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Beyond Houses

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

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Editors:
  1. A. Nuno Martins

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

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  2. Carmen Mendoza-Arroyo

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

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  3. Liliane Hobeica

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

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  4. Jorge León

    1. Federico Santa María Technical University, Valparaíso, Chile

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  5. Adib Hobeica

    1. Independent Consultant, Coimbra, Portugal

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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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About this book

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 (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Researching Crises and Solutions with Urgency and Agency: An Introduction

    • A. Nuno Martins, Carmen Mendoza-Arroyo, Jorge León
    Pages 1-7

  3. Correction to: Displacement as Precarious Inhabiting: Care and Repair at the Urban Margins

    • Giovanna Astolfo, Camillo Boano, Belen Desmaison
    Pages C1-C1

  4. Mainstreaming Risk Reduction in Recovery and Reconstruction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. Disentangling Governance for Nature-Based Restoration Projects

      • Travis J. M. Bunt, Jackson Rollings, Tim Tsang
      Pages 11-29

    3. Female Leadership and Everyday Hazards: Care Practices and Solidarity Networks in Campamento Dignidad

      • Valentina Acuña, Leila Juzam, Sofía Valdivieso
      Pages 31-47

    4. Structural Measures for Wildfire Risk Reduction in Informal Contexts in Chile

      • Constanza Gonzalez-Mathiesen, Pablo Allard, Francisco Toro
      Pages 49-66

    5. Analyzing Urban Tsunami Evacuation Through Evacuees’ Spatial Behaviors

      • Jorge León, Cyril Mokrani, Patricio Catalán, Carolina Femenías
      Pages 67-80

  5. Enhancing Inclusion Through Humanitarian Architecture

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 81-81
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    2. Integrating Soft Infrastructure in Design to Build Community Resilience in Puerto Rico

      • Farzana Gandhi
      Pages 83-99

    3. Can a Gender Perspective Fulfill the End-User’s Needs in Housing Reconstruction Projects?

      • Marta Guilera i Serra, Apen Ruiz
      Pages 101-116

    4. Leaving the Slum: International Collaborative Design Initiatives to Shape Capabilities During Resettlement

      • Georgia Cardosi, Susan Njeri Kibue, Francesca Fiaschi, Noel Okello
      Pages 117-134

    5. Architecture and Incremental Housing in Climatic and Pandemic Crisis in Lisbon and Bhopal Informal Settings

      • A. Nuno Martins, Anshul Puriya, Krishna Kumar Dhote
      Pages 135-155

  6. Disentangling Urban Forced Displacement Challenges

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 157-157
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    2. Displacement as Precarious Inhabiting: Care and Repair at the Urban Margins

      • Giovanna Astolfo, Camillo Boano, Belen Desmaison
      Pages 159-176

    3. Improving Post-conflict Self-recovery Programming: Addressing the Complexities in Syria

      • Taylor Raeburn-Gibson
      Pages 177-193

    4. Waiting in Non-places: The Spatialization of Displacement Discourses

      • Lorenza Esquinca Verea, Mbongeni Ngulube
      Pages 195-209

    5. Can Urban Factors Enhance the Integration of Asylum Seekers in Cities?

      • Carmen Mendoza-Arroyo
      Pages 211-224
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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: 06 July 2025

  • 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, 215

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

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

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