Overview

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.

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Author:   Jane Murphy Thomas
Publisher:   Berghahn Books
Imprint:   Berghahn Books
Volume:   5
ISBN:  

9781800735613

ISBN 10:   1800735618
Pages:   356
Publication Date:   08 July 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Anecdotes and Ethnographies Preface. Stakeholder Remarks Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1. The Moment the Quake Struck Chapter 2. Contexts of a Reconstruction Site Chapter 3. Community Participation: What Has Happened to It? Chapter 4. The Social Component Chapter 5. Social and Technical Integration Chapter 6. PERRP Design and Construction Chapter 7. The Library Challenge Chapter 8. The Social Anthropology of Reconstruction Chapter 9. Conclusion Appendix: Schools and Health Facilities Constructed in the Pakistan Earthquake Reconstruction and Recovery Program (2006-2013) References Index

Reviews

I find the book to be truly remarkable and absolutely stand-alone in what it describes and what it does. As opposed to the usual disheartening tale of the failure of a disaster reconstruction (or development) project, detailed here is a totally successful post-disaster reconstruction achievement due to the express involvement throughout of the anthropological perspective and community participation. Susanna Hoffman, Chair of The Risk and Disaster Commission of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnographic Sciences (IUAES)

Author Information

Jane Murphy Thomas is an independent consultant, practitioner, project manager and social anthropologist in projects for UN agencies, NGOs, governments, donor agencies, and consulting firms, specializing in anthropological approaches and community participation in conflict and disaster-prone locations.

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