EAN: 9783319306391

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This book discusses that disasters whether natural or man-made are essentially a human phenomenon. When a city becomes gridlocked and its resources depleted the collective resilience of those who remain on the ground becomes critical to its immediate survival and recovery. The author argues that in order to build resilient futures for our urban environment we need more than the skills of architects engineers and planners. Support of local communities and policymakers is also needed. The book revisits the recent catastrophic events: the earthquakes in Port-au-Prince and Christchurch and the hurricane in New Orleans and places emphasis on the social cultural and political processes of rebuilding houses facilities and infrastructure that often go unnoticed. Understanding the wider context for how a built project comes to be the author argues is a solid indicator of its longevity than by the measure of its material characteristics alone and gives us reasonsto question the validity of our intentions as designers of the future. This book provides strategies for thinking about assessing and developing ways for place-makers from all disciplines to become responsible citizen designers of our cities.

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