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Summary
Summary
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.
Author Notes
Michal Lyons is Professor of Urban Development and Policy at London South Bank University.
Theo Schilderman is Head, Access to Infrastructure Services Programme, Practical Action.
Table of Contents
Boxes | p. vii |
Figures | p. vii |
Tables | p. viii |
Foreword | p. ix |
Introduction | p. 1 |
Part 1 Setting the Scene | |
1 Putting people at the centre of reconstruction | p. 7 |
2 Can large-scale participation be people-centred? Evaluating reconstruction as development | p. 39 |
3 The people's process: The viability of an international approach | p. 63 |
Part II Making Programmes Work for People | |
4 Scaling-up people-centred reconstruction: Lessons from Sri Lanka's post-tsunami owner-driven programme | p. 77 |
5 Pakistan: Implementing people-centred reconstruction in urban and rural areas | p. 113 |
6 Indonesia: Understanding agency policy in a national context | p. 135 |
7 India: From a culture of housing to a philosophy of reconstructionc | p. 16 |
Part III Lessons from the Project Level | |
8 Decentralizing (re)construction: Agriculture cooperatives as a vehicle for reconstruction in Colombia | p. 191 |
9 Kenya: Can temporary shelter contribute to participatory reconstruction? | p. 215 |
10 Bangladesh: Can large actors overcome the absence of state will? | p. 241 |
11 Turkey: Can small actors overcome the absence of state will? | p. 263 |
12 Progressive housing: Reconstruction after the 2001 earthquake in El Salvador | p. 285 |
13 Peru: The long-term impact of short-term reconstruction work | p. 307 |
Conclusions | p. 345 |
Index | p. 361 |