Social solidarity in an emergency : simulating a disaster

• Main Author: Muhammad Faisal Zainal Abiden
• Other Authors: Sulfikar Amir
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Social behavior
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/66161
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Due to rarity of disasters, there has been little research done on the effects of disasters in Singapore. This paper attempts to examine the importance of Durkheim’s notion of social solidarity on behavioural responses in an emergency. The epistemological method employed to study this phenomenon is...