Beyond Houses

Architectural Thinking and Practice for Climate, Disaster and Forced Displacement Crises

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  • Contains in-depth case studies and practical knowledge covering all stages of the disaster risk management cycle
  • Takes an interdisciplinary standpoint to examine key disaster risk reduction topics
  • Highlights the role of humanitarians, planners, and designers in disaster risk reduction and aid-self-help processes

Part of the book series: The Urban Book Series (UBS)

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This book delves into the complexities of urban crises, focusing on the efforts of researchers and practitioners who confront precarious housing and forced displacement. Originating from the 8th International Conference on Building Resilience (convened in November 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal), this book examines challenges across diverse contexts and geographies, including Chile, India, Kenya, Mexico, Portugal, and Syria. Structured in three parts, the book's 12 chapters address disaster prevention and recovery, humanitarian architecture, and issues related to housing, migration, and urban forced displacement. The narratives emphasize vulnerabilities, community-driven design, and cross-cultural perspectives, comprehensively reviewing global urban planning, slum upgrading, and incremental housing strategies. The contributions engage readers with practical insights for mitigating urban vulnerability and intellectual analyses that consider the complexities of life amid systemic injustices. Ultimately, the authors suggest integrating architectural practice with social work within communities to address intricate urban housing challenges.

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Mainstreaming Risk Reduction in Recovery and Reconstruction

  2. Enhancing Inclusion Through Humanitarian Architecture

  3. Disentangling Urban Forced Displacement Challenges

Editors and Affiliations

  • CIAUD, Research Centre for Architecture, Urbanism and Design, Faculty of Architecture, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

    A. Nuno Martins

  • School of Architecture, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC), Barcelona, Spain

    Carmen Mendoza-Arroyo

  • PPGTAS/UCSAL, Post-graduate Program on Territory, Environment and Society, Catholic University of Salvador, Salvador, Brazil

    Liliane Hobeica

  • Federico Santa María Technical University, Valparaíso, Chile

    Jorge León

  • Independent Consultant, Coimbra, Portugal

    Adib Hobeica

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Beyond Houses

  • Book Subtitle: Architectural Thinking and Practice for Climate, Disaster and Forced Displacement Crises

  • Editors: A. Nuno Martins, Carmen Mendoza-Arroyo, Liliane Hobeica, Jorge León, Adib Hobeica

  • Series Title: The Urban Book Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-61403-3

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-61402-6Published: 22 June 2024

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-61405-7Due: 23 July 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-61403-3Published: 21 June 2024

  • Series ISSN: 2365-757X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2365-7588

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 224

  • Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 68 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Natural Hazards, Geography, general, Urban Studies/Sociology

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