Sense of home place in participatory post-disaster reconstruction

• Main Authors: Kamani-Fard, Asal, Ahmad, Mohd. Hamdan, Dilshan, Remaz Ossen
• Format: Article
• Published: Imperial College Press 2013
• Subjects: NA Architecture
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/37043/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S1464333213500051
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

This paper investigates the participatory reconstruction approach as a means of home loss mitigation strategy for coping with disaster among survivors of the 2003 Bam earthquake. It addresses the housing issue using the sense of place measures to understand households' feelings about their lost...