Disaster Resilience in South Asia: Tackling the Odds in the Sub-Continental Fringes (Routledge Studies in Hazards, Disaster Risk and Climate Change) - Hardcover

Ahmed, Iftekhar; Maund, Kim; Gajendran, Thayaparan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1138370029 ISBN 13: 9781138370029

Verlag: Routledge, 2020

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This book considers the challenges of building disaster resilience in South Asia - a region that frequently experiences some of the most severe and devastating impacts of disasters.

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Iftekhar Ahmed is an Associate Professor at the University of Newcastle, Australia. His research focuses on disaster resilience, post-disaster housing and climate change adaptation. He has co-authored the book Sustainable Housing Reconstruction (Routledge, 2015) and co-edited the book Community Engagement in Post-Disaster Recovery (Routledge, 2017).

Kim Maund is Discipline Head and Senior Lecturer in Construction Management at the University of Newcastle, Australia. With more than 15 years' industry experience across government and private sectors, her research focuses on policy within the built environment, particularly in relation to urban planning and building and codes in the context of disaster resilience.

Thayaparan Gajendran is an Associate Professor at the University of Newcastle, Australia. His research focuses on cultural and governance approaches for building resilience. He has co-authored many research publications in the areas of disaster risk communication and disaster governance.

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• Verlag: Routledge
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2020
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1138370029
• ISBN 13: 9781138370029
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 236
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