Description
| Product ID: | 9781805393092 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Catastrophes in Context |
| Title: | Constructing Risk |
| Subtitle: | Disaster, Development, and the Built Environment |
| Authors: | Author: Stephen O. Bender |
| Page Count: | 252 |
| Subjects: | Social impact of disasters / accidents (natural or man-made), Social impact of disasters, Social impact of environmental issues, Civil engineering, surveying and building, Social impact of environmental issues, Civil engineering, surveying & building |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 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. 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Berghahn Books |
| Publisher Name: | Berghahn Books |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2024-03-01 |
