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Rebuilding sustainable communities for children and their families after disasters : a global survey / [edited] by Adenrele Awotona.
- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Author/Creator:
- International Conference on Rebuilding Sustainable Communities for Children and their Families After Disasters, Corporate Author.
- Conference Name:
- International Conference on Rebuilding Sustainable Communities for Children and their Families After Disasters (2008 : University of Massachusetts)
- International Conference on Rebuilding Sustainable Communities for Children and their Families After Disasters
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Disaster relief--Congresses.
- Disaster relief.
- Community development--Congresses.
- Community development.
- Child welfare--Congresses.
- Child welfare.
- Family services--Congresses.
- Family services.
- Sustainable development--Congresses.
- Sustainable development.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (486 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Disasters impose enormous misery on children, the most vulnerable members of the community. Records show that two million children have died as a direct consequence of armed conflict over the past decade. Globally, millions more have suffered death, disease, and dislocation as a result of such natural disasters as earthquakes, droughts, and floods. And even when emergency relief is available, permanent human damage remains; all too often, families fall apart, women are assaulted and degraded,...
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Cross-cutting themes
- pt. 2. Rebuilding sustainable communities for children
- pt. 3. Rebuilding sustainable communities after wars
- pt. 4. Rebuilding sustainable energy infrastructure
- pt. 5. Disasters and innovative solutions.
- Notes:
- Conference proceedings.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-58811-7
- 9786612588112
- 1-4438-1820-8
- OCLC:
- 648923827
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