Table of Contents
List of figures
List of tables
Notes on contributors
Foreword by Professor John Twigg
Preface Graham Marsh, Iftekhar Ahmed, Martin Mulligan, Jenny
Donovan and Steve Barton
Rethinking the meaning of ‘community’ in community-based
disaster management - Martin Mulligan
Rebuilding lessons from bushfire-affected communities in
Victoria, Australia - Greg Ireton and Iftekhar Ahmed
A partnership-based community engagement approach to recovery
of flood-affected communities in Bangladesh - Iftekhar Ahmed
Public engagements in forward looking recovery efforts
following the 2013 floods in High River and Calgary, Canada - Eva
Bogdan, Amber Bennett and Lilia Yumagulova
How the Chinese government responded to the Wenchuan earthquake
– Yung-Fang Chen
Participation for disaster resilience: A life cycle approach to
reconstruction projects in India - Mittul Vahanvati
A duty of care: Disaster recovery, community and social
responsibility in Indonesia - David O’Brien, Catherine Elliott and
Brendon McNiven
The role of community engagement in post-disaster
reconstruction: The cases of L’Aquila and Emilia Romagna, Italy -
Lorenza Lazzati
Facts on the ground: Affirming community identity through
placemaking projects in West Bank villages - Jenny Donovan
Women and their roles in peace building in conflict vulnerable
areas of Mindanao, Philippines - Beau B. Beza, Mary Johnson and
Anne Shangrila Y. Fuentes
Community and conflict: The case of Rwanda - Marion E.
MacLellan
Beneficiary Driven Recovery (BDR): An example from the Solomon
Islands - Steve Barton
From short-term relief to the revival of community in
post-tsunami Sri Lanka and India - Martin Mulligan
Community Recovery and the role of emergent organizations in
post-disaster home buyouts: A case study of Oakwood Beach, New
York, United States of America - Alex Greer and Sherri Brokopp
Binder
15. Conclusions: Emerging lessons on community engagement in
post-disaster recovery Graham Marsh, Iftekhar Ahmed, Martin
Mulligan, Jenny Donovan and Steve Barton
Index
About the Author
Graham Marsh is a Visiting Research Fellow in
Disaster Management at the School of Energy, Construction and
Environment, Faculty of Engineering, Environment and Computing at
Coventry University, UK.
Iftekhar Ahmed is a Senior Lecturer in the School of
Architecture and Built Environment, University of Newcastle,
Australia.
Martin Mulligan is an Associate Professor in the
Sustainability and Urban Planning section of the School of Global,
Urban and Social Studies at RMIT University and a former Director
of RMIT’s Globalism Research Centre, Australia.
Jenny Donovan is the Principal of Melbourne-based urban
design practice Inclusive Design, Australia.
Steve Barton is a humanitarian training facilitator and
freelance consultant working for agencies such as the Red Cross and
the UN and is also founder and director of the Recovery Resource
Centre.
