Urban Planning for Disaster Recovery

An exploration of urban planning as a tool for disaster management that examines risk reduction and recovery in the disaster cycle

Alan March (Edited by), Maria Kornakova (Edited by)

9780128042762

Paperback, published 12 May 2017

274 pages
23.4 x 19 x 1.8 cm, 0.45 kg

Approx.258 pages

1. Integration and Collective Action: Studies of Urban Planning and Recovery after Disasters 
Alan March, Maria Kornakova and Jorge Leon
2. The Governance of Urban Recovery 
John Handmer
3. More than a Roof Overhead: How Just Building Housing Limits Effective Disaster Recovery
Esther Charlesworth
4. When Systems Break Down: The Role of International Aid and Humanitarian Response 
Thomas Bamforth
5. From Recovery to Prevention: The Swiss Avalanche Program
Maria Kornakova and Alan March
6. Equality in Recovery
Janet Stanley
7. Finance, Insurance and Facilitation of Recovery: Christchurch, New Zealand 
Sarah-Alice Miles
8. Reconstruction of Informality: Can Formal Reconstruction Recreate Informality?
Mojgan Taheri Tafti
9. Reconstructing Vulnerability after the Germany Floods: Oil Damage and Recovery
Christine Wamsler and Mark Kammerbauer
10. The Victorian Bushfires in Australia: Between New Regulation and Political Reality 
Alan March and Maria Kornakova
11. Rebuilding or Repositioning: Lessons for Sandy, New Orelans, and Elsewhere
Edward Blakely
12. Housing Resilience in the Developing World 
Iftekhar Ahmed
13. 10 Years of Great Love - The Evolution of Housing Reconstruction in Banda Aceh
David O'Brien
14. Grassroots Approaches to Recovery: Learning from Community 
Kate Cotter
15. Conclusions: Planning for When the Best Plan is Overcome 
Alan March, Maria Kornakova and Jorge Leon

Subject Areas: Urban & municipal planning [RPC], Regional & area planning [RP], Natural disasters [RNR], Social impact of disasters [JFFC]