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Catastrophe and Systemic Change: Learning from the Grenfell Tower Fire and Other Disasters

Gill Kernick

Author : Gill Kernick
Publisher : Do Sustainability
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-27
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781913019303

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Catastrophe and Systemic Change: Learning from the Grenfell Tower Fire and Other Disasters by Gill Kernick Pdf

The Grenfell Tower tragedy was the worst residential fire in London since World War II. It killed seventy-two people in the richest borough of one of the wealthiest countries in the world. Like other catastrophic events before it and since, it has the power to bring about lasting change. But will it? The historical evidence is weighed against ‘lessons being learned’ in a meaningful or enduring way. In an attempt to understand why, despite enormous efforts, we persistently fail to learn from catastrophic events, this book uses the details of the Grenfell fire as a case study to consider why we don’t learn and what it would take to enable real systemic change. The book explores the myths, the key challenges and the conditions that inhibit learning, and it identifies opportunities to positively disrupt the status quo. It offers an accessible model for systemic change, not as a definitive solution but rather as a framework to evoke reflection, enquiry and proper debate. Catastrophe and Systemic Change is a must-read book for a wide range of readers including those interested in change management, leadership, policy-making, law, housing, construction and public safety.

After Grenfell

Dan Bulley,Jenny Edkins,Nadine El-Enany

Author : Dan Bulley,Jenny Edkins,Nadine El-Enany
Publisher : Pluto Press (UK)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0745339581

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After Grenfell by Dan Bulley,Jenny Edkins,Nadine El-Enany Pdf

On the 14th June 2017, a fire engulfed a tower block in West London, seventy-two people lost their lives and hundreds of others were left displaced and traumatised. The Grenfell Tower fire is the epicentre of a long history of violence enacted by government and corporations. On its second anniversary activists, artists and academics come together to respond, remember and recover the disaster.The Grenfell Tower fire illustrates Britain's symbolic order; the continued logic of colonialism, the disposability of working class lives, the marketisation of social provision and global austerity politics, and the negligence and malfeasance of multinational contractors. Exploring these topics and more, the contributors construct critical analysis from legal, cultural, media, community and government responses to the fire, asking whether, without remedy for multifaceted power and violence, we will ever really be 'after' Grenfell?With poetry by Ben Okri and Tony Walsh, and photographs by Parveen Ali, Sam Boal and Yolanthe Fawehinmi.With contributions from Phil Scraton, Daniel Renwick, Nadine El-Enany, Sarah Keenan, Gracie Mae Bradley and The Radical Housing Network.

Grenfell Tower

John Preston

Author : John Preston
Publisher : Springer
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319968513

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The Grenfell Tower fire of June 2017 is one of the most tragic political events in British history. This book argues that preparedness for disasters has always been designed in the interests of the State and Capital rather than citizens. This was exemplified by the ‘stay put’ strategy at Grenfell Tower which has historically been used to socially control racialised working class groups in a disaster. ‘Stay put’, where fire safety is compromised along with strategic ambiguity, probabilistically eliminates these groups. Grenfell Tower is a purposive part of ‘Disaster Capitalism’, an asocial racial and class eliminationism, where populations have become unvalorisable and disposable. We have reached a point where even the ruling class are fleeing from the disasters and chaos they have inflicted on the world, retreating to their billionaire bunkers. This timely book will be of interest to sociologists, social theorists and activists in understanding the racialised, classed and capitalist nature of contemporary disasters.

Lessons from Grenfell Tower

Jennifer Charlson,Nenpin Dimka

Author : Jennifer Charlson,Nenpin Dimka
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 107 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2023-08-25
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781000933789

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Lessons from Grenfell Tower by Jennifer Charlson,Nenpin Dimka Pdf

As a consequence of the Grenfell Tower fire, a building safety revolution is underway for construction and property professionals. This book analyses prior significant building fires and explains the new building safety regime including the Building Safety Act 2022 and the Building Safety Regulator. The aim is to provide an explanation of the Building Safety Regime. To that end, coverage includes: The Grenfell Tower fire: the Hackitt Review and Public Inquiry Remediation of existing buildings Legal Framework: the Fire Safety Act 2021 and Building Safety Act 2022 Building Regulations: Part B Revisions and the Combustible Material Ban The Building Safety Regulator Guidance and Consultations Change has arrived for construction and property professionals in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire. This book is for readers who have responsibilities in the Built Environment or Real Estate to take the first steps towards implementation and compliance with the new regime.

Grenfell and Construction Industry Reform

Steve Phillips,Jim Martin

Author : Steve Phillips,Jim Martin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781000437232

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Grenfell and Construction Industry Reform by Steve Phillips,Jim Martin Pdf

This book sets out the urgent changes to practices and behaviours required to build a new building safety regime in the UK and prevent a similar tragedy to the fire at Grenfell Tower from reoccurring. The inquiry into the fire and the independent Hackitt Review revealed deep-rooted and unpalatable truths about the current state of the UK construction industry. Dame Judith Hackitt was scathing in her assessment of the construction industry denouncing it as "an industry that has not reflected and learned for itself, nor looked to other sectors" and defining the key issues as ignorance, indifference, lack of clarity on roles and responsibilities and inadequate regulatory oversight and enforcement tools. Invaluable for all construction professionals who wish to take greater responsibility for the safety of residents in their buildings, this book explains why these major safety reforms are required, how they are to be achieved and the progress towards them to date.

Together

H. R. H. The Duchess of Sus The Hubb Community Kitchen

Author : H. R. H. The Duchess of Sus The Hubb Community Kitchen
Publisher : Ebury Australia
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 014379597X

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Togethercelebrates the power of cooking to connect us to one another.In the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire, a group of local women gathered together to cook fresh food for their families and neighbours.Over the chatter and aromas of the kitchen they discovered the power of cooking and eating together to create connections, restore hope and normality, and provide a sense of home. This was the start of the Hubb Community Kitchen.Togetheris a storybook of this West London community, showcasing over 50 delicious recipes from the women of the Hubb Community Kitchen and including a foreword by HRH The Duchess of Sussex.The women invite you to make their favourite simple dishes - many handed down over generations - from the Middle East, North Africa, Europe and Eastern Mediterranean for you and your loved ones.Every dish tells a story of history, culture and family, and each has been developed to use few ingredients and easy methods so that anyone can cook these personal recipes.Togetherfeatures mouthwatering recipes including Green Chilli and Avocado Dip, Coconut Chicken Curry, Aubergine Masala, Persian Chicken with Barberry Rice, Caramelised Plum Upside-Down Cake, Spiced Mint Tea and lots more.This stunning charity cookbook is a homage to life, friendship and togetherness.

Fire Toxicity

A A Stec,T R Hull

Author : A A Stec,T R Hull
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 728 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2010-03-12
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781845698072

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Toxic fire effluents are responsible for the majority of fire deaths, and an increasing large majority of fire injuries, driven by the widespread and increasing use of synthetic polymers. Fire safety has focused on preventing ignition and reducing flame spread through reducing the rate of heat release, while neglecting the important issue of fire toxicity. This is the first reference work on fire toxicity and the only scientific publication on the subject in the last 15 years. Assessment of toxic effects of fires is increasingly being recognised as a key factor in the assessment of fire hazards. This book raises important issues including the types of toxic effluents that different fires produce, their physiological effects, methods for generation and assessment of fire toxicity, current and proposed regulations and approaches to modelling the toxic impact of fires. The contributors to Fire toxicity represent an international team of the leading experts in each aspect of this challenging and important field. This book provides an important reference work for professionals in the fire community, including fire fighters, fire investigators, regulators, fire safety engineers, and formulators of fire-safe materials. It will also prove invaluable to researchers in academia and industry. Investigates the controversial subject of toxic effluents as the cause of the majority of fire deaths and injuries Describes the different types of toxic effluents and the specific fires that they produce, their physiological effects and methods for generation Provides an overview of national and international fire safety regulations including current and proposed regulations such as a standardized framework for prediction of fire gas toxicity

24 Stories

Irvine Welsh,A.L. Kennedy,Meera Syal,John Niven,Pauline Melville,Daisy Buchanan,Christopher Brookmyre,Zoe Venditozzi,Nina Stibbe,Mike Gayle,Murray Lachlan Young,Barney Farmer

Author : Irvine Welsh,A.L. Kennedy,Meera Syal,John Niven,Pauline Melville,Daisy Buchanan,Christopher Brookmyre,Zoe Venditozzi,Nina Stibbe,Mike Gayle,Murray Lachlan Young,Barney Farmer
Publisher : Random House
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781783525881

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24 Stories by Irvine Welsh,A.L. Kennedy,Meera Syal,John Niven,Pauline Melville,Daisy Buchanan,Christopher Brookmyre,Zoe Venditozzi,Nina Stibbe,Mike Gayle,Murray Lachlan Young,Barney Farmer Pdf

In the early hours of 14 June 2017, a fire engulfed the 24-storey Grenfell Tower in west London, killing at least 72 people and injuring many more. An entire community was destroyed. For many people affected by this tragedy, the psychological scars may never heal. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is a condition that affects many people who have endured traumatic events, leaving them unable to move on from life-changing tragedies. In the immediate aftermath of the fire, the focus was rightly placed on providing food, shelter and health care for those left homeless – but it is important that we don’t lose sight of the psychological impact this fire will have had on its survivors. 24 Stories is an anthology of short stories, written on themes of community and hope, by a mix of the UK’s best established writers and previously unpublished authors, whose pieces were chosen by Kathy Burke from over 250 entries. Contributors include: Irvine Welsh, A. L. Kennedy, Meera Syal, John Niven, Pauline Melville, Daisy Buchanan, Christopher Brookmyre, Zoe Venditozzi, Nina Stibbe, Mike Gayle, Murray Lachlan Young, Barney Farmer.

Sustainable Retrofits

Asterios Agkathidis,Rosa Urbano Gutiérrez

Author : Asterios Agkathidis,Rosa Urbano Gutiérrez
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2018-06-13
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781134985623

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Sustainable Retrofits by Asterios Agkathidis,Rosa Urbano Gutiérrez Pdf

Presenting the state-of-the-art in sustainable retrofits in post war residential towers, this book captures and re-informs the current intense refurbishing process that is taking place in Britain, which is part of a global phenomenon happening all over the world, as cities upgrade their building stock in an attempt to comply with governmental emission reduction targets. The authors present inspections of 20 sustainably retrofitted social housing towers, analysing their aesthetic and technical modifications, as well as the shifts occurring in their social structure. The authors use over 200 full colour plans, elevations, photographs, maps and illustrations to beautifully support the statistical and analytical information collected. Finally they include interviews with some of the architects who designed the retrofits, residents and key stakeholders to inform the conclusions.

Democracy and Event

Elaine Stavro

Author : Elaine Stavro
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2023-11-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000994452

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Catastrophes unsettle our safe places within the world. As such, they provide an interesting site to analyze the intersection of our affective and political lives. Bringing radical democratic thinking, affect theory, psychoanalysis, and discursive analysis to bear on contemporary catastrophic events, Democracy and Event presents a fresh perspective on the study of affect and its impact on democratic sensibilities and practices. Situated in different countries with differing institutional histories and cultures – the Grenfell Tower fire in London, England (2017); the SARS epidemic in Toronto, Canada (2003); the Parkland shooting in Florida (2018); the early days of the COVID-19 crisis and the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, USA (2020) – Elaine Stavro interprets the rhetoric, discourse, and affective communication of politicians and passionate protestors. She examines their linkages to well-established organizations informed by democratic ideals, as well as the context in which they arise, which have a bearing on their ability to challenge neoliberal and authoritarian practices. Inspired by the urgent need to bring theory back to politics and politics back to theory, Elaine Stavro demonstrates how theory might inform our attitudes to contemporary events while recognizing that political action and events cannot be captured in their complexity by theory. Her skillful engagement with various theoretical approaches, read through the lens of catastrophic events, will speak to a wide-ranging scholarly readership in numerous academic fields.

Adsensory Urban Ecology (Volume One)

Pamela Odih

Author : Pamela Odih
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2019-03-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781527531239

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Adsensory Urban Ecology (Volume One) by Pamela Odih Pdf

Adsensory sign technology, which depicts the human body as both object and subject of inscriptive advertising technologies, is integral to a western capitalist insurantial financialisation of health and wellbeing. Developing further the theme of adsensory technologies of the sign, in conjunction with Daniel Bell’s theory of the codification of knowledge as an axial feature of the structuring of post-industrial society, this book explores gentrification in heterotopic post-industrial urban spaces. It brings together case studies from London’s Grenfell Tower, exploring perilous façadism refurbishment and London’s Garden Bridge project and speculative capital regeneration. These studies illustrate, empirically, the extent to which advertising adsensory technologies have become integral to the gentrification of post-industrial urban spaces. Several of the case studies engage critically with the empirical observation that, in the post-industrial urban ecology of inner-city regeneration, adsensory technologies extend avariciously into the infrastructure of neoliberal, managerialist gentrification. In addition, the book explores the forms of capital accumulation which are emerging from the integration of adsensory technology into the gentrification of post-industrial urban spaces, and examines a new form of capital accumulation in inner-city gentrification, predicated on the (de)generative integrity of adsensory financialisation.

24 Panels

Alan Moore,Al Ewing,Sara Kenney,Alex De Campi,Laurie Penny,Paul Cornell,Dilraj Mann,Leigh Alexander,Dan Watters,Ram V

Author : Alan Moore,Al Ewing,Sara Kenney,Alex De Campi,Laurie Penny,Paul Cornell,Dilraj Mann,Leigh Alexander,Dan Watters,Ram V
Publisher : Image Comics
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2018-11-21
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781534312869

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24 Panels by Alan Moore,Al Ewing,Sara Kenney,Alex De Campi,Laurie Penny,Paul Cornell,Dilraj Mann,Leigh Alexander,Dan Watters,Ram V Pdf

In June 2017, the Grenfell fire killed 72 people in a 24-story tower block in West London. 24 PANELS is an anthology comic to support the PTSD needs of the survivors. Curated by KIERON GILLEN (THE WICKED + THE DIVINE), it features 24 stories, each no longer than 24 panels. Half drawn from professional creators who volunteered their time and half drawn from open submissions, 24 PANELS is about community, hope, and (most of all) raising as much money as possible.

Value Engineering: Scenes from the Grenfell Inquiry

Richard Norton-Taylor

Author : Richard Norton-Taylor
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-27
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781350268272

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Value Engineering: Scenes from the Grenfell Inquiry by Richard Norton-Taylor Pdf

Value Engineering: Scenes from the Grenfell Inquiry is a verbatim reconstruction of the Grenfell Tower Public Inquiry. Using only the words spoken at the Inquiry, the play deals predominantly with Part 2 which ran between January 2020 - July 2021 in which evidence was heard from those responsible for the disastrous refurbishment of Grenfell Tower before the tragic fire. Edited by Richard Norton-Taylor and directed by Nicholas Kent, the team behind previous testimonial plays The Colour of Justice: The Stephen Lawrence Inquiry and Bloody Sunday: Scenes from the Saville Inquiry, this edited verbatim account of the Grenfell Inquiry is aimed at giving the public an overview and access to some of the most important evidence. The play shows how companies involved in the refurbishment of the Tower conspired to cover up what they knew about the dangerous and life-threatening materials used to refurbish the Tower. It also reveals the incompetence and neglect of local authorities. Staged in Notting Hill Tabernacle in October 2021, this features the full text of the play alongside additional information on the context of Grenfell and the ongoing inquiry.

Residential Construction Law

Philip Britton,Matthew Bell,Deirdre Ní Fhloinn,Kim Vernau

Author : Philip Britton,Matthew Bell,Deirdre Ní Fhloinn,Kim Vernau
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2021-07-15
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781509939251

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Residential Construction Law by Philip Britton,Matthew Bell,Deirdre Ní Fhloinn,Kim Vernau Pdf

This is the first book to offer a systematic and analytical overview of the legal framework for residential construction. In doing so, the book addresses two fundamental questions: Prevention: What assurances can the law give buyers (and later owners and occupiers) of homes that construction work – from building of a complete home to adding an extension or replacing a shower unit – will comply with minimum standards of design, safety and build quality? Cure: What forms of redress - from whom, and by what route - can residents expect, when, often long after completion of construction, they discover defects? The resulting problems pose some big and difficult questions of principle and policy about standards, rights and remedies, which in turn concern justice more generally. This book addresses these key issues in a comparative context across the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. It is an accessible guide to the existing law for residents and construction professionals (and their legal advisers), but also charts a course to further, meaningful reforms of the legal landscape for residential construction around the world. The book's two co-authors, Philip Britton and Matthew Bell, have taught in the field in the UK, Australia and New Zealand; both have been active in legal practice, as have the book's two specialist contributors, Deirdre Ní Fhloinn and Kim Vernau.

Bearing Witness

Karen O'Donnell,Katie Cross

Author : Karen O'Donnell,Katie Cross
Publisher : SCM Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2022-08-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780334061175

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Bearing Witness by Karen O'Donnell,Katie Cross Pdf

Much like theology itself, the experience of trauma has the potential to reach into almost any aspect of life, refusing to fit within the tramlines. A follow up to the 2020 volume "Feminist Trauma Theologies", "Bearing Witness" explores further into global, intersectional, and as yet relatively unexplored perspectives. With a particular focus on poverty, gender and sexualities, race and ethnicity, and health in dialogue with trauma theology the book seeks to demonstrate both the far reaching and intersectional nature of trauma, encouraging creative and ground-breaking theological reflections on trauma and constructions of theology in the light of the trauma experience. A unique set of insights into the real-life experience of trauma, the book includes chapters authored by a diverse group of academic theologians, practitioners and activists. The result is a theology which extend far into the public square

Grenfell Tower

Catastrophe and Systemic Change: Learning from the Grenfell Tower Fire and Other Disasters by Gill Kernick Pdf

After Grenfell by Dan Bulley,Jenny Edkins,Nadine El-Enany Pdf

Grenfell Tower by John Preston Pdf

Lessons from Grenfell Tower by Jennifer Charlson,Nenpin Dimka Pdf

Grenfell and Construction Industry Reform by Steve Phillips,Jim Martin Pdf

Together by H. R. H. The Duchess of Sus The Hubb Community Kitchen Pdf

Fire Toxicity by A A Stec,T R Hull Pdf

24 Stories by Irvine Welsh,A.L. Kennedy,Meera Syal,John Niven,Pauline Melville,Daisy Buchanan,Christopher Brookmyre,Zoe Venditozzi,Nina Stibbe,Mike Gayle,Murray Lachlan Young,Barney Farmer Pdf

Sustainable Retrofits by Asterios Agkathidis,Rosa Urbano Gutiérrez Pdf

Democracy and Event by Elaine Stavro Pdf

Adsensory Urban Ecology (Volume One) by Pamela Odih Pdf

24 Panels by Alan Moore,Al Ewing,Sara Kenney,Alex De Campi,Laurie Penny,Paul Cornell,Dilraj Mann,Leigh Alexander,Dan Watters,Ram V Pdf

Value Engineering: Scenes from the Grenfell Inquiry by Richard Norton-Taylor Pdf

Residential Construction Law by Philip Britton,Matthew Bell,Deirdre Ní Fhloinn,Kim Vernau Pdf

Bearing Witness by Karen O'Donnell,Katie Cross Pdf

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