Making Things Happen : Community Participation and Disaster Reconstruction in Pakistan / Jane Murphy Thomas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thomas, Jane Murphy, author.

Contributor:

Knowledge Unlatched, Funder.

Series:

Catastrophes in context ; 5.

Catastrophes in Context ; 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Infrastructure (Economics)--Citizen participation--Pakistan.

Infrastructure (Economics).

Disaster relief--Pakistan.

Disaster relief.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (356 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Making Things Happen

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

"Drawing on the Pakistan Earthquake Reconstruction and Recovery Project (PERRP), this volume explores the sociocultural side of post-disaster infrastructure reconstruction. As the latter is often fraught with delays and even abandonment-one cause being ineffective interactions between construction and local people-PERRP used anthropological and participatory approaches. Along with strong construction management, such approaches led to the rebuilding being completed on time. As disasters are increasing in number and intensity, so too will be the need for reconstruction, for which PERRP has lessons to offer"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

The Moment the Quake Struck

Contexts of a Reconstruction Site

Community Participation: What Has Happened to It?

The Social Component

Social and Technical Integration

PERRP Design and Construction

The Library Challenge

The Social Anthropology of Reconstruction

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781800732810

1800732813

OCLC:

1322206045

Publisher Number:

https://doi.org/10.3167/9781800735613