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- Title
Viewpoint: Reconstruction after natural disasters: the opportunities and constraints facing our cities.
- Authors
Edgington, David W.
- Abstract
The article presents the author's reflections on the challenges facing city and town planning officials in regard to natural disaster reconstruction. The author outlines several conceptual issues involved with pre-disaster planning and post-disaster emergency management. The author's experiences working in Japan after the 2011 earthquake are cited as a case example along with mention of the 2011 New Zealand quake.
- Subjects
JAPAN; NEW Zealand; EMERGENCY management; NATURAL disasters; BUILDING repair; URBAN planning; SENDAI Earthquake, Japan, 2011; CHRISTCHURCH Earthquake, N.Z., 2011
- Publication
TPR: Town Planning Review, 2011, Vol 82, Issue 6, pv
- ISSN
0041-0020
- Publication type
Opinion
- DOI
10.3828/tpr.2011.35