Making Things Happen
Community Participation and Disaster Reconstruction in Pakistan
Published on 2. August 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
356 pages
978-1-80539-340-5 (ISBN)
Description
Drawing on the Pakistan Earthquake Reconstruction and Recovery Project (PERRP), this volume explores the sociocultural side of post-disaster infrastructure reconstruction. As the latter is often fraught with delays and even abandonment-one cause being ineffective interactions between construction and local people-PERRP used anthropological and participatory approaches. Along with strong construction management, such approaches led to the rebuilding being completed on time. As disasters are increasing in number and intensity, so too will be the need for reconstruction, for which PERRP has lessons to offer.
Reviews / Votes
"I find the book to be truly remarkable and absolutely stand-alone in what it describes and what it does. As opposed to the usual disheartening tale of the failure of a disaster reconstruction (or development) project, detailed here is a totally successful post-disaster reconstruction achievement due to the express involvement throughout of the anthropological perspective and community participation." * Susanna Hoffman, Chair of The Risk and Disaster Commission of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnographic Sciences (IUAES)More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
19 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
491 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-80539-340-5 (9781805393405)
DOI
10.3167/9781800735613
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Jane Murphy Thomas is an independent consultant, practitioner, project manager and social anthropologist in projects for UN agencies, NGOs, governments, donor agencies, and consulting firms, specializing in anthropological approaches and community participation in conflict and disaster-prone locations.
Content
List of Illustrations
Anecdotes and Ethnographies
Preface. Stakeholder Remarks
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1. The Moment the Quake Struck
Chapter 2. Contexts of a Reconstruction Site
Chapter 3. Community Participation: What Has Happened to It?
Chapter 4. The Social Component
Chapter 5. Social and Technical Integration
Chapter 6. PERRP Design and Construction
Chapter 7. The Library Challenge
Chapter 8. The Social Anthropology of Reconstruction
Conclusion
Appendix: Schools and Health Facilities Constructed in the Pakistan Earthquake Reconstruction and Recovery Program (2006-2013)
References
Index
Anecdotes and Ethnographies
Preface. Stakeholder Remarks
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1. The Moment the Quake Struck
Chapter 2. Contexts of a Reconstruction Site
Chapter 3. Community Participation: What Has Happened to It?
Chapter 4. The Social Component
Chapter 5. Social and Technical Integration
Chapter 6. PERRP Design and Construction
Chapter 7. The Library Challenge
Chapter 8. The Social Anthropology of Reconstruction
Conclusion
Appendix: Schools and Health Facilities Constructed in the Pakistan Earthquake Reconstruction and Recovery Program (2006-2013)
References
Index