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Title Post-disaster reconstruction and change [electronic resource] : communities' perspectives / edited by, Jennifer E. Duyne Barenstein, Esther Leemann.

Imprint Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2012.

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Description xxx, 323 p. : ill.
Note "A CRC title, part of the Taylor & Francis imprint, a member of the Taylor & Francis Group, the academic division of T&F Informa plc."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Foreword -- Introduction -- Editors -- Contributors -- Communal leadership in post-Mitch housing reconstruction in Nicaragua / ESTHER LEEMANN -- Aid distribution after hurricane Mitch and changes in social capital in two Nicaraguan rural communities / ISABEL HABERLI -- Ownership, control, and accountability in post-tsunami housing reconstruction processes in Aceh, Indonesia / CAROLA MANTEL -- Communities' perspectives on housing reconstruction in Gujarat following the earthquake of 2001 / JENNIFER DUYNE BARENSTEIN -- Soil conservation practices after hurricane Mitch : significance, difficulties of implementation, and change of the field of application / BEATRICE MULLER -- A social and environmental assessment of pre- and post-tsunami housing and building practices in Tamil Nadu / JENNIFER DUYNE BARENSTEIN AND DANIEL PITTET -- The remembered trees : contractor-driven reconstruction and its consequences on communities' well-being in coastal Tamil Nadu / JASMIN NAIMI-GASSER -- The role of informal governance in post-disaster reconstruction and its impact on elderly people's social security in coastal Tamil Nadu / JENNIFER DUYNE BARENSTEIN AND SONJA TRACHSEL -- Links between building technologies, post-disaster reconstruction, and gender roles in Gujarat / DIANA TENCONI -- Unaffordable housing and its consequences : a comparative analysis of two post-Mitch reconstruction projects in Nicaragua / ANDREA GRAF -- Post-tsunami relocation outcomes in Sri Lanka : communities' perspectives in Ampara and Hambantota / JENNIFER DUYNE BARENSTEIN -- Links between post-tsunami relocation and changes in fishing practices in Tamil Nadu : a microlevel case study / STEFAN INGLIN -- The impact of landlessness on rural livelihoods after post-Mitch resettlement in Nicaragua / ANOUK ZULAUF -- Voluntary relocation after disaster: a hope for many, a chance for few? / DUMENIA CASUTT -- Is resettlement a viable strategy to mitigate the risk of natural disasters? : views and voices from the citizens of Santa Fe, Argentina / JENNIFER DUYNE BARENSTEIN AND BRIGITTE MARTI ROJAS RIVAS -- Index.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Disasters -- Social aspects.
Communities -- Social aspects.
Buildings -- Repair and reconstruction.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Duyne Barenstein, Jennifer E.
Leemann, Esther.
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9781439888155 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781439888179 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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