The devastating impact of disasters on the world's population is on the increase, influenced by climate change, urbanization, and persistent high levels of poverty, among other factors. There is a growing demand for reconstruction at scale. This book asks whether large-scale reconstruction can be participatory and developmental; can rebuilding be truly people-centred, contributing to breaking the cycle of poverty and dependence? Can reconstruction reduce people's vulnerability to disasters and other shocks? Building Back Better examines the context for reconstruction, and shows how developments in the fields of housing, participation and livelihoods have changed and enriched approaches to reconstruction. It explores the practice of implementing large-scale reconstruction of programmes in Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Indonesia and India. The book informs policy, programme design, practice and evaluation. It will be of interest to agencies involved in reconstruction and authorities in countries regularly faced with disasters, as well as to students, academics and researchers.
By:
Michal Lyons
Edited by:
Theo Schilderman
Imprint: Practical Action Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Spine: 23mm
Weight: 600g
ISBN: 9781853397011
ISBN 10: 1853397016
Pages: 392
Publication Date: 31 March 2010
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Prelims (Boxes, Tables, Figures, Foreword by Nabeel Hamdi) 1. Introduction - Building Back Better Michal Lyons, Theo Schilderman and Graham Saunders Part I: Setting the Scene 2. Putting people at the centre of reconstruction Theo Schilderman 3. Can large-scale participation be peoplecentred? Evaluating reconstruction as development Michal Lyons 4. The people's process: The viability of an international approach Lalith Lankatilleke Part II: Making Programmes Work for People 5. Scaling-up people-centred reconstruction: Lessons from Sri Lanka's post-tsunami owner-driven programme Vishaka Hidellage and Aziza Usoof 6. Pakistan: Implementing people-centred reconstruction in urban and rural areas Usman Qazi 7. Indonesia: Understanding agency policy in a national context Jo da Silva and Victoria Batchelor 8. India: From a culture of housing to a philosophy of reconstruction Jennifer Duyne Barenstein and Sushma Iyengar Part III: Lessons from the Project Level 9. Decentralizing (re)construction: Agriculture cooperatives as a vehicle for reconstruction in Colombia Gonzalo Lizarralde 10. Kenya: Can temporary shelter contribute to participatory reconstruction? Dyfed Aubrey 11. Bangladesh: Can large actors overcome the absence of state will? Khurshid Alam 12. Turkey: Can small actors overcome the absence of state will? Hakan Arslan and Cassidy Johnson 13. Progressive housing: Reconstruction after the 2001 earthquake in El Salvador Carmen Ferrer Calv, Concepcion Herreros and Ing. Tomas Mata 14. Peru: The long-term impact of short-term reconstruction work Eliseo Guzman Negron 15. Conclusions Michal Lyons, Theo Schilderman, Camillo Boano and Sandra D'Urzo
Michal Lyons is an architect planner and urban geographer with research informed by a decade of work in the housing field in several countries. Until recently, Lyons managed World Jewish Aid, in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and Eastern Europe, and consults widely for NGOs, INGOs, multilaterals, and the editorial boards of several academic journals. Theo Schilderman is a Senior Researcher at the Building and Social Housing Foundation, UK. He is an architect with over 40 years' experience of low-cost housing and reconstruction in developing countries.
Reviews for Building Back Better: Delivering people-centred housing reconstruction at scale
The timely message of this book is that participation in housing reconstruction after disaster gives a more sustainable result. --Judith Eversley, International Affairs Office
