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
chapter Chapter 2|24 pages
Aid Distribution after Hurricane Mitch and Changes in Social Capital in Two Nicaraguan Rural Communities
chapter Chapter 4|30 pages
Communities’ Perspectives on Housing Reconstruction in Gujarat following the Earthquake of 2001
part II|2 pages
Socio-Cultural Impacts of Housing Reconstruction
chapter Chapter 9|18 pages
Links between Building Technologies, Post-Disaster Reconstruction, and Gender Roles in Gujarat
part III|2 pages
Post-Disaster Resettlement and Restoration of Livelihoods
