Disaster hits home: new policy for urban housing recovery

Auteur :
Comerio, Mary C.
Éditeur :
University of California Press
ISBN :
9780520207806
Date de publication :
8 déc. 1998
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,8 cm
Poids :
726 g
Format :
Cloth over boards
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
A study of what happens in the weeks and months after disasters such as hurricanes and earthquakes strike. Using case studies it focuses on the recovery of damaged housing, demonstrates fundamental factors that have changed in contemporary urban disasters and proposes a housing recovery policy.