Dimension of the Italian Civil Protection System: Evolution and Implementation of DRR Policies - Monia Del Pinto, Ksenia Chmutina, Lee Bosher and Garyfalia (Falli) Palaiologou
13. When the Unexpected Becomes Frequent - Mattia Bertin
14. Conclusions: The ‘Italian Case’ from a Global Disaster Perspective - Giuseppe Forino