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Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Rethinking Humanitarian Intervention -- Commodification, Compartmentalization, and Militarization of Peacebuilding -- Humanitarian Actors and the Politics of Preventive Action -- Praxis versus Policy -- Defining a Role for Civil Society -- Peacebuilding on the Ground -- Women and Gender Equality in Peacebuilding -- West Africa's Tragic Twins -- Peacebuilding in the Horn of Africa -- Peacebuilding in Southeast Asia -- Participatory Peacebuilding -- Sustainable Peace -- Prospects for the Emergence of a Global Small Arms Regime -- Cultures of Violence -- From a Culture of Violence to a Culture of Peace -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

International actors, including key states like the US and organizations such as the UN, EU, African Union, and World Bank, and a range of NGOs, have long been confronted with the question of how to achieve an emancipatory form of peace. This book argues that the localized formation of peace has not been examined closely enough. Yet it provides important 'navigation points for policymakers' and the crucial and, so far, often-missing legitimacy for wider peacebuilding and statebuilding efforts

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Rehabilitation of K. G. Road Complex at New Delhi, India -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Geometric Studies -- 2.1 Physical Measurements -- 2.2 Visual Assessment of Damages -- 2.3 Endoscopic Studies -- 3 Structural Testing -- 3.1 Non-destructive Test (NDT)-Rebound Hammer Test (RHT) -- 3.2 Laboratory Tests -- 3.3 Test of Reinforcement -- 3.4 Test of Bricks -- 4 Recommendations for Structural Retrofitting -- 4.1 Structural Strengthening with Micro Concrete Jacketing -- 5 Conclusion -- Characterization of Ancient Mixed Masonry Structures of Brickwork Infilled by Cobblestone Wall -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 2.1 Characterization of Materials in the Laboratory -- 2.2 In Situ Experimental Campaign -- 3 Results -- 3.1 Results of the Characterization of Materials in the Laboratory -- 3.2 Results of the in Situ Experimental Campaign -- 4 Discussion of Results -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Rehabilitation of Historic Chancery Building, Yangon, Myanmar -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Building Profile -- 3 Geometric Studies -- 3.1 Physical Measurements -- 3.2 Visual Assessment of Damages -- 3.3 Structural Damages in Building -- 3.4 Damages in Exteriors of Building -- 4 Structural Testing -- 4.1 Non-destructive Test-Rebound Hammer Test -- 5 Dampness and Seepages -- 6 Termites in Building -- 7 Roofing System and Terrace Floor Damages -- 8 Recommendations for Rehabilitation -- 8.1 Structural Retrofitting -- 8.2 Dampness and Seepages -- 8.3 Termites -- 8.4 New Roofing System -- 8.5 External Repairs -- 8.6 Other Damages -- 9 Conclusion -- References -- Rehabilitation Operations in Residential Buildings in La Mina Neighborhood (S. Adrià del Besòs, Barcelona) -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Restructuring Accesses to the Dwellings -- 3 Comprehensive Rehabilitation of a Residential Module of 40 Dwellings in La Mina Nueva.

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