Resilience and Sustainability in Relation to Natural Disasters: A Challenge for Future Cities

The number of megacities worldwide is rapidly increasing and  contemporary cities are also expanding fast. As a result, cities and their inhabitants are becoming  increasingly vulnerable to the effects of catastrophic natural events such as extreme weather events (recently more frequent and intense...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Gasparini, Paolo (Editor ), Manfredi, Gaetano (Editor ), Asprone, Domenico (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edición:1st ed. 2014.
Colección:SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences,
Temas:
Natural disasters.
Human geography.
Environment.
Sociology, Urban.
Sustainability.
Environmental sciences.
Physics.
Natural Hazards.
Human Geography.
Environmental Sciences.
Urban Sociology.
Environmental Physics.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
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