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Post-Disaster Reconstruction of the Built Environment [electronic resource]

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Publication details: Wiley-Blackwell 2011Description: ebookISBN:
  • 9781444344912
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Partial contents:
1 Introduction -- 2 Capacity Development for Post-Disaster Reconstruction of the Built Environment -- 3 Capacity of the Construction Industry for Post-Disaster Reconstruction: Post-Tsunami Sri Lanka -- 4 Resourcing for Post-Disaster Reconstruction: A Longitudinal Case Study Following the 2008 Earthquake in China -- 5 Empowerment in Disaster Response and Reconstruction: Role of Women -- 6 Community-Based Post-Disaster Housing Reconstruction: Examples from Indonesia -- 7 Stakeholder Consultation in the Reconstruction Process -- 8 ProjectManagement of Disaster Reconstruction -- 9 Legislation for Effective Post-Disaster Reconstruction: Cases from New Zealand -- 10 Conflict, Post Conflict and Post-Conflict Reconstruction: Exploring the Associated Challenges -- 11 Private Construction Sector Engagement in Post-Disaster Reconstruction -- 12 Knowledge Management Practices and Systems Integration -- 13 Restoration of Major Infrastructure and Rehabilitation of Communities -- -- 14 Sustainable Post-Disaster Waste Management: Construction and Demolition Debris -- 15 Linking Reconstruction to Sustainable Socio-Economic Development -- 16 Disaster Risk Reduction and its Relationship with Sustainable Development
Summary: The construction industry is typically engaged in a range of critical activities after a disaster: providing temporary shelter after the disaster; restoration of permanent shelter and public services such as hospitals, schools, water supply, power, communications, and environmental infrastructure. This book identifies the challenges that face the industry and highlight best practices to enable the construction industry to address those problems which make an effective response to these unexpected events difficult. Written by an international team of experts, this book will help researchers and advanced students of construction understand the problems faced by communities and the construction industry when faced with a natural or man made disaster, and identify the planning and management processes required by the industry to mount an effective response.
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1 Introduction -- 2 Capacity Development for Post-Disaster Reconstruction of the Built Environment -- 3 Capacity of the Construction Industry for Post-Disaster Reconstruction: Post-Tsunami Sri Lanka -- 4 Resourcing for Post-Disaster Reconstruction: A Longitudinal Case Study Following the 2008 Earthquake in China -- 5 Empowerment in Disaster Response and Reconstruction: Role of Women -- 6 Community-Based Post-Disaster Housing Reconstruction: Examples from Indonesia -- 7 Stakeholder Consultation in the Reconstruction Process -- 8 ProjectManagement of Disaster Reconstruction -- 9 Legislation for Effective Post-Disaster Reconstruction: Cases from New Zealand -- 10 Conflict, Post Conflict and Post-Conflict Reconstruction: Exploring the Associated Challenges -- 11 Private Construction Sector Engagement in Post-Disaster Reconstruction -- 12 Knowledge Management Practices and Systems Integration -- 13 Restoration of Major Infrastructure and Rehabilitation of Communities -- -- 14 Sustainable Post-Disaster Waste Management: Construction and Demolition Debris -- 15 Linking Reconstruction to Sustainable Socio-Economic Development -- 16 Disaster Risk Reduction and its Relationship with Sustainable Development

The construction industry is typically engaged in a range of critical activities after a disaster: providing temporary shelter after the disaster; restoration of permanent shelter and public services such as hospitals, schools, water supply, power, communications, and environmental infrastructure. This book identifies the challenges that face the industry and highlight best practices to enable the construction industry to address those problems which make an effective response to these unexpected events difficult. Written by an international team of experts, this book will help researchers and advanced students of construction understand the problems faced by communities and the construction industry when faced with a natural or man made disaster, and identify the planning and management processes required by the industry to mount an effective response.