Contents

pp iii-iv

List of Figures and Tables

pp v-vi

Notes on Contributors

pp vii-xii

Introduction – An Overview of the Book: Beyond Conventional Approaches to Disaster Recovery

pp 1-8

PART I - Making Sense of Post-disaster Changes in Society and Space

pp 9-10

1 - Risk Perception, Climate Change and Disasters of the Alpine Environments: The Mont de La Saxe Landslide

pp 11-25

2 - The Isolation of the Island: The Social Impasse in Ischia after the Earthquake and Tourism Crises (2017– 22)

pp 26-47

3 - The Permanent Red Zone: An Ethnography of Spatial Practices in the Areas of the Italian Central Apennines Affected by Earthquakes (2016– 17)

pp 48-65

4 - Adaptive Disaster Memories: Voices from the Post-earthquake Irpinia (23 November 1980)

pp 66-84

PART II - Post-disaster Politics

pp 85-86

5 - The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Ladder of Power: Local Politics and Society in Italy

pp 87-101

6 - Afar from Vesuvius but Still at Risk: The Unstoppable Urbanization of the Naples Volcano’s Yellow Zone

pp 102-117

7 - Local Communities as Strangers In-Between: The Paradigm of Aleatory Politics in Post-earthquake Central Italy (2016– 17)

pp 118-132

PART III - Disasters and Conflicting Knowledges

pp 133-134

8 - Under the Smart City Paradigm: The Social and Spatial Transformation of L’Aquila City Centre

pp 135-154

9 - Expertise Versus Aspiration: Ethnography of Post-disaster Reconstruction in Emilia

pp 155-170

10 - Local and Professional Knowledge in Post-disaster Reconstruction: Overlaps and Differences in Maierato

pp 171-188

PART IV - Organizations Adapting to Post-disaster Changes

pp 189-190

11 - Adapting to the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Distance Learning Experience of the University of Milan-Bicocca

pp 191-203

12 - The National and Local Dimension of the Italian Civil Protection System: Evolution and Implementation of Disaster Risk Reduction Policies

pp 204-221

13 - When the Unexpected Becomes Frequent

pp 222-234

14 - Conclusions: The ‘Italian Case’ from a Global Disaster Perspective

pp 235-240

Index

pp 241-248