Human Security, Social Competence and Natural Disasters in Japan and New Zealand: A Case study of Filipino migrants

Maria Makabenta Ikeda and Arlene Garces-Ozanne
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Maria Makabenta Ikeda: School of Economics of the University of Hyogo

Japan Social Innovation Journal, 2016, vol. 6, issue 1, 42

Abstract: This study applies a human security perspective in analyzing the consequences of the 2010/11 Canterbury (New Zealand) earthquakes and the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami. It explores different factors that shape the vulnerability and resilience of individuals to natural hazards. We hypothesize that individuals differ in their vulnerability to- and capacity to recover from- disasters resulting from their demographic, social and economic characteristics. We take a closer look at how these disasters have affected the lives of a group of Filipino migrants and how they are able to cope with and recover from these calamitous experiences. Our analysis indicates that during natural disasters social competence (awareness, attitude, knowledge, communication skills) and social networks are very important mechanisms for coping and building resilience.

Keywords: Human Security; Natural Disasters; Migrants; Filipino Community “bayanihan†Spirit; Vulnerability; Resilience; Japan; New Zealand (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A13 O53 O57 Q54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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