Constructing Risk: Disaster, Development, and the Built Environment

Constructing Risk: Disaster, Development, and the Built Environment - Paperback

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Constructing Risk: Disaster, Development, and the Built Environment

Constructing Risk: Disaster, Development, and the Built Environment - Paperback

$59.76
Sale price  $59.76 Regular price 

by Stephen O. Bender (Author)

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.

Author Biography

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.

Number of Pages: 252
Dimensions: 0.59 x 9 x 6 IN
Publication Date: March 01, 2024

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