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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818699303321

Titolo

Rebuilding sustainable communities in Iraq [[electronic resource] ] : policies, programs and international perspectives / / edited by Adenrele Awotona

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2008

ISBN

1-4438-1192-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (341 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AwotonaAdenrele A

Disciplina

307.3409567

Soggetti

City planning - Iraq

Postwar reconstruction - Iraq

Housing - Iraq

Housing policy - Iraq

Community development, Urban - Iraq

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Cross-cutting themes -- pt. 2. Case studies from Iraq -- pt. 3. International perspectives.

Sommario/riassunto

The scene in Iraq is most troubling; and further failure therein - especially failure in sustainable reconstruction - will compound the tragedy and bring grievous harm to too many: in Iraq, the United States, the Middle East and the Western world. Yet, the current efforts at reconstruction cannot succeed -- as we seem to be making many of the same mistakes that were made post-invasion. Simply put, a national occupying power cannot reconstruct a massive societal vacuum by working only top do...