Enhancing disaster preparedness : from humanitarian architecture to community resilience / edited by A. Nuno Martins, Mahmood Fayazi, Faten Kikano, Liliane Hobeica.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Martins, A. Nuno, editor.

ScienceDirect (Online service)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emergency management.

Hazard mitigation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

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Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Cambridge, MA : Elsevier, [2021]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Part I: Humanitarian architecture: A humanitarian shelter terminology framework / Liz Brogden and Rosemary Kennedy

Techo's emergency-housing response to hurricanes in Puerto Rico : lessons from the field / Judith I. Rodriguez Portieles

The story of the disaster-relief houses in Iceland / Kristjana Adalgeirsdottir

The influence of technical assistance on the adoption of safer construction practices in Nepal / Eefje Hendriks, Benjamin Schep and Alexander van Leersum

Participatory design for refugee shelters : an experiment in Syrian camps in Jordan

Lessons for humanitarian architecture from design contests : the case of the Building4Humanity design competition / A. Nuno Martins, Liliane Hobeica, Raquel Colacios et al.

Part II: Architecture and urban design to enhance community preparedness: Architects' multifaceted roles in enhancing resilience after disasters / Anouck Andriessen, Angeliki Paidakaki, Pieter van den Broeck et al.

Probing for resilience : exploring design with empathy in Zanzibar, Tanzania / Helena Sandman and Miia Suomela

Consolidation design as an adaptation strategy in the Toi Market, in Nairobi, Kenya / Georgia Cardosi, Susan N. Kibue and Mauro Cossu

Risk and urban design in Brazilian favelas : linking participation, collective spaces, and territorial management / Pablo Benetti and Solange Carvalho.

Part III: Housing vulnerability, community resilience, and inclusive governance: Informality versus short-term regularization of the Syrian refugees' situation in Lebanon / Faten Kikano

Incremental housing in Villa Verde, Chile : a view thorugh the Sendai Framework lens / David O'Brien and Sandra Carrasco

Climate action zones : a clustering methodology for resilient spatial planning in climate uncertainty / Kelly Leilani Main, MIho Mazereeuw, Chetan Krishna et al.

The links between vulnerability, poverty, and natural hazards : a focus on the impacts of globalization trends / Mahmood Fayazi and Lisa Bornstein.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9780128190791

0128190795

9780128190784

0128190787

Publisher Number:

40030252637

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