External Interventions for Disaster Risk Reduction: Impacts on Local Communities

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 External Interventions for Enhancing Community Resilience: An Overview of Planning Paradigms  (Imon Chowdhooree)....Pages 3-21
 Lessons Learned from Interventions of External Organizations in Disaster Management: A Case Study of Floods in Kalutara, Sri Lanka  (W. K. D. Rathnayake, Chandana Siriwardana)....Pages 23-40
 Dependency on External Supports: An Addition to Community Vulnerability  (Imon Chowdhooree, Les Dawes, Mellini Sloan)....Pages 41-63
 Sustainable Development Through Post-Disaster Reconstruction: A Unique Example in Sri Lanka  (Iftekhar Ahmed)....Pages 65-79
 Traditional Practices, Communities’ Aspirations, and Reconstructed End Products: Analyzing the Post-Sidr Reconstruction in the Coastal Region of Bangladesh  (Shams Mansoor Ghani)....Pages 81-101
 Designing Spaces with Victims of Humanitarian Crisis: Action Research on Spaces for Children at Rohingya Camps in Bangladesh  (Emerald Upoma Baidya, Farah Mahboob, Fatiha Polin, Imon Chowdhooree)....Pages 103-119
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 Disaster Risk Reduction in Cities: Towards a New Normal  (Aaron Clark-Ginsberg, Jonathan S. Blake, Karishma Patel)....Pages 123-134
 Small Changes with Big Impacts: Mitigating Fire Risks Through Small Interventions in Informal Settlements of Dhaka City, Bangladesh  (Afroza Ahmed, Sadia Subrina)....Pages 135-148
 Rethinking Roles of Local Non-governmental Organizations (LNGO) in Managing Disaster Risks in Historic Neighborhoods: Experiences from the City of Lagos, Nigeria  (Olufemi Samson Adetunji, Oluwatosin Samuel Owolabi, Samson Olaoluwa Faboye)....Pages 149-170
 A Complexity Approach for Reducing Disaster Risks for Marginalized Urban Populations: Comparing DRR Interventions Across Four Cities  (Aaron Clark-Ginsberg)....Pages 171-192
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 Adaptation and Development for Mitigating Impacts of Climate Change and Climate Extremes in Urban Areas   (Huraera Jabeen)....Pages 195-202
 Local Community Engagement for Adaptation to Future Challenges in the Pilot Flood Detention Area of Thailand  (Phaothai Sin-ampol, Tawee Chaipimonplin, Supawadee Songka)....Pages 203-228
 Public and Private Sector Interventions in Post-disaster Resettlement: A Case Study of Model Villages in Pakistan  (Ali Jamshed, Irfan Ahmad Rana, Usman Maqsood Mirza)....Pages 229-252
 Effectiveness of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) Training Programs: Views and Voices from Barisal Division, a Coastal Region in Bangladesh  (Sharmin Nahar Nipa, Jarin Tasneem Oyshi, Istiak Ibne Rouf)....Pages 253-271
 To ‘Float’ or ‘Not’: Cases of Amphibious Housing and Their Impacts on Vulnerable Communities of Jamaica  (Iftekhar Ahmed)....Pages 273-296