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Sustainable Housing Reconstruction

Designing resilient housing after natural disasters

By: Esther Charlesworth,Iftekhar Ahmed

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Sustainable Housing Reconstruction

Designing resilient housing after natural disasters

By: Esther Charlesworth,Iftekhar Ahmed

Through 12 case studies from Australia, Bangladesh, Haiti, Sri Lanka, Vietnam and the USA, this book focuses on the housing reconstruction process after an earthquake, tsunami, cyclone, flood or fire. Design of post-disaster housing is not simply replacing the destroyed house but, as these case studies highlight, a means to not only build a safer house but also a more resilient community; not to simply return to the same condition as before the disaster, but an opportunity for building back better. The book explores two main themes: Housing reconstruction is most successful when involving the users in the design and construction process Housing reconstruction is most effective when it is integrated with community infrastructure, services and the means to create real livelihoods. The case studies included in this book highlight work completed by different agencies and built environment professionals in diverse disaster-affected contexts. With a global acceleration of natural disasters, often linked to accelerating climate change, there is a critical demand for robust housing solutions for vulnerable communities. This book provides professionals, policy makers and community stakeholders working in the international development and disaster risk management sectors, with an evidence-based exploration of how to add real value through the design process in housing reconstruction. Herein then, the knowledge we need to build, an approach to improve our processes, a window to understanding the complex domain of post-disaster housing reconstruction.

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1317563891

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Humanitarian Architecture

15 stories of architects working after disaster

By: Esther Charlesworth

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Humanitarian Architecture

15 stories of architects working after disaster

By: Esther Charlesworth

Never has the demand been so urgent for architects to respond to the design and planning challenges of rebuilding post-disaster sites and cities. In 2011, more people were displaced by natural disasters (42 million) than by wars and armed conflicts. And yet the number of architects equipped to deal with rebuilding the aftermath of these floods, fires, earthquake, typhoons and tsunamis is chronically short. This book documents and analyses the expanding role for architects in designing projects for communities after the event of a natural disaster. The fifteen case studies featured in the body of the book illustrate how architects can use spatial sensibility and integrated problem-solving skills to help alleviate both human and natural disasters. The cases include: Lizzie Babister - Department of International Development, UK. Shigeru Ban - Winner of The Pritzker Architecture Prize 2014, Shigeru Ban Architects and Voluntary Architects’ Network, Japan. Eric Cesal – Disaster Reconstruction and Resiliency Studio and Architecture for Humanity, Japan. Hsieh Ying Chun – Atelier 3, Taiwan. Nathaniel Corum - Education Outreach and Architecture for Humanity, USA. Sandra D’Urzo - Shelter and Settlements and International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Switzerland. Brett Moore - World Vision International, Australia. Michael Murphy - MASS Design Group, USA. David Perkes - Gulf Coast Community Design Studio, USA. Paul Pholeros - Healthabitat, Australia. Patama Roonrakwit - Community Architects for Shelter and Environment, Thailand. Graham Saunders - International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Switzerland. Kirtee Shah - Ahmedabad Study Action Group, India. Maggie Stephenson - UN-HABITAT, Haiti. Anna Wachtmeister - Catholic Organisation for Relief and Redevelopment Aid, the Netherlands. The interviews and supporting essays show built environment professionals collaborating with post-disaster communities as facilitators, collaborators and negotiators of land, space and shelter, rather than as ‘save the world’ modernists, as often portrayed in the design media. The goal is social and physical reconstruction, as a collaborative process involving a damaged community and its local culture, environment and economy; not just shelter ‘projects’ that ‘build’ houses but leave no economic footprint or longer-term community infrastructure. What defines and unites the architects interviewed for Humanitarian Architecture is their collective belief that through a consultative process of spatial problem solving, the design profession can contribute in a significant way to the complex post-disaster challenge of rebuilding a city and its community.

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Architects Without Frontiers

By: Esther Charlesworth

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Architects Without Frontiers

By: Esther Charlesworth

From the targeted demolition of Mostar’s Stari-Most Bridge in 1993 to the physical and social havoc caused by the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami, the history of cities is often a history of destruction and reconstruction. But what political and aesthetic criteria should guide us in the rebuilding of cities devastated by war and natural calamities? The title of this timely and inspiring new book, Architects Without Frontiers, points to the potential for architects to play important roles in post-war relief and reconstruction. By working “sans frontières”, Charlesworth suggests that architects and design professionals have a significant opportunity to assist peace-making and reconstruction efforts in the period immediately after conflict or disaster, when much of the housing, hospital, educational, transport, civic and business infrastructure has been destroyed or badly damaged. Through selected case studies, Charlesworth examines the role of architects, planners, urban designers and landscape architects in three cities following conflict - Beirut, Nicosia and Mostar - three cities where the mental and physical scars of violent conflict still remain. This book expands the traditional role of the architect from 'hero' to 'peacemaker' and discusses how design educators can stretch their wings to encompass the proliferating agendas and sites of civil unrest.

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1136429018

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City Edge

By: Esther Charlesworth

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City Edge

By: Esther Charlesworth

This series of essays outlines a number of case studies from Europe, North America, Australia and Asia and provides first hand accounts of the experiences that planners, architects and politicians have had in reshaping cities. These insights provide a pragmatic assessment of the challenges and constraints posed by changing patterns of urban growth in a broad spectrum of urban environments. The reader will discover, through these multiple voices and views, the diverse forms of global cities, and will have a grasp of where the debate on urban design stands today, and where it may be going in the future.

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Divided Cities

Belfast, Beirut, Jerusalem, Mostar, and Nicosia

By: Jon Calame,Esther Charlesworth

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Divided Cities

Belfast, Beirut, Jerusalem, Mostar, and Nicosia

By: Jon Calame,Esther Charlesworth

Urban planning and conservation experts provide a thorough comparative examination of Belfast, Beirut, Jerusalem, Mostar, and Nicosia--five urban areas physically partitioned in the throes of ethnic conflict.

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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0812221958

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Dining with John

Communal Meals and Identity Formation in the Fourth Gospel and Its Historical and Cultural Context

By: Esther Kobel

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Dining with John

Communal Meals and Identity Formation in the Fourth Gospel and Its Historical and Cultural Context

By: Esther Kobel

This book provides an analysis of the role of food, drink and meals in the Fourth Gospel, in the formation of early Christian identity, and of the historical circumstances in which Johannine meal practices may have developed.

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BRILL

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9004217789

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Remembering the Holocaust

Generations, Witnessing and Place

By: Esther Jilovsky

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Remembering the Holocaust

Generations, Witnessing and Place

By: Esther Jilovsky

An intriguing analysis of how place constructs memory and how memory constructs place, Remembering the Holocaust shows how visiting sites such as Auschwitz shapes the transfer of Holocaust memory from one generation to the next. Through the discussion of a range of memoirs and novels, including Landscapes of Memory by Ruth Kluger, Too Many Men by Lily Brett, The War After by Anne Karpf and Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer, Remembering the Holocaust reveals the pivotal yet complicated role of place in each generation's writing about the Holocaust. This book provides an insightful and nuanced investigation of the effect of the Holocaust upon families, from survivors of the genocide to members of the second and even third generations of families involved. By deploying an innovative combination of generational and literary study of Holocaust survivor families focussed on place, Remembering the Holocaust makes an important contribution to the field of Holocaust Studies that will be of interest to scholars and anyone interested in Holocaust remembrance.

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1780936974

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The Gospel of Mary

Listening to the Beloved Disciple

By: Esther De Boer

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The Gospel of Mary

Listening to the Beloved Disciple

By: Esther De Boer

The success of Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code has raised new interest in Mary Magdalene and in the Gospel of Mary. Here, the author examines Mary Magdalene's influence on the beginnings of Christianity and asks what was her impact and her message? And furthermore, what became of her and her ideas? Esther de Boer studies the Gospel of Mary (the only Gospel to be named after a woman) to discover what it reveals about Mary Magdalene and to determine the origin of its portrayal. She argues that the Gospel of Mary is not a Gnostic writing but is more closely related to the writings of Philo, the letters of Paul and the Gospel of John. She demonstrates that esteem of Mary Magdalene did not just belong to the Gnostic tradition but to a broader Christian context. In order to determine this context, the study identifies the different portrayals of Mary Magdalene in the New Testament, analyses their concepts of discipleship and their views on women, and investigates their historical 'reality'. Esther de Boer concludes that the portrayal of Mary Magdalene in the Gospel of Mary is close to that in the Gospel of John, and investigates the possibility that she is concealed in the Johannine disciple loved by Jesus.

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0826480012

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Judah and Tamar (Genesis 38) in Ancient Jewish Exegesis

Studies in Literary Form and Hermeneutics

By: Esther Menn

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Judah and Tamar (Genesis 38) in Ancient Jewish Exegesis

Studies in Literary Form and Hermeneutics

By: Esther Menn

This exploration of Genesis 38 in three interpretive writings shows how new meanings emerge through encounters between the biblical text and later Jewish communities. A literary reading within the canon suggests that the story of Judah and Tamar points to the morally ambiguous origins of David's lineage. Ancient Jewish exegesis, however, challenges this understanding. The Testament of Judah interprets Genesis 38 as the story of a warrior king's tragic downfall. Targum Neofiti develops it to illustrate the concept "sanctification of the (divine) Name". and Genesis Rabbah portrays it as a series of providential events issuing in the royal and messianic lineage. Esther Marie Menn pioneers a fresh approach to the study of biblical interpretation by analyzing the relation between interpretative genre, altered plot structure, and cultural values.

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9004497765

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9789004497764

Theology for International Law

By: Esther D. Reed

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Theology for International Law

By: Esther D. Reed

Whilst Christian theology is familiar with questions about the relation of church and state, divine and human law, little attention has been devoted to questions of international law. Esther D. Reed offers a systematic engagement with contemporary issues of international law and its relevance for modern theology. Reed discusses numerous issue driven topics, including: challenges to classic just-war thinking from so-called fourth generation warfare, peoples and nationhood within divine providence, the ethics of territorial borders and the militarization of human intervention. By discussing selected biblical texts Reed helps to move the issues of international law higher up the agenda of Christian theology, ethics and moral reasoning.

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0567001393

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Design for Fragility

13 Stories of Humanitarian Architects

By: Esther Charlesworth,John Fien

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Design for Fragility

13 Stories of Humanitarian Architects

By: Esther Charlesworth,John Fien

The demand is now urgent for architects to respond to the design and planning challenges of rebuilding cities and landscapes being destroyed by civil conflict, (un)natural disasters, political instability, and poverty. The number of people fleeing their homes and being displaced by such conflict now totals almost 100 million. Despite the massive human and physical costs of these crises, the number of architects, planners, and landscape architects equipped to work with disaster and development professionals in rebuilding in the aftermath of conflict, floods, fires, earthquakes, typhoons, and tsunamis remains chronically low. Design for Fragility expands the nascent, but rapidly growing field of humanitarian architecture by exploring 13 design responses to such conflict and displacement across 11 countries, including Australia, Bangladesh, Fiji, India, Iran, Pakistan, and the USA. Linked to this displacement is the systemic poverty that often lingers from previous colonial territories and eras, in which many of the featured projects in the book are located. This book follows Charlesworth’s Humanitarian Architecture: 15 Stories of Architects Working After Disasters (Routledge 2014), which analysed the role for architects in exercising ‘spatial agency’ while designing shelter and settlement projects for communities after conflict and disaster. Since that time, the humanitarian architecture movement has expanded globally with the prominence of design agencies including the MASS Design Group and Architecture Sans Frontières (ASF) International. Design for Fragility analyses this role of spatial agency in architecture by addressing diverse conditions of fragility across 13 built projects – from refugee housing in Uganda and an orphanage for teenage girls in Iran to a residential centre in Northern Australia for people with acquired brain injury. Each of the projects profiled in this book explore: The experiences and perceptions of fragility – or precarity – that provided a design challenge and directed the particular spatial response. The specific typology of the project, whether that be a housing, health, children’s, or a First Nations project. The personal values that influenced the architects to work on humanitarian/community projects and how consultation occurred with diverse and often contested project stakeholders. The experiences of the design team as well as project managers, occupants, and donors of the built project, exploring what they deemed successful about the project, and what, if any, were its limitations. Beautifully designed with over 150 illustrations, this practical and inspiring book is for architects, landscape architects, design educators, humanitarian and development aid agencies that are involved, or seeking to be part, of future disaster mitigation and reconstruction strategies and projects, globally.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000813924

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Humanitarian Architecture

15 stories of architects working after disaster

By: Esther Charlesworth

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15 stories of architects working after disaster

By: Esther Charlesworth

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Population Ecology

First Principles

By: John H. Vandermeer,Deborah Esther Goldberg

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Population Ecology

First Principles

By: John H. Vandermeer,Deborah Esther Goldberg

Populations are more than simple collections of individuals.

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Princeton University Press

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0691114412

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Doctrine, Practice, and Advocacy in the Inter-American Human Rights System

By: James Cavallaro,Claret Vargas,Clara Sandoval Villalba,Bernard Duhaime,Caroline Bettinger-López,Stephanie Erin Brewer,Diana Esther Guzmán,Cecilia Cristina Naddeo

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Doctrine, Practice, and Advocacy in the Inter-American Human Rights System

By: James Cavallaro,Claret Vargas,Clara Sandoval Villalba,Bernard Duhaime,Caroline Bettinger-López,Stephanie Erin Brewer,Diana Esther Guzmán,Cecilia Cristina Naddeo

This book allows readers to develop a critical understanding of the inter-American human rights system, as well as the dynamics of rights abuse and state response to violations in the Americas. The inter-American human rights system consists of two bodies, the Inter-American Commission and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. The system has been and continues to be essential for the defense and protection of human rights in the Western hemisphere.

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0190900865

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Gender Responsive Investment Handbook

Addressing the Barriers to Financial Access for Women's Enterprise

By: Vanessa Erogbogbo,Esther Eghobamien,Elizabeth Pimentel

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Gender Responsive Investment Handbook

Addressing the Barriers to Financial Access for Women's Enterprise

By: Vanessa Erogbogbo,Esther Eghobamien,Elizabeth Pimentel

Gender Responsive Investment is a process of ensuring gender-equitable access to financial services and investment. This Handbook supports policy-makers to identify the policies, laws and regulations that hinder women's access to finance, and assists financial institutions to deliver inclusive, well-designed products and services for women.

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Commonwealth Secretariat

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1849291004

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Two Books of Ezekiel

Papyrus 967 and the Masoretic Text as Variant Literary Editions

By: Ingrd A. Lilly,Ingrid Esther Lilly

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Two Books of Ezekiel

Papyrus 967 and the Masoretic Text as Variant Literary Editions

By: Ingrd A. Lilly,Ingrid Esther Lilly

Employing text-critical, literary, and codicological analysis, this book shows the significance of Papyrus 967 for understanding the book of Ezekiel's textual transmission and status as a variant literary edition.

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Book's by Esther Charlesworth

Sustainable Housing Reconstruction

Sustainable Housing Reconstruction

Humanitarian Architecture

Humanitarian Architecture

Architects Without Frontiers

Architects Without Frontiers

City Edge

City Edge

Divided Cities

Divided Cities

Dining with John

Dining with John

Remembering the Holocaust

Remembering the Holocaust

The Gospel of Mary

The Gospel of Mary

Judah and Tamar (Genesis 38) in Ancient Jewish Exegesis

Judah and Tamar (Genesis 38) in Ancient Jewish Exegesis

Theology for International Law

Theology for International Law

Design for Fragility

Design for Fragility

Humanitarian Architecture

Humanitarian Architecture

Population Ecology

Population Ecology

Doctrine, Practice, and Advocacy in the Inter-American Human Rights System

Doctrine, Practice, and Advocacy in the Inter-American Human Rights System

Gender Responsive Investment Handbook

Gender Responsive Investment Handbook

Two Books of Ezekiel

Two Books of Ezekiel

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