Designing to heal

Designing to Heal explores what happens to communities that have suffered disasters, either natural or man-made, and what planners and urban designers can do to give the affected communities the best possible chance of recovery. It examines the relationship that people have with their surroundings and the profound disruption to people's lives that can occur when that relationship is violently changed; when the familiar settings for their lives are destroyed and family, friends and neighbours are displaced, incapacitated or killed. The book offers a model of the healing process, outlining the e.

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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introduction; About this book; The relationship between people and place; Providing for human habitat; The focus on cities; Urban design; Understanding disasters; Why is responding to disasters an important and growing issue?; Chapter 2 The high cost of living; The changed relationship between people and place; Emotional/psychological effects; The fuzzy edges of disasters; Loss of potential; The implications for planning and urban design; The silver lining -- the positive effects of disasters; Chapter 3 Recovering from disaster

The timeline of disaster recoveryFactors that influence the healing process; Resilience and adaptive capacity; Resilience and social capital; Uncertainty; Division and reconciliation; Unintended consequences; Displacement; Disasters and echo disasters; Hope -- light at the end of the tunnel or an oncoming train?; Chapter 4 Sixteen acres in Manhattan; Background; The impacts of the disaster; Community responses; Deciding the future of the site; The memorial garden; The museum; Observations about the process; Observations about the design; Conclusions

Chapter 5 Rebuilding political, social and human capital on Mo…