{"product_id":"constructing-risk-disaster-development-and-the-built-environment-9781800731622","title":"Constructing Risk: Disaster, Development, and the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tReviewing current policies and practices, the book assesses the financial, economic and physical risk of building in hazardous areas, and looks at how societies approach economic development while trying to create a more resilient built environment in spite of the dangers. It examines the vulnerability of economic and social infrastructure to natural hazard events, looks at policies which imperil infrastructure, and proposes new development approaches to be undertaken by sovereign states, international development banks, NGOs, and bilateral aid agencies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“…a careful reading is rewarded by lessons learned and to be learned in the emerging field of disaster risk management. Helpful anecdotes are inserted throughout, balancing critical assessments.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Recovery Diva\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“The expertise and experience of the author stands out throughout this book, particularly in its focus on the built environment and disaster… Hopefully, the book will encourage new thinking among all those whose first pivot in planning and development, whether before or after a sudden-onset disaster, is to build more, bigger, and faster.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Jane Henrici\u003c\/strong\u003e, Consulting Senior Researcher and Gender Advisor, World Bank-Haiti and Lecturer, George Washington University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tForeword\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e \tList of Abbreviatons\u003cbr\u003e \tTimelines\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePart I: We Got Here For a Reason\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e Linkage between Disaster and Development\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e Deliberate Actions and Debilitating Outcomes—Gaps Appear\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e What Development Has Brought and Disaster Wrought\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Understanding Where the Disaster-Development Link Leads\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e Disaster-Development Linkage through the Lens of Disaster Recovery\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e Continuity in the Name of Constituents\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePart II: Once and Future Disaster Risk Reduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e Redefining DRR in Development of the Built Environment\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e Making Risk Information Visible\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e Risk within Present and Emerging Economic Development Forces\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePart III: DRR Will Be What It Is Conceived to Be\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/strong\u003e Sustaining Nature of Disaster-Development Linkage\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/strong\u003e Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction in Development\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePart IV: They Who Call the Tune\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 12.\u003c\/strong\u003e Built Environment Vulnerability and Development Processes\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 13.\u003c\/strong\u003e Monitoring, Evaluation, Reporting, Regulation and Enforcement\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 14.\u003c\/strong\u003e Policy Guidance on DRR Taken to Development\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 15.\u003c\/strong\u003e What Has Been Found about the Future: Changes that Change Positions\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eConclusion\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tReferences\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042740568407,"sku":"9781800731622","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781800731622.jpg?v=1750955416","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/constructing-risk-disaster-development-and-the-built-environment-9781800731622","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}