Abstract
Vietnam is very susceptible to natural hazards. Development Workshop France (DWF) has been working in Vietnam since 1989 following a massive typhoon which hit central Vietnam four years earlier, integrating efforts on post-disaster reconstruction programmes to promote safe construction. Since then DWF has endeavoured to ensure that these programmes are locally informed, using locally adapted technology to support sustainability within the affected communities. This chapter evaluates several of these reconstruction programmes and identifies a number of recommendations for the implementation of such schemes in the future.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Still Standing? |
Subtitle of host publication | Looking Back at Reconstruction and Disaster Risk Reduction in Housing |
Editors | Theo Schilderman, Eleanor Parker |
Place of Publication | Rugby |
Publisher | Practical Action Publishing |
Pages | 115-136 |
Number of pages | 22 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781780448404 |
ISBN (Print) | 1853398403, 9781853398391 , 9781853398407 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 15 Oct 2014 |
Keywords
- Disaster risk reduction
- Cyclone resistant construction
- Safe housing
- Community development