{"product_id":"sustainable-housing-reconstruction-esther-charlesworth-9780415702607","title":"Sustainable Housing Reconstruction: Designing Resilient Housing After Natural Disasters","description":"\u003cp\u003eThrough 12 case studies from Australia, Bangladesh, Haiti, Sri Lanka, Vietnam and the USA, this book focuses on the housing reconstruction process after an earthquake, tsunami, cyclone, flood or fire. Design of post-disaster housing is not simply replacing the destroyed house but, as these case studies highlight, a means to not only build a safer house but also a more resilient community; not to simply return to the same condition as before the disaster, but an opportunity for building back better.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book explores two main themes: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eHousing reconstruction is most successful when involving the users in the design and construction process\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHousing reconstruction is most effective when it is integrated with community infrastructure, services and the means to create real livelihoods.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe case studies included in this book highlight work completed by different agencies and built environment professionals in diverse disaster-affected contexts. With a global acceleration of natural disasters, often linked to accelerating climate change, there is a critical demand for robust housing solutions for vulnerable communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book provides professionals, policy makers and community stakeholders working in the international development and disaster risk management sectors, with an evidence-based exploration of how to add real value through the design process in housing reconstruction. Herein then, the knowledge we need to build, an approach to improve our processes, a window to understanding the complex domain of post-disaster housing reconstruction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Esther Charlesworth,Iftekhar Ahmed\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415702607\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415702607\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/03\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 154\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.90h x 8.70w x 0.60d","brand":"Esther Charlesworth","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48658871353599,"sku":"9780415702607","price":255.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sustainable-housing-reconstruction-esther-charlesworth-9780415702607","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}