Post-Disaster Reconstruction and Change : Communities' Perspectives
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Post-Disaster Reconstruction and Change : Communities' Perspectives
CRC Press, c2013
Available at 7 libraries
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"A CRC title, part of the Taylor & Francis imprint, a member of the Taylor & Francis Group, the academic division of T&F Informa plc."
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
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 effectiveness are affected by community social organization, power structures, and leadership capacities. The book further focuses on how external aid in turn affects community livelihoods, cultures, and social organizations. Each chapter serves as a real-world case study based on several months of ethnographic fieldwork conducted in India, Nicaragua, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Argentina.
Post-disaster community recovery depends on informed decisions that build on lessons learned from past experiences. This book shows how different communities have coped with and responded to various external interventions. Focusing on housing reconstruction and the restoration of livelihood, the authors demonstrate that changes in settlement location, morphology, housing materials, and design produce multiple cascading consequences for the inhabitants of reconstructed settlements. Ultimately, the book establishes the importance of integrating community perspectives in policies and programs for sustainable post-disaster reconstruction-enabling greater resiliency as well as future disaster risk reduction.
Table of Contents
Communal Leadership in Post-Mitch Housing Reconstruction in Nicaragua. Aid Distribution after Hurricane Mitch and Changes in Social Capital in Two Nicaraguan Rural Communities. Ownership, Control, and Accountability in Post-Tsunami Housing Reconstruction Processes in Aceh, Indonesia. Communities' Perspectives on Housing Reconstruction in Gujarat following the Earthquake of 2001. Soil Conservation Practices after Hurricane Mitch: Significance, Difficulties of Implementation, and Change of the Field of Application. A Social and Environmental Assessment of Pre- and Post-Tsunami Housing and Building Practices in Tamil Nadu. The Remembered Trees: Contractor-Driven Reconstruction and Its Consequences on Communities' Well-Being in Coastal Tamil Nadu. The Role of Informal Governance in Post-Disaster Reconstruction and Its Impact on Elderly People's Social Security in Coastal Tamil Nadu. Links between Building Technologies, Post-Disaster Reconstruction, and Gender Roles in Gujarat. Unaffordable Housing and Its Consequences: A Comparative Analysis of Two Post-Mitch Reconstruction Projects in Nicaragua. Post-Tsunami Relocation Outcomes in Sri Lanka: Communities' Perspectives in Ampara and Hambantota. Links between Post-Tsunami Relocation and Changes in Fishing Practices in Tamil Nadu: A Microlevel Case Study. The Impact of Landlessness on Rural Livelihoods after Post-Mitch Resettlement in Nicaragua. Voluntary Relocation after Disaster: A Hope for Many, a Chance for Few? Is Resettlement a Viable Strategy to Mitigate the Risk of Natural Disasters? Views and Voices from the Citizens of Santa Fe, Argentina. Index.
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