Overview

Reviewing current policies and practices, the book assesses the financial, economic and physical risk of building in hazardous areas, and looks at how societies approach economic development while trying to create a more resilient built environment in spite of the dangers. It examines the vulnerability of economic and social infrastructure to natural hazard events, looks at policies which imperil infrastructure, and proposes new development approaches to be undertaken by sovereign states, international development banks, NGOs, and bilateral aid agencies.

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Author:   Stephen O. Bender
Publisher:   Berghahn Books
Imprint:   Berghahn Books
ISBN:  

9781805393092

ISBN 10:   180539309
Pages:   252
Publication Date:   01 March 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Foreword Acknowledgements List of Abbreviatons Timelines Introduction Part I: We Got Here For a Reason Chapter 1. Linkage between Disaster and Development Chapter 2. Deliberate Actions and Debilitating Outcomes—Gaps Appear Chapter 3. What Development Has Brought and Disaster Wrought Chapter 4. Understanding Where the Disaster-Development Link Leads Chapter 5. Disaster-Development Linkage through the Lens of Disaster Recovery Chapter 6. Continuity in the Name of Constituents Part II: Once and Future Disaster Risk Reduction Chapter 7. Redefining DRR in Development of the Built Environment Chapter 8. Making Risk Information Visible Chapter 9. Risk within Present and Emerging Economic Development Forces Part III: DRR Will Be What It Is Conceived to Be Chapter 10. Sustaining Nature of Disaster-Development Linkage Chapter 11. Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction in Development Part IV: They Who Call the Tune Chapter 12. Built Environment Vulnerability and Development Processes Chapter 13. Monitoring, Evaluation, Reporting, Regulation and Enforcement Chapter 14. Policy Guidance on DRR Taken to Development Chapter 15. What Has Been Found about the Future: Changes that Change Positions Conclusion References Index

Reviews

“…a careful reading is rewarded by lessons learned and to be learned in the emerging field of disaster risk management. Helpful anecdotes are inserted throughout, balancing critical assessments.” • Recovery Diva “The expertise and experience of the author stands out throughout this book, particularly in its focus on the built environment and disaster… Hopefully, the book will encourage new thinking among all those whose first pivot in planning and development, whether before or after a sudden-onset disaster, is to build more, bigger, and faster.” • Jane Henrici, Consulting Senior Researcher and Gender Advisor, World Bank-Haiti and Lecturer, George Washington University

Author Information

Stephen O. Bender is an architect and retired staff member of the Department of Sustainable Development of the Organization of American States in Washington D.C. He has acted as a consultant to various international development entities working in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Asia.

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