Post-disaster reconstruction of the built environment
Subtitle: rebuilding for resilience
By: edited by Dilanthi Amaratunga and  Richard Haigh
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Chichester, West Sussex, UK; Ames, Iowa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9781444333565
Subjects: Buildings; Social aspects; Repair and reconstruction; Standards; Architecture and society; Technological innovations; Disasters; Architectural design
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Richard Haigh and Dilanthi Amaratunga; title: Capacity development for post-disaster reconstruction of the built environment / Kanchana Ginige and Dilanthi Amaratunga; title: Capacity of the construction industry in post-disaster reconstruction : post tsunami Sri Lanka / Krishanthi Seneviratne; title: Resourcing for post-disaster reconstruction : a longitudinal case study following the earthquake in China; title: Yan chang, Suzanne Wilkinson, Regan Potangaroa and Erica Seville; title: Empowerment in disaster response and reconstruction : role of women / Nirooja Thurairajah; title: Community-based post-disaster reconstruction : examples from Indonesia / Taufika Ophiyandri; title: Stakeholder consultation in the reconstruction process / Nuwani Siriwardena and Richard Haigh; title: Project management for post-disaster reconstruction / Udayangani Kulatunga; title: Legislation for effective post-disaster reconstruction : case of New Zealand / James Olabode Rotimi, Suzanne Wilkinson and Dean Myburgh; title: Post conflict reconstruction : challenges / Dilanthi Amaratunga and Krishanthi Seneviratne; title: Private construction sector engagement in post-disaster reconstruction / Richard Sutton and Richard Haigh; title: Knowledge management practices and systems integration / Chaminda Pathirage; title: Restoration of major infrastructure and rehabilitation of communities / Kaushal Keraminiyage; title: Sustainable post-disaster waste management : construction and demolition waste / Gayani Karunasena; title: Linking reconstruction to sustainable economic development / Roshani Palliyaguru and Dilanthi Amaratunga; title: Disaster risk-reduction and its relationship with sustainable development / Kanchana Ginige; title: Conclusions and close / Richard Haigh and Dilanthi Amaratunga.