Post-disaster reconstruction and change : communities' perspectives / / edited by Jennifer E. Duyne Barenstein, Esther Leemann

• Pubblicazione: Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (357 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.34/83
• Soggetto topico: Disasters - Social aspects; Communities - Social aspects; Buildings - Repair and reconstruction
• Altri autori: Duyne BarensteinJennifer E LeemannEsther
• Note generali: A CRC title, part of the Taylor & Francis imprint, a member of the Taylor & Francis Group, the academic division of T&F Informa plc.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Post-disaster reconstruction and change
• ISBN: 1-4665-8899-3; 0-429-25210-2; 1-4398-8817-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910810487003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II