Architects and Post-Disaster Housing : : A Comparative Study in South India /

Architects and Post-Disaster Housing : : A Comparative Study in South India / / Gertrud Tauber.

This book examines the different roles of architects in rural post-disaster housing and their impact on the degree of success of the projects from villagers' perspective. It is based around the building process of three case studies affected by the tsunami of 2004 in rural South India. It ident...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
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Tauber, Gertrud,
Place / Publishing House:Bielefeld : : transcript Verlag, , [2014]
©2014
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:1. Aufl.
Language:English
Series:Architekturen ; 24
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Physical Description:1 online resource (252 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • Note on Terminology
  • Preamble
  • Introduction
  • Locating the Field
  • Existing Literature on the Role of Architects in Designing Post-Disaster Housing
  • Building Cultures
  • Research Method
  • PART I: AFTER THE INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI OF 2004
  • Local Governments, NGOs and the Villages
  • PART II: THREE CASE STUDIES
  • Summary of the Three Case Studies
  • 1: The Project Management Consultant
  • 2: The Draftswoman
  • 3: The Surveyor-Anthropologist
  • PART III: NEGOTIATING THE ROLE OF THE ARCHITECT
  • Understanding the Results
  • International Voices: Comparison of the Results of the Three Case Studies
  • Conclusions and Recommendations for NGOs, Architects and Educational Institutions
  • Appendices
  • Glossary
  • List of Figures
  • List of Pictures
  • List of Tables
  • Bibliograph

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