Rebuilding after disasters : from emergency to sustainability / edited by Gonzalo Lizarralde, Cassidy Johnson, and Colin Davidson ; preface by Hernando de Soto.

"Rebuilding after Disasters emphasizes the role of the built environment - particularly the provision of housing - in the re-establishment of lives and sustainable livelihoods after disasters. Various expert contributors, with long experience in the field, explain in this book the principal cha...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Lizarralde, Gonzalo, 1974-, Johnson, Cassidy, 1975-, Davidson, Colin H.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Spon Press, 2009.
Subjects:	Emergency housing. Emergency management. Disaster victims > Care. Humanitarian assistance. Sustainable development. Building > Superintendence. Disasters. Housing. Medical emergencies. emergency housing. sustainable development. disasters. housing (concept) SOCIAL SCIENCE > Disasters & Disaster Relief. Medical emergencies Housing Disasters Building > Superintendence Disaster victims > Care Emergency housing Emergency management Humanitarian assistance Sustainable development
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Table of Contents:

Rebuilding after disasters : from emergency to sustainability / Gonzalo Lizarralde, Cassidy Johnson and Colin Davidson
Post-disaster low-cost housing solutions : learning from the poor / Gonzalo Lizarralde
Appropriate technology for post-disaster reconstruction / Rohit Jigyasu
Planning for temporary housing / Cassidy Johnson
Multi-actor arrangements and project management / Colin Davidson
Stakeholder participation in post-disaster reconstruction programmes : New Orleans' Lakeview : a case study / Isabelle Maret and James Amdal
Surviving the second tsunami : land rights in the face of buffer zones, land grabs and development / Graeme Bristol
Who governs reconstruction? Changes and continuity in policies, practices and outcomes / Jennifer Duyne Barenstein
The politics of participation : involving communitites in post-disaster reconstruction / Alicia Sliwinski
User requirements and responsible reconstruction / Nese Dikmen
Space and place after natural disasters and forced displacement / Roger Zetter and Camillo Boano
The importance of institutional and community resilience in post-disaster reconstruction / Lee Bosher
From complexity to strategic planning for sustainable reconstruction / Gonzalo Lizarralde, Cassidy Johnson and Colin Davidson.

Rebuilding after disasters : from emergency to sustainability / edited by Gonzalo Lizarralde, Cassidy Johnson, and Colin Davidson ; preface by Hernando de Soto.

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