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After the Hurricane: Linking Recovery to Sustainable Development in the Caribbean
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Hugo... Andrew... Felix... Fran... The names of hurricanes that have devastated the Caribbean region are firmly implanted in the minds of those who survived them. Beyond the scrutiny of the press and television cameras, those survivors often struggle not only with the destruction left in the hurricane's wake but also with the chaotic and disruptive circumstances brought about by massive infusions of well-intentioned "aid." In After the Hurricane, Philip R. Berke and Timothy Beatley present state-of-the-art research on recovery programs that work -- programs that provide immediate aid to victims and lay the basis for sustainable development and growth.
Drawing on three years of extensive field research on Jamaica, Antigua, Montserrat, and St. Kitts and Nevis, Berke and Beatley offer detailed analysis of the effects of two recent major hurricanes -- Gilbert in 1988 and Hugo in 1989.
- ISBN-100801856248
- ISBN-13978-0801856242
- PublisherThe Johns Hopkins University Press
- Publication dateDecember 2, 1997
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions6.5 x 1 x 9.5 inches
- Print length232 pages
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"Quite accessible and useful reading for those, including students, policymakers, and members of aid-relief organizations, who are interested in development issues generally, and sustainable development issues specifically." -- Dawn Richards Elliott, Journal of Developing Areas
"This is an important, well documented scholarly analysis of post-disaster aid relief and the (largely to-date unavailed) potential it could present for contributing to long-term, sustainable development in the region, rather than simply meeting short-term 'relief' goals." -- British Bulletin of Publications on Latin America, Spain, and Portugal
Book Description
State-of-the-art research on hurricane damage recovery programs that work
About the Author
Philip R. Berke is associate professor of land use and environmental policy in the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Timothy Beatley is associate professor and former chair of the Department of Urban and Environmental Planning in the School of Architecture at the University of Virginia.
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- Publisher : The Johns Hopkins University Press (December 2, 1997)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 232 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0801856248
- ISBN-13 : 978-0801856242
- Item Weight : 1.15 pounds
- Dimensions : 6.5 x 1 x 9.5 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #8,597,656 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #2,517 in Public Affairs
- #3,067 in Atmospheric Sciences (Books)
- #6,274 in Public Affairs & Administration (Books)
About the authors

Timothy Beatley is the Teresa Heinz Professor of Sustainable Communities, in the Department of Urban and Environmental Planning, School of Architecture at the University of Virginia, where he has taught for the last twenty-nine years. Beatley is the author or co-author of more than fifteen books on these subjects, including Green Urbanism: Learning from European Cities (recently translated into Chinese), Native to Nowhere: Sustaining Home and Community in a Global Age, and Biophilic Cities: Integrating Nature Into Urban Design and Planning. Beatley directs the Biophilic Cities Project at UVA (http://biophiliccities.org/) and is also co-founder, with Reuben Rainey, of UVA’s Center for Design and Health, within the School of Architecture.

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