Calo-Blanco, A and Kovářík, J and Mengel, F and Romero, JG (2017) 'Natural disasters and indicators of social cohesion.' PLoS ONE, 12 (6). e0176885-e0176885. ISSN 1932-6203
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Abstract
Do adversarial environmental conditions create social cohesion? We provide new answers to this question by exploiting spatial and temporal variation in exposure to earthquakes across Chile. Using a variety of methods and controlling for a number of socio-economic variables, we find that exposure to earthquakes has a positive effect on several indicators of social cohesion. Social cohesion increases after a big earthquake and slowly erodes in periods where environmental conditions are less adverse. Our results contribute to the current debate on whether and how environmental conditions shape formal and informal institutions.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Humans; Social Behavior; Disasters; Geography; Crime; Social Class; Chile; Earthquakes |
Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) |
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics, Department of |
SWORD Depositor: | Elements |
Depositing User: | Elements |
Date Deposited: | 05 Jan 2018 15:22 |
Last Modified: | 06 Jan 2022 14:50 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/21013 |
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