Constructing Risk

Disaster, Development, and the Built Environment

von Stephen O. Bender

282 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Gesellschaft und Kultur, allgemein Soziale und ethische Themen Soziale Folgen von Katastrophen / Unfällen
• ISBN: 9781805393092
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.03.2024
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Berghahn Books