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

• Pubblicazione: Newcastle upon Tyne, : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (341 p.)
• Disciplina: 307.3409567
• Soggetto topico: City planning - Iraq; Postwar reconstruction - Iraq; Housing - Iraq; Housing policy - Iraq; Community development, Urban - Iraq
• Altri autori: AwotonaAdenrele A
• 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...
• Titolo autorizzato: Rebuilding sustainable communities in Iraq
• ISBN: 1-4438-1192-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910786037103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II