Sustainable Housing Reconstruction: Designing resilient housing after natural disasters

ISBN-10: 1317563891

ISBN-13: 9781317563891

Edition: N/A

Authors: Esther; Ahmed Charlesworth

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Through 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. The book explores two main themes: Housing reconstruction is most successful when involving the users in the design and construction process Housing reconstruction is most effective when it is…

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Publisher: Routledge
Binding: E-Book
Pages: 154