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3.5 Square Meters
Constructive Responses to Natural Disasters
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This is an essential resource for practitioners and students in disaster management, engineering, design, social activism, and community development seeking practical and innovative solutions for disaster relief.
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Natural disasters and their consequences dominate the news almost on a daily basis. Quick-impact preventive and aid measures are essential for the victims to survive. This volume presents a selection of projects which demonstrate impressively how both cutting-edge technology and locally available materials and resources can be used for this purpose.
Government-backed aid programmes are often too slow to be immediately effective in natural disasters. Hence, 3.5 Square Meters explores how individuals and communities can unbureaucratically overcome such extreme situations using a bottom-up approach. Key approaches this book introduces in dedicated chapters include Sharing Knowledge, Social Technology, Story Telling, and DIY.
Presented are individual projects by NGOs and specialists such as engineers, architects, designers, computer scientists, and social activists. Transfer of knowledge and communication are essential, as this publication demonstrates, resulting in varied and novel solutions.
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"A unique collection and presentation of ideas from around the world." – Civil Engineering
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ISBN: 9783777428864
Publisher: Hirmer Verlag
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 07 September 2017
Country: Germany
Imprint: Hirmer Verlag
Audience: General / adult
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Weight: 340g
Pages: 248
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About the Author
Maya Vinitsky is associate curator for design and architecture at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.
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