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Disaster risk reduction and ‘built-in’ resilience: towards overarching principles for construction practice

  1. Lee Bosher1,
  2. Andrew Dainty2

Article first published online: 16 AUG 2010

DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7717.2010.01189.x

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Volume 35, Issue 1, pages 1–18, January 2011

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Bosher, L. and Dainty, A. (2011), Disaster risk reduction and ‘built-in’ resilience: towards overarching principles for construction practice. Disasters, 35: 1–18. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-7717.2010.01189.x

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  1. 1

    Lecturer, Water, Engineering and Development Centre, Loughborough University, United Kingdom

  2. 2

    Professor in Construction Sociology, Department of Civil and Building Engineering, Loughborough University, United Kingdom

*Correspondence Lee Bosher, Water, Engineering and Development Centre, Department of Civil and Building Engineering, Loughborough University, Loughborough, LE11 3TU, United Kingdom. Telephone: +44 1509 222397; e-mail: L.Bosher@Lboro.ac.uk

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