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Spaces of aid : how cars, compounds and hotels shape humanitarianism /

A landmark work that - through analysing the three key symbolic sites of the grand hotel, the SUV and the compound - shows why we urgently need to think differently about humanitarian theory and practice.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smirl, Lisa (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: London, England : Zed Books, 2015.
Subjects:
Humanitarian assistance > Management.
Relief Work.
Housing > ethics.
International Cooperation.
Development studies
Aid & relief programmes
Geopolitics
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Stories from the field, stories of tĚ€he field': how aid workers experience the space of the field mission
  • 2. Exploring the humanitarian enclave
  • 3. How the built environment shapes humanitarian intervention
  • 4. Building home away from home: post-tsunami Aceh, and the single-family house
  • 5. Playing house: rebuilding the Gulf Coast after Katrina.