Description
Book SynopsisSuccessful 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 between physical and social dimensions.
Through a series of case studies, Post-Disaster Reconstruction and Change: Communities'' Perspectives explores community viewpoints on post-disaster aid provided by external agencies and demonstrates how equity and effectiveness are affected by community social organization, power structures, and leadership capacities. The book further focuses on how external aid in turn affects community livelihoods, cultures, and social organizations. Each chapter serves as a real-world case study based on several months of ethnographic fieldwork conducted in India, Nicaragua, Indonesia, Sri
Table of Contents
Communal Leadership in Post-Mitch Housing Reconstruction in Nicaragua. Aid Distribution after Hurricane Mitch and Changes in Social Capital in Two Nicaraguan Rural Communities. Ownership, Control, and Accountability in Post-Tsunami Housing Reconstruction Processes in Aceh, Indonesia. Communities’ Perspectives on Housing Reconstruction in Gujarat following the Earthquake of 2001. Soil Conservation Practices after Hurricane Mitch: Significance, Difficulties of Implementation, and Change of the Field of Application. A Social and Environmental Assessment of Pre- and Post-Tsunami Housing and Building Practices in Tamil Nadu. The Remembered Trees: Contractor-Driven Reconstruction and Its Consequences on Communities’ Well-Being in Coastal Tamil Nadu. The Role of Informal Governance in Post-Disaster Reconstruction and Its Impact on Elderly People’s Social Security in Coastal Tamil Nadu. Links between Building Technologies, Post-Disaster Reconstruction, and Gender Roles in Gujarat. Unaffordable Housing and Its Consequences: A Comparative Analysis of Two Post-Mitch Reconstruction Projects in Nicaragua. Post-Tsunami Relocation Outcomes in Sri Lanka: Communities’ Perspectives in Ampara and Hambantota. Links between Post-Tsunami Relocation and Changes in Fishing Practices in Tamil Nadu: A Microlevel Case Study. The Impact of Landlessness on Rural Livelihoods after Post-Mitch Resettlement in Nicaragua. Voluntary Relocation after Disaster: A Hope for Many, a Chance for Few? Is Resettlement a Viable Strategy to Mitigate the Risk of Natural Disasters? Views and Voices from the Citizens of Santa Fe, Argentina. Index.
