| Description |
1 online resource (xxviii, 458 pages) |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Cross-cutting themes -- pt. 2. Rebuilding sustainable communities for children -- pt. 3. Rebuilding sustainable communities after wars -- pt. 4. Rebuilding sustainable energy infrastructure -- pt. 5. Disasters and innovative solutions |
| Summary |
Disasters impose enormous misery on children, the most vulnerable members of the community. Records show that two million children have died as a direct consequence of armed conflict over the past decade. Globally, millions more have suffered death, disease, and dislocation as a result of such natural disasters as earthquakes, droughts, and floods. And even when emergency relief is available, permanent human damage remains; all too often, families fall apart, women are assaulted and degraded, and children are left to take care of themselves. In November 2008, the Center for Rebuilding Sustainable Communities after Disasters at the University of Massachusetts Boston, USA, hosted an international conference to examine how to reconstruct sustainable communities that would be safe and secure for children and their families after disasters. This volume collects some of the papers that were presented at the conference. It is remarkable for the sheer assortment of topics covered. These include the role of gender equality in alleviating poverty and assisting children, their families and their communities after disasters; war and child soldiers; lessons from Hurricane Katrina and the Tsunami; the nature of psychosocial resilience and its significance for managing mass emergencies, disasters and terrorism; and, the promotion of human dignity in the creation of sustainable environments that empower families in the aftermath of disasters |
| Notes |
Conference proceedings |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Disaster relief -- Congresses
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Community development -- Congresses
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Child welfare -- Congresses
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Family services -- Congresses
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Sustainable development -- Congresses
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Sustainability.
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Social impact of disasters.
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Age groups: children.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Disasters & Disaster Relief.
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Child welfare
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Community development
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Disaster relief
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Family services
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Sustainable development
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| Genre/Form |
proceedings (reports)
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Actes de congrès.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Awotona, Adenrele A
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| LC no. |
2010478351 |
| ISBN |
9781443818209 |
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1443818208 |
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1282588117 |
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9781282588110 |
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9786612588112 |
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661258811X |
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