ABSTRACT
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 betwee
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|2 pages
Communities’ Role in Post-Disaster Recovery Processes between Theory and Reality
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chapter 2Chapter 1|29 pages
Communal Leadership in Post-Mitch Housing Reconstruction in Nicaragua
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chapter Chapter 2|24 pages
Aid Distribution after Hurricane Mitch and Changes in Social Capital in Two Nicaraguan Rural Communities
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chapter Chapter 3|16 pages
Ownership, Control, and Accountability in Post-Tsunami Housing Reconstruction Processes in Aceh, Indonesia
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chapter Chapter 4|30 pages
Communities’ Perspectives on Housing Reconstruction in Gujarat following the Earthquake of 2001
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part II|2 pages
Socio-Cultural Impacts of Housing Reconstruction
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chapter Chapter 6|18 pages
A Social and Environmental Assessment of Pre- and Post-Tsunami Housing and Building Practices in Tamil Nadu
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chapter Chapter 7|20 pages
The Remembered Trees: Contractor-Driven Reconstruction and Its Consequences on Communities’ Well-Being in Coastal Tamil Nadu
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chapter Chapter 9|18 pages
Links between Building Technologies, Post-Disaster Reconstruction, and Gender Roles in Gujarat
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chapter Chapter 10|18 pages
Unaffordable Housing and Its Consequences: A Comparative Analysis of Two Post-Mitch Reconstruction Projects in Nicaragua
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part III|2 pages
Post-Disaster Resettlement and Restoration of Livelihoods
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chapter Chapter 11|26 pages
Post-Tsunami Relocation Outcomes in Sri Lanka: Communities’ Perspectives in Ampara and Hambantota
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chapter Chapter 12|18 pages
Links between Post-Tsunami Relocation and Changes in Fishing Practices in Tamil Nadu: A Microlevel Case Study
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chapter Chapter 13|22 pages
The Impact of Landlessness on Rural Livelihoods after Post-Mitch Resettlement in Nicaragua
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chapter Chapter 14|18 pages
Voluntary Relocation after Disaster: A Hope for Many, a Chance for Few?
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