Building Back Better

Delivering people-centred housing reconstruction at scale

Michal Lyons and Theo Schilderman (eds)

This book asks whether large-scale reconstruction can be participatory and developmental; can rebuilding be truly people-centred, contributing to breaking the cycle of poverty and dependence? Building Back Better examines the context for reconstruction, and shows how developments in the fields of housing, participation and livelihoods have changed and enriched approaches to reconstruction.

This is the product of institutional collaboration between the IFRC, LSBU and Practical Action. A hard copy can be acquired for Practical Action Publishing.

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Building Back Better: book launch
Theo Schilderman, head of Practical Action's Access to Infrastructure programme, spoke at an ODI reading list series event, held at the Overseas Development Institute, based around this book.