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

Bender, Stephen O.

 
9781800731622: Constructing Risk: Disaster, Development, and the Built Environment (Catastrophes in Context, 4)
ISBN 10: 1800731620 ISBN 13: 9781800731622
Publisher: Berghahn Books, 2021

Synopsis

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

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About the Author

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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Publisher
Berghahn Books
Publication date
2021
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1800731620
ISBN 13 
9781800731622
Binding
Library Binding
Edition number
1
Number of pages
252

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