Community Engagement in Post-Disaster Recovery (Routledge Studies in Hazards, Disaster Risk and Climate Change)

Synopsis

Community Engagement in Post-Disaster Recovery reflects a wide array of practical experiences in working with disaster-affected communities internationally. It demonstrates that widely held assumptions about the benefits of community consultation and engagement in disaster recovery work need to be examined more critically because poorly conceived and hastily implemented community engagement strategies have sometimes exacerbated divisions within affected communities and/or resulted in ineffective use of aid funding. It is equally demonstrated that well-crafted, creative and thoughtful programming is possible. The wide collection of case studies of practical experience from around the world is presented to help establish ways of working with communities experiencing great challenges. The book offers practical suggestions on how to give more substance to the rhetoric of community consultation and engagement in these areas of work. It suggests the need to work with a dynamic understanding of community formation that is particularly relevant when people experience unforeseen challenges and traumatic experiences. This title interrogates the concept of community through an extensive review of the literature and explores the ways of working with communities in transition and particularly in their recovery phases through an array of case studies in a range of socioeconomic and political contexts. Focused on the concept of community in post-disaster recovery solutions—an aspect which has received little critical interrogation in the literature—this book will be a valuable resource to students and scholars in disaster management as well as humanitarian agencies.

Copyright:

2018

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

220 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781315534206

Related ISBNs:

9781315534213, 9781138691650, 9781138691650, 9781138691674, 9781138691674, 9781315534213, 9781138691650, 9781138691650, 9781138691674, 9781138691674, 9781315534213, 9781138691674, 9781138691650

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

04/19/19

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N/A

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Social Studies, Earth Sciences

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Bookshare Staff

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This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Graham Marsh

Edited by:

Iftekhar Ahmed

Edited by:

Martin Mulligan

Edited by:

Jenny Donovan

Edited by:

Steve Barton