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A positive side of disaster

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  • Arun Agrawal

    (Arun Agrawal is in the School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48103, USA.)

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In October 1998, a hurricane visited death and destruction on Honduras, with flooding and mudslides. A case history of a rural community documents how recovery from that event produced socio-economic improvement.

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  • Arun Agrawal, 2011. "A positive side of disaster," Nature, Nature, vol. 473(7347), pages 291-292, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:473:y:2011:i:7347:d:10.1038_473291a
    DOI: 10.1038/473291a
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    1. Stephanie Lackner, 2018. "Earthquakes and Economic Growth," FIW Working Paper series 190, FIW.
    2. Sawada, Yasuyuki & Takasaki, Yoshito, 2017. "Natural Disaster, Poverty, and Development: An Introduction," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 94(C), pages 2-15.
    3. Yi Lu & Jiuping Xu, 2016. "Low-carbon Reconstruction: A Meta-Synthesis Approach for the Sustainable Development of a Post-Disaster Community," Systems Research and Behavioral Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 33(1), pages 173-187, January.
    4. Takasaki, Yoshito, 2016. "Learning from disaster: community-based marine protected areas in Fiji," Environment and Development Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 21(1), pages 53-77, February.
    5. Eitzenberger Florian J. & Buentge Stina & Kromer Luzie & Mayer Victoria & Lindemann Sabrina & Thimm Tatjana, 2023. "Innovationen während der Corona-Krise durch externe Interventionen in Tourismusbetrieben," Zeitschrift für Tourismuswissenschaft, De Gruyter, vol. 15(1), pages 78-99, March.
    6. Masahiro Matsuura, 2022. "Disasters as Enablers of Negotiation for Sustainability Transition: A Case from Odaka, Fukushima," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(5), pages 1-19, March.
    7. Katja Brundiers & Hallie C. Eakin, 2018. "Leveraging Post-Disaster Windows of Opportunities for Change towards Sustainability: A Framework," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(5), pages 1-18, May.

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