Constructing Risk: Disaster, Development, and the Built Environment

by Stephen O. Bender

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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...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1800731620

ISBN13:9781800731622

Release Date:August 2021

Publisher:Berghahn Books

Length:252 Pages

Weight:1.20 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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Business Business & Investing Nature Social Science Social Sciences

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