Constructing Risk: Disaster, Development, and the Built Environment

by Stephen O. Bender

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: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 180539309X
• ISBN13: 9781805393092
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"