3.5 square meters - Maya Vinitsky

Natural disasters and their consequences dominate
the news almost on a daily basis. Quick - impact
preventive and aid measures are essential for the
victims to survive. This volume presents a
selection of projects which demonstrate
impressively how both cutt ing - edge technology
and locally available materials and resources can
be used for this purpose. Government - backed aid programmes are often too
slow to be immediate effective in natural
disasters. Hence, 3.5 Square Meters explores how
individuals and commu nities can
unbureaucratically overcome such extreme
situations using a bottom - up approach. Key
approaches this book introduces in dedicated
chapters include Sharing Knowledge, Social
Technology, Story Telling and DIY. Presented are
individual projects by N GOs and specialists such
as engineers, architects, designers, computer
scientists and social activists. Transfer of
knowledge and communication are essential, as
this publication demonstrates, and result in varied
and novel solutions.