Author : Alice Yan Chang
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (798 download)
Book Synopsis Resourcing for Post-disaster Housing Reconstruction by : Alice Yan Chang
Download or read book Resourcing for Post-disaster Housing Reconstruction written by Alice Yan Chang and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Large-scale disasters often present significant recovery challenges to the built environment in terms of resources and capacity. This dissertation examines the resourcing for housing recovery projects following a major disaster. The dissertation reviews existing conceptualizations of post-disaster housing reconstruction patterns and processes, and presents an analytical model that situates resourcing in the context of post-disaster housing recovery. The research is designed as a comparative study around five components in the analytical model to understand resource availability for post-disaster housing reconstruction: 1) post-disaster recovery and reconstruction environment, 2) housing reconstruction approach, 3) resourcing stakeholders for housing reconstruction, 4) 'indicator resources' and their availability, and 5) critical factors that affect resource availability for post-disaster housing reconstruction. The analytical model is applied, respectively, to examine the varied resourcing issues and long term housing recovery following major disasters in Aceh, Indonesia, in Sichuan, China, and in Victoria, Australia. Based on questionnaire survey and in-depth field interviews, a set of spatial, statistical, and descriptive analyses identify the dynamics of resource availability in varied recovery environments, and test the relationship between the contextual factors, such as the institutional arrangements, housing approach and resourcing stakeholders, and the resourcing outcomes. This is complemented by an in-depth comparative discussion across three cases. Study findings show that the specific contextual factors, such as cultural elements, socioeconomic environment, and political agenda, in the studied cases influenced the manifestation of the resourcing problems and solutions. The essential difference in terms of resource availability topology depends mainly on legal arrangements for disaster recovery, and the adopted approach to housing reconstruction. The research also demonstrates that despite different resourcing approaches in the three cases, competence of construction professionals, and government response and intervention are common determinants to resource availability for housing recovery projects. This dissertation promotes a multi-stakeholder approach to integrated resource planning and preparedness for post-disaster housing recovery. Central to its success is that the construction industry, a pivotal actor in disaster recovery, adopts engagement practices that would facilitate this integration, and that the governmental authorities empower the industry to realize its full potential. The study expects to contribute to future public and industry planning policy debates on post-disaster housing recovery, in Indonesia, China, Australia and beyond, by providing an understanding of resource availability for housing reconstruction following a large-scale disaster.