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Recovery from Disaster (Hardcover)
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Recovery from Disaster (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Studies in Hazards, Disaster Risk and Climate Change
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Disasters can dominate newspaper headlines and fill our TV screens
with relief appeals, but the complex long-term challenge of
recovery-providing shelter, rebuilding safe dwellings, restoring
livelihoods and shattered lives-generally fails to attract the
attention of the public and most agencies. On average 650 disasters
occur each year. They affect more than 200 million people and cause
$166 trillion of damage. Climate change, population growth and
urbanisation are likely to intensify further the impact of natural
disasters and add to reconstruction needs. Recovery from Disaster
explores the field and provides a concise, comprehensive source of
knowledge for academics, planners, architects, engineers,
construction managers, relief and development officials and
reconstruction planners involved with all sectors of recovery,
including shelter and rebuilding. With almost 80 years of
first-hand experience of disaster recovery between them, Ian Davis
(an architect) and David Alexander (a geographer) draw
substantially from first-hand experiences in a variety of recovery
situations in China, Haiti, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Pakistan,
the Philippines and the USA. The volume is further enriched by two
important and unique features: 21 models of disaster recovery are
presented, seven of which were specifically developed for the book.
The second feature is a survey of expert opinion about the nature
of effective disaster recovery-the first of its kind. More than 50
responses are provided in full, along with an analysis that
integrates them with the theories that underpin them. By providing
a framework and models for future study and applications, Davis and
Alexander seek both to advance the field and to provide a
much-needed reference work for decision makers. With a broad
perspective derived from the authors' roles held as university
professors, researchers, trainers, consultants, NGO directors and
advisors to governments and UN agencies, this comprehensive guide
will be invaluable for practitioners and students of disaster
management.
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