Post-disaster reconstruction of the built environment : rebuilding for resilience

Post-Disaster Reconstruction of the Built Environment : Rebuilding for Resilience......Page 3
Contents......Page 7
About the Editors......Page 12
List of Contributors......Page 14
Foreword......Page 20
Acknowledgements......Page 21
1 Introduction......Page 23
1.1 A global challenge......Page 24
1.2 Why focus upon the built environment?......Page 26
1.3 Resilience in the built environment......Page 27
1.4 Disasters as a window of opportunity......Page 29
1.5 Structure of the book......Page 31
References......Page 33
2.1 Introduction......Page 35
2.2 Capacity needs for post-disaster reconstruction......Page 36
2.3 Capacity gaps in post-disaster reconstruction......Page 40
2.4 Capacity development framework......Page 42
2.5 Summary......Page 49
References......Page 50
3.1 Introduction......Page 52
3.2 Impact of tsunami......Page 53
3.3 Disaster risk management......Page 57
3.4 Role of the construction sector in post-disaster recovery......Page 60
3.5 Post-tsunami Sri Lanka: the role of the Sri Lankan construction industry......Page 61
3.6 Capacity of the construction industry in post-tsunami reconstruction......Page 64
3.7 Summary......Page 69
References......Page 70
4.1 Introduction......Page 73
4.3 Wenchuan earthquake reconstruction process......Page 74
4.4 Resourcing for Wenchuan earthquake reconstruction......Page 78
4.5 Key resourcing problems and solutions adopted by the Chinese reconstruction teams......Page 82
4.6 Summary......Page 87
References......Page 88
5.1 Introduction......Page 92
5.2 The concept of empowerment......Page 93
5.3 Women’s empowerment......Page 97
5.4 Women in a post-disaster setting......Page 101
5.5 Women’s empowerment in post-disaster reconstruction......Page 105
5.6 Summary......Page 108
References......Page 109
6.2 Disaster vulnerability......Page 113
6.3 National policy......Page 119
6.4 Community participation in reconstruction......Page 121
6.5 Community-based reconstruction practices......Page 125
References......Page 135
7.1 Introduction......Page 139
7.3 Stakeholders and post-disaster reconstruction......Page 140
7.4 Classifying stakeholders......Page 143
7.5 Expectation gaps in post-disaster housing reconstruction......Page 145
7.6 Developing a stakeholder engagement strategy......Page 148
References......Page 152
8.1 Introduction......Page 155
8.2 Procurement and contract management......Page 157
8.3 Sourcing of labour, material and equipment......Page 159
8.5 Quality control......Page 161
8.6 Financing......Page 163
8.7 Governance......Page 165
8.8 Disaster risk reduction......Page 168
References......Page 170
9.2 Recovery and reconstruction......Page 173
9.3 Legislative and regulatory considerations post disaster......Page 177
9.4 Improving recovery through legislation......Page 181
9.5 Impediments to post-disaster reconstruction: the New Zealand Building Act (BA) 2004......Page 183
9.6 New Zealand Case Study 1: Manawatu-Wanganui Floods, 2004......Page 185
9.7 New Zealand Case Study 2: Matata (Bay of Plenty) Floods, 2005......Page 187
9.8 Lessons for post-disaster legislation changes......Page 190
References......Page 192
10.1 Introduction......Page 197
10.2 Conflicts......Page 198
10.3 Conflict circle......Page 203
10.4 Post conflict......Page 204
10.5 Post-conflict reconstruction......Page 206
10.6 Summary......Page 211
References......Page 212
11.2 Challenges in post-disaster reconstruction......Page 214
11.3 What is the role of the private sector?......Page 215
11.4 Business and humanitarian collaborations......Page 216
11.5 Corporate social responsibility......Page 217
11.6 Encouraging private sector participation......Page 219
11.7 Integrating private construction sector support for post-disaster reconstruction......Page 221
11.8 Summary......Page 226
References......Page 228
12.1 Introduction......Page 230
12.2 Disaster management cycle......Page 232
12.3 Knowledge management in disaster management context......Page 234
12.4 Sharing and transferring disaster management knowledge......Page 235
12.5 Case studies of good practices and lessons learned......Page 238
12.6 Capacity enhancing and knowledge strategies: the ISLAND project......Page 245
12.7 Summary......Page 253
References......Page 254
13.1 Introduction......Page 258
13.2 Impact of disasters on infrastructure......Page 259
13.3 Impact of the failure of infrastructure in disaster-affected communities and infrastructure interdependencies......Page 262
13.4 Post-disaster infrastructure reconstruction and restoring major infrastructure......Page 264
13.5 Post-disaster infrastructure reconstruction for improved quality of life......Page 268
13.6 Summary......Page 269
References......Page 270
14.1 Introduction......Page 273
14.2 Construction and demolition debris management in post-disaster situations......Page 274
14.3 C&D debris management......Page 276
14.4 C&D debris management and sustainability......Page 281
14.5 Summary......Page 284
References......Page 285
15.1 Introduction......Page 290
15.2 Post-disaster reconstruction as a window of opportunity for development......Page 291
15.3 Millennium development goals as a framework of action for sustainable socio-economic development and infrastructure reconstruction......Page 296
15.4 Post-disaster infrastructure reconstruction as a sustainable socio-economic development strategy......Page 299
References......Page 305
16.1 Introduction......Page 309
16.2 Disasters: a result of poor development......Page 310
16.3 Disasters: a barrier for development......Page 314
16.4 Disaster risk reduction for sustainable development and vice versa......Page 316
16.5 Summary......Page 322
References......Page 323
17 Conclusion......Page 326
Reference......Page 328
Index......Page 329