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Summary
Summary
As a specialist in disaster preparation, you have huge responsibilities: a failure to prepare for natural and human-induced disasters costs lives and money. When a natural or human-induced disaster hits a built-up area the amount of damage it does will depend largely on the extent to which the built assets in the area were developed to withstand it. To fail in this respect is therefore both ethically and financially negligent.
What kinds of structural and non-structural alterations can be made to protect buildings from large-scale disasters?
How can we reduce the threat of these disasters, as well as the damage they cause?
Presenting seven guiding principles, drawn from a broad range of disciplines and approaches, this book tackles the difficult questions about what can be done to attain built-in resilience. With contributions from many renowned experts and upcoming researchers in the fields concerned, it comprehensively assesses the wide range of issues faced by practitioners. Whether you're studying construction management, researching hazard resilience issues or working on construction projects in hazardous regions, this book is for you.
Author Notes
Lee Bosher is a research fellow in the Department of Civil and Building Engineering at Loughborough University, UK. He is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, and a member of the Institute of Civil Defence and Disaster Studies.
Table of Contents
| List of figures | p. viii |
| List of tables | p. xi |
| About the editor | p. xiii |
| List of contributors | p. xiv |
| Preface | p. xvii |
| Part I Introduction | p. 1 |
| 1 Introduction: the need for built-in resilience | p. 3 |
| 2 Mainstreaming disaster risk management | p. 20 |
| Part II Structural adaptation | p. 37 |
| 3 Construction in developing nations: towards increased resilience to disasters | p. 39 |
| 4 More to lose: the case for prevention, loans for strengthening, and 'safe housing' insurance - the case of central Vietnam | p. 61 |
| 5 Structural adaptation in South Asia: learning lessons from tradition | p. 74 |
| 6 Developments in seismic design and retrofit of structures: modern technology built on 'ancient wisdom' | p. 96 |
| 7 Residential properties in England and Wales: an evaluation of repair strategies towards attaining flood resilience | p. 124 |
| 8 Public attitudes to 'community-based' small-scale flood risk reduction measures in England: a case study in the Lower Thames catchment | p. 150 |
| 9 Facing the future by designing in resilience: an architectural perspective | p. 172 |
| Part III Non-structural adaptation | p. 189 |
| 10 Community-based construction for disaster risk reduction | p. 191 |
| 11 Informal settlements and natural hazard vulnerability in rapid growth cities | p. 218 |
| 12 The worm in the bud: corruption, construction and catastrophe | p. 238 |
| 13 Building resilience by focusing on legal and contractual frameworks for disaster reconstruction | p. 264 |
| 14 The implications of the Civil Contingencies Act (CCA) 2004 for engineers in the UK | p. 282 |
| 15 Security planning in the resilient city: stimulating integrated emergency planning and management | p. 300 |
| 16 'Planning ahead': adapting settlements before disasters strike | p. 318 |
| Part IV Conclusions | p. 355 |
| 17 Afterword: integrating resilience into construction practice | p. 357 |
| Index | p. 373 |
