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Climate and Disaster Resilience in Cities
Rajib Shaw
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Description for Climate and Disaster Resilience in Cities
Hardback. Whilst it is impossible to make resistant urban growth, resilience is becoming more widely accepted and urban systems must be resilient enough to cope with the climate related hazards. This book highlights the issues of resilience through regional, national, city and community-based studies. Editor(s): Shaw, Rajib; Sharma, Anshu. Series Editor(s): Shaw, Rajib. Series: Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management. Num Pages: 308 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: RN; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 594.
One of the emerging reasons for the current trend of increasing impacts of disasters is the unpredictability of natural hazard events coupled with the tendency of human settlements to move to vulnerable locations including coastal areas in search of economic gains. Urban areas are most affected due to concentration of habitat and resources. Whilst it is impossible to make resistant urban growth, resilience is becoming more widely accepted and urban systems must be resilient enough to cope with the climate related hazards. This book highlights the issues of resilience through regional, national, city and community-based studies. Contributions come from academia, ... Read more
One of the emerging reasons for the current trend of increasing impacts of disasters is the unpredictability of natural hazard events coupled with the tendency of human settlements to move to vulnerable locations including coastal areas in search of economic gains. Urban areas are most affected due to concentration of habitat and resources. Whilst it is impossible to make resistant urban growth, resilience is becoming more widely accepted and urban systems must be resilient enough to cope with the climate related hazards. This book highlights the issues of resilience through regional, national, city and community-based studies. Contributions come from academia, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
Series
Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management
Number of Pages
308
Place of Publication
Bingley, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857243195
SKU
V9780857243195
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Ref
99-50
Reviews for Climate and Disaster Resilience in Cities
"Every academic library should, [in my humble opinion], have (at least) one copy of this book. Every serious academic, policy maker or activist who is interested in how societies might become clever and "tough" enough to cope with the firestorms this species seems determined to bring down on itself should read with care. That care will be rewarded". Marc Hudson, ... Read more