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“Build Back Better” Principles for Reconstruction

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BBB; Reconstruction; Recovery

Introduction

“Build Back Better” signifies an ideal reconstruction and recovery process that delivers resilient, sustainable, and efficient recovery solutions to disaster-affected communities. The motivation behind the Build Back Better concept is to make communities stronger and more resilient following a disaster event. Statistics from the United Nations Environment Programme in 2008 show an increase in the number of natural disasters over time attributing to growing populations, urban growth in risk-prone areas due to scarcity of land, and global warming. Along with increasing frequency, recent disasters show an increase in magnitude and resulting destruction according to studies by the Red Cross. Both natural and technological/man-made disasters have seen nearly exponential rises in the number of disasters over time.

Despite the increasing number of disaster experiences, post-disaster activities remain inefficient and poorly managed and need...

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  1. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Auckland, 22 Princes Street, 1010, Auckland, New Zealand

    Sandeeka Mannakkara, Suzanne Wilkinson & Tinu Rose Francis

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  1. Institute for Computer Science in Civil Engineering, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, University Hannover, Hannover, Germany

    Michael Beer

  2. Department of Civil Engineering & Engineering Mechanics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

    Ioannis A. Kougioumtzoglou

  3. Institute for Risk & Uncertainty and Centre for Engineering Sustainability, Liverpool, UK

    Edoardo Patelli

  4. Institute for Risk & Uncertainty and Centre for Engineering Dynamics, Liverpool, UK

    Siu-Kui Au

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Mannakkara, S., Wilkinson, S., Francis, T.R. (2015). “Build Back Better” Principles for Reconstruction. In: Beer, M., Kougioumtzoglou, I.A., Patelli, E., Au, SK. (eds) Encyclopedia of Earthquake Engineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35344-4_343

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