This book provides a detailed and comparative assessment of the humanitarian responses to major disasters in Asia over the past two decades.

List of contributors; Preface; 1. Cycles of destruction and reconstruction: responding to disasters in the Asia-Pacific region Patrick Daly; 2. The challenges of disaster risk reduction in rapidly expanding urban environments: Baguio City, Philippines since the 1990 Luzon earthquake Dina Delias and Patrick Daly; 3. Continuity, adaptation and change following the 1993 earthquake in Marathwada, India Rohit Jigyasu and Nishant Upadhyay; 4. Reflections on the Hanshin earthquake of 1995 and the reconstruction of Kobe, Japan David W. Edgington; 5. Post-disaster housing reconstruction lessons from the 1999 Marmara earthquake, Turkey N. Emel Ganapati; 6. Positioning stakeholders within owner driven post-disaster reconstruction approaches: Gujarat, India following the 2001 earthquake Venkatachalam Thiruppugazh; 7. Blue prints for change and the re-imaging of life in post-tsunami Aceh, Indonesia Patrick Daly, R. Michael Feener, Marjaana Jauhola and Craig Thorburn; 8. The reconfiguration of political, economic, and cultural landscapes in post-tsunami Thailand Carl Grundy-Warr and Jonathan Rigg; 9. The right to adequate housing in post-disaster situations: the case of relocated communities in Tamil Nadu, India Jennifer E. Duyne Barenstein; 10. Beyond the 2006 Yogyakarta earthquake: from sectors to clusters in the international humanitarian system Graeme Macrae and David Hodgkin; 11. Decentralizing a 'top down' post-disaster reconstruction: China's response to the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake Yan Chang-Richards, Suzanne Wilkinson, Erica Seville and Regan Potangaroa; 12. Humanitarian assistance following the 2011 floods in Thailand and Cambodia: the importance of formal invitations and informal relationships Rebecca Barber; 13. The insurance industry and integrated project management frameworks in post-disaster reconstruction: recovery after the 2010 and 2011 Christchurch earthquakes Yan Chang-Richards and Suzanne Wilkinson; 14. Devastating consequences, flawed responses: assessing Japan's 3.11 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear tragedies Jeff Kingston; 15. Post-disaster reconstruction in Asia: new actors and approaches R. Michael Feener and Patrick Daly; Index.