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Housing reconstruction in post-earthquake Gujarat:a comparative analysis (pdf 620kb)

This paper explores local perceptions of housing reconstruction in the aftermath of the earthquake that hit Gujarat in India on 26 January 2001.

Through comparative analysis, it explores five different approaches: the owner-driven approach; the subsidiary housing approach; the participatory housing approach; the contractor-driven approach in situ; and the contractor-driven approach ex nihilo.

While this paper covers Gujarat specifically, its findings will be relevant for agencies engaged in post-disaster housing reconstruction in other contexts, for instance in areas hit by the Indian Ocean tsunami and in post-earthquake Kashmir.

 

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