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posted on 2011-02-03, 16:06 authored by Lee Bosher, Andrew DaintyThe emerging emphasis on disaster risk reduction has broadened the range of experts whose
knowledge must be garnered to resolve complex socio-technical challenges. This paper examines
the role and position of the construction sector for addressing these concerns. Specifically, it
examines the recursive nature of practices within the built environment, which can be seen as
deeply ingraining fragmented approaches to the development process. These, in turn, render the
industry a difficult arena within which to enact structural and cultural change. Based on a wide
body of literature on resiliency a set of overarching principles are proffered to help inform efforts
to overcome some of the barriers to creating a more resilient built environment. It is argued that
these principles offer a point of departure for embedding resilience considerations at both project
and institutional levels, although real change would demand challenging some of the conventions
that currently underpin construction development.
History
School
- Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Research Unit
- Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC)
Citation
BOSHER, L.S. and DAINTY, A.R.J., 2011. Disaster risk reduction and 'built-in' resilience: towards overarching principles for construction practice. Disasters, 35 (1), pp. 1-18.Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell (© Overseas Development Institute / © The authors)Version
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Publication date
2011Notes
This article was published in the journal, Disasters: The Journal of Disaster Studies, Policy and Management [© The Author(s). Disasters © Overseas Development Institute] and the definitive version is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7717.2010.01189.xISSN
0361-3666;1467-7717Publisher version
Language
- en