Constructing Risk: Disaster, Development, and the Built Environment: 4 (Catastrophes in Context, 4)

Bender, Stephen O.

 
9781800731622: Constructing Risk: Disaster, Development, and the Built Environment: 4 (Catastrophes in Context, 4)

Sinopsis

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

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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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9781805393092: Constructing Risk: Disaster, Development, and the Built Environment: 4 (Catastrophes in Context, 4)

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ISBN 10:  180539309X ISBN 13:  9781805393092
Editorial: Berghahn Books, 2024
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