Description
Reviewing current policies and practices, the book assesses the financial, economic and physical risk of building in hazardous areas, and looks at how societies are trying to create a more resilient built environment in spite of the dangers. It examines the vulnerability of social infrastructure to natural disasters and looks at policies which imperil infrastructure from natural hazard events and solutions undertaken by sovereign states, international development banks, NGOs and bilateral aid agencies.
Author: Stephen O. Bender
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 08/13/2021
Pages: 252
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d
ISBN13: 9781800731622
ISBN10: 1800731620
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Disasters & Disaster Relief
- Nature | Natural Disasters
- Business & Economics | Environmental Economics
About the Author
Stephen O. Bender is an architect and retired staff member of the Department of Sustainable Development of the Organization of American States in Washington D.C. He has acted as a consultant to various international development entities working in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Asia.