Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: aspects of community-based disaster management and disaster resilience / Adenrele Awotona -- Africa : introduction / Adenrele Awotona -- Architectural curricula and the sustainable reconstruction of flood-devastated housing in Nigeria / Abiodun Olukayode Olotuah and Abraham Adeniyi Taiwo -- Crises and conflict-induced disasters in Nigeria : the challenges of curricular development on rebuilding devastated communities for sustainability / Zanzan Akaka Uji -- The vulnerability of rural households to climate hazards in the mountainous area of Kwande local government area, Benue state, Nigeria / Bernard Tarza Tyubee and Iankaa Aguse -- A comparative analysis of annual maxima time series models along the lower limpopo river basin of Mozambique / Daniel Maposa, James J. Cochran, and Maseka Lesaoana -- The Americas : introduction / Adenrele Awotona -- Prisons and disasters in the US : understanding why prisons are unprepared to respond to and recover from disasters / Melissa A. Surette, Savilonis -- A comparative analysis of proactive disaster mitigation measures in apartment buildings in Boston and Washington DC / Seth H. Holmes -- Incorporating natural disasters into the undergraduate civil engineering curriculum : a case study of hurricane Katrina and the OSO landslide / Thomas C. Cross and James Kaklamanos -- The social implications of disaster waste management on displaced residents : the case of hurricane Katrina : a brief systematic review / Fatima M. Alfa -- An urban form response to disaster vulnerability : examining tsunami evacuations in two Chilean cities / Jorge Le�on and Alan March -- Can laws and policies foster disaster risk reduction? : the case study of Brazil, with particular focus on housing laws, policies, and programs / Karen Da Costa and Paulina Pospieszna -- Asia : introduction / Adenrele Awotona -- An effective development regulation system for a resilient built environment : a reform project for Delhi, India / Sweta Byahut -- Medical preparedness for natural disaster in India : perspectives and future measures / Hem Chandra, Ankita Pandey, Supriya Trivedi, Sarika Sharma, Nitin Bharadwaj, and Leela Masih -- Community-based responses to epidemic diseases as a potential public health disaster : the Rockefeller experience, 1915-1950 / Darwin H. Stapleton -- The disaster life cycle in Turkey : planning, policy, and regulation changes / Derin N. Ural -- Main lines of action for seismic risk reduction in developing countries : a case study of Iran / Mahmood Hosseini and Yasamin O. Izadkhah -- Pairing aid systems for disaster management : case studies of China and Japan / Xuepeng Qian, Weisheng Zhou, and Kenichi Nakagami -- Fukushima dark tourism / Yutaka Sho -- Still at risk after reconstruction : how does the mode of reconstruction cause new vulnerabilities when rebuilding a vernacular cultural heritage settlement? / Wang Yu and Hans Skotte -- The provision of participatory shelter facilities in adverse environments : a case study of Lahore, Pakistan / Fariha Tariq -- Australia : introduction / Adenrele Awotona -- Post-bushfire relocation decision-making and personal wellbeing : a case study from Victoria, Australia / Lisa Gibbs, Colin Gallagher, Karen Block, Elyse Baker, Richard Bryant, Lou Harms, Greg Ireton, Connie Kellett, Vikki Sinnott, John Richardson, Dean Lusher, David Forbes, Colin MacDougall, and Elizabeth Waters -- Separation and reunification in disasters : the importance of understanding the psycho-social consequences / John F. Richardson, Elyse Baker, Hugh Colin Gallagher, Lisa Gibbs, Karen Block, Dean Lusher, Connie Kellett, Colin MacDougall, and Marita Smith -- Disaster preparedness in older people : a case study from Australia / Victoria Cornell -- Europe and multi-continental studies, introduction / Adenrele Awotona -- University-community collaboration for climate justice education and organizing : partnerships in Canada, Brazil, and Africa / Patricia E. Perkins -- Preparing planners for prepared communities : integrating emergency management into planning education / John "Jack" Lindsay -- Resilience in urban contexts : from South America to Europe / Matias Ezequiel Barberis Rami -- Land use modeling as a new approach for future hazard-sensitive population mapping in northern Germany / Giedrius Kaveckis, Benjamin Bechtel, J�urgen Ossenbr�ugge, and Thomas Pohl -- Summary and conclusion -- Planning for a more sustainable and disaster resilient world / Adenrele Awotona.