
Still Standing?
Looking back at reconstruction and disaster risk reduction in housing
Practical Action Publishing
Published on 15. October 2014
Book
Hardback
280 pages
978-1-85339-839-1 (ISBN)
Description
Huge levels of aid are spent on reconstructing housing after disasters. Have these houses withstood the test of time and hazard? Just as important from the point of view of their owners, has the reconstruction process played a part in restoring their livelihoods and social networks? Unfortunately, aid agencies rarely go back to assess the impact of reconstruction in the longer term. The research upon which Still Standing? is based has done just that. Agencies that undertook projects 3-35 years ago in countries throughout Asia and Latin America have gone back to record changes and to interview beneficiaries, builders, authorities and other agencies in their project areas. This book describes the stories of the project beneficiaries and how their houses have changed, within contexts that have kept changing too. --Provided by publisher.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Rugby
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Paper over boards
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
590 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85339-839-1 (9781853398391)
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