Planning for Community-Based Disaster Resilience Worldwide Learning from Case Studies in Six Continents

• Other Authors: Awotona, Adenrele A. (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: London Routledge 2018; ©2017
• Subjects: Disaster relief > Case studies > Developing countries; Community development > Case studies > Developing countries; Sustainable development > Case studies > Developing countries
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We are witnessing an ever-increasing level and intensity of disasters from Ecuador to Ethiopia and beyond, devastating millions of ordinary lives and causing long-term misery to vulnerable populations. Bringing together 26 case studies from six continents, this volume provides a unique resource whic...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: aspects of community-based disaster management and disaster resilience / Adenrele Awotona
• Africa : introduction / Adenrele Awotona
• Architectural curricula and the sustainable reconstruction of flood-devastated housing in Nigeria / Abiodun Olukayode Olotuah and Abraham Adeniyi Taiwo
• Crises and conflict-induced disasters in Nigeria : the challenges of curricular development on rebuilding devastated communities for sustainability / Zanzan Akaka Uji
• The vulnerability of rural households to climate hazards in the mountainous area of Kwande local government area, Benue state, Nigeria / Bernard Tarza Tyubee and Iankaa Aguse
• A comparative analysis of annual maxima time series models along the lower limpopo river basin of Mozambique / Daniel Maposa, James J. Cochran, and Maseka Lesaoana
• The Americas : introduction / Adenrele Awotona
• Prisons and disasters in the US : understanding why prisons are unprepared to respond to and recover from disasters / Melissa A. Surette, Savilonis
• A comparative analysis of proactive disaster mitigation measures in apartment buildings in Boston and Washington DC / Seth H. Holmes
• Incorporating natural disasters into the undergraduate civil engineering curriculum : a case study of hurricane Katrina and the OSO landslide / Thomas C. Cross and James Kaklamanos
• The social implications of disaster waste management on displaced residents : the case of hurricane Katrina : a brief systematic review / Fatima M. Alfa
• An urban form response to disaster vulnerability : examining tsunami evacuations in two Chilean cities / Jorge León and Alan March
• Can laws and policies foster disaster risk reduction? : the case study of Brazil, with particular focus on housing laws, policies, and programs / Karen Da Costa and Paulina Pospieszna
• Asia : introduction / Adenrele Awotona
• An effective development regulation system for a resilient built environment : a reform project for Delhi, India / Sweta Byahut
• Medical preparedness for natural disaster in India : perspectives and future measures / Hem Chandra, Ankita Pandey, Supriya Trivedi, Sarika Sharma, Nitin Bharadwaj, and Leela Masih
• Community-based responses to epidemic diseases as a potential public health disaster : the Rockefeller experience, 1915-1950 / Darwin H. Stapleton
• The disaster life cycle in Turkey : planning, policy, and regulation changes / Derin N. Ural
• Main lines of action for seismic risk reduction in developing countries : a case study of Iran / Mahmood Hosseini and Yasamin O. Izadkhah
• Pairing aid systems for disaster management : case studies of China and Japan / Xuepeng Qian, Weisheng Zhou, and Kenichi Nakagami
• Fukushima dark tourism / Yutaka Sho
• Still at risk after reconstruction : how does the mode of reconstruction cause new vulnerabilities when rebuilding a vernacular cultural heritage settlement? / Wang Yu and Hans Skotte
• The provision of participatory shelter facilities in adverse environments : a case study of Lahore, Pakistan / Fariha Tariq
• Australia : introduction / Adenrele Awotona
• Post-bushfire relocation decision-making and personal wellbeing : a case study from Victoria, Australia / Lisa Gibbs, Colin Gallagher, Karen Block, Elyse Baker, Richard Bryant, Lou Harms, Greg Ireton, Connie Kellett, Vikki Sinnott, John Richardson, Dean Lusher, David Forbes, Colin MacDougall, and Elizabeth Waters
• Separation and reunification in disasters : the importance of understanding the psycho-social consequences / John F. Richardson, Elyse Baker, Hugh Colin Gallagher, Lisa Gibbs, Karen Block, Dean Lusher, Connie Kellett, Colin MacDougall, and Marita Smith
• Disaster preparedness in older people : a case study from Australia / Victoria Cornell
• Europe and multi-continental studies, introduction / Adenrele Awotona
• University-community collaboration for climate justice education and organizing : partnerships in Canada, Brazil, and Africa / Patricia E. Perkins
• Preparing planners for prepared communities : integrating emergency management into planning education / John "Jack" Lindsay
• Resilience in urban contexts : from South America to Europe / Matias Ezequiel Barberis Rami
• Land use modeling as a new approach for future hazard-sensitive population mapping in northern Germany / Giedrius Kaveckis, Benjamin Bechtel, Jürgen Ossenbrügge, and Thomas Pohl
• Summary and conclusion
• Planning for a more sustainable and disaster resilient world / Adenrele Awotona