1st Edition

Disaster and Reconstruction

By R Geipel Copyright 1982
222 Pages
by Routledge

222 Pages
by Routledge

222 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1982 and based on empirical research into the aftermath of the Friuli earthquake in Italy, the book reflects the perspective gained over a period of four years on the event itself and the subsequent response of the local population and national government. Unique insights were gained through one of the largest questionnaire surveys ever undertaken in a disaster situation... Read more

1.The Disaster Area and Its People 2. Learning from Friuli 3. The Earthquake Effects 4. Perspectives on Reconstruction 5. Conclusions 6. Epilogue.

Biography

Robert Geipel was Professor of Geography at the Technische Universität München. 

Philip Wagner was Professor Geography at Simon Fraser University, Canada.