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Designing to heal / Jenny Donovan.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Collingwood, VIC : CSIRO Publishing, 2013.Description: viii, 310 pages. : illustrations (chiefly colour), colour photos ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780643106468 (paperback)
Other title:
  • Planning and urban design response to disaster and conflict
  • Designing to heal : planning and urban design response to disaster and conflict
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 720.103
Contents:
Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 The high cost of living -- Chapter 3 Recovering from disaster -- Chapter 4 Sixteen acres in Manhattan -- Chapter 5 Rebuilding political, social and human capital on Montserrat -- Chapter 6 Building bridges out of flags, murals, a prison and a shopping centre in Belfast -- Chapter 7 Providing hope for children in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia -- Chapter 8 Giving new meaning to a tsunami-devastated beach, Hambantota, Sri Lanka -- Chapter 9 Loss and identity, rebuilding communities and buildings after the Victorian bushfires -- Chapter 10 Designing to heal -- Chapter 11 The characteristics of places that are designed to heal -- References -- Appendix 1: Interview with Tony McHugh: facilitating the healing process -- Appendix 2: Murrindindi Shire memorials guidelines.
Summary: "This book explores what happens to communities that have suffered disasters, either natural or man-made, and what planners and urban designers can do to give the affected communities the best possible chance of recovery."--Back cover.
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Books Books Australian Emergency Management Library BOOK 720.103 DON (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 900118755

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-295) and index.

Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 The high cost of living -- Chapter 3 Recovering from disaster -- Chapter 4 Sixteen acres in Manhattan -- Chapter 5 Rebuilding political, social and human capital on Montserrat -- Chapter 6 Building bridges out of flags, murals, a prison and a shopping centre in Belfast -- Chapter 7 Providing hope for children in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia -- Chapter 8 Giving new meaning to a tsunami-devastated beach, Hambantota, Sri Lanka -- Chapter 9 Loss and identity, rebuilding communities and buildings after the Victorian bushfires -- Chapter 10 Designing to heal -- Chapter 11 The characteristics of places that are designed to heal -- References -- Appendix 1: Interview with Tony McHugh: facilitating the healing process -- Appendix 2: Murrindindi Shire memorials guidelines.

"This book explores what happens to communities that have suffered disasters, either natural or man-made, and what planners and urban designers can do to give the affected communities the best possible chance of recovery."--Back cover.

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