| Description |
1 online resource (xxx, 323 pages) : illustrations, photographs |
| Contents |
Foreword -- Introduction -- Editors -- Contributors -- Communal leadership in post-Mitch housing reconstruction in Nicaragua / ESTHER LEEMANN -- Aid distribution after hurricane Mitch and changes in social capital in two Nicaraguan rural communities / ISABEL HÄBERLI -- Ownership, control, and accountability in post-tsunami housing reconstruction processes in Aceh, Indonesia / CAROLA MANTEL -- Communities' perspectives on housing reconstruction in Gujarat following the earthquake of 2001 / JENNIFER DUYNE BARENSTEIN -- Soil conservation practices after hurricane Mitch : significance, difficulties of implementation, and change of the field of application / BEATRICE MÜLLER -- A social and environmental assessment of pre- and post-tsunami housing and building practices in Tamil Nadu / JENNIFER DUYNE BARENSTEIN AND DANIEL PITTET -- The remembered trees : contractor-driven reconstruction and its consequences on communities' well-being in coastal Tamil Nadu / JASMIN NAIMI-GASSER -- The role of informal governance in post-disaster reconstruction and its impact on elderly people's social security in coastal Tamil Nadu / JENNIFER DUYNE BARENSTEIN AND SONJA TRACHSEL -- Links between building technologies, post-disaster reconstruction, and gender roles in Gujarat / DIANA TENCONI -- Unaffordable housing and its consequences : a comparative analysis of two post-Mitch reconstruction projects in Nicaragua / ANDREA GRAF -- Post-tsunami relocation outcomes in Sri Lanka : communities' perspectives in Ampara and Hambantota / JENNIFER DUYNE BARENSTEIN -- Links between post-tsunami relocation and changes in fishing practices in Tamil Nadu : a microlevel case study / STEFAN INGLIN -- The impact of landlessness on rural livelihoods after post-Mitch resettlement in Nicaragua / ANOUK ZULAUF -- Voluntary relocation after disaster: a hope for many, a chance for few? / DUMENIA CASUTT -- Is resettlement a viable strategy to mitigate the risk of natural disasters? : views and voices from the citizens of Santa Fe, Argentina / JENNIFER DUYNE BARENSTEIN AND BRIGITTE MARTI ROJAS RIVAS -- Index |
| Summary |
Successful recovery following a disaster depends upon transcending the disciplinary divides of architecture, engineering, and planning and emphasizing the importance of community perspectives in the post-disaster reconstruction process. Effective results in community recovery mandate that we holistically examine the complex interrelationship between physical and social dimensions. Through a series of case studies, Post-Disaster Reconstruction and Change: Communities' Perspectives explores community viewpoints on post-disaster aid provided by external agencies and demonstrates how equity and eff |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Disasters -- Social aspects
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Communities -- Social aspects
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Buildings -- Repair and reconstruction.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Disasters & Disaster Relief.
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Buildings -- Repair and reconstruction
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Communities -- Social aspects
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Disasters -- Social aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Duyne Barenstein, Jennifer E.
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Leemann, Esther,
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| ISBN |
9781439888179 |
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1439888175 |
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