Cooperating with nature : confronting natural hazards with land use planning for sustainable communities /

This volume focuses on the breakdown in sustainability -- the capacity of the planet to provide quality of life now and in the future -- that is signaled by disaster. The authors bring to light why land use and sustainability have been ignored in devising public policies to deal with natural hazards...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Burby, Raymond J., 1942-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : Joseph Henry Press, ©1998.
Colección:Natural hazards and disasters.
Temas:
Natural disasters > United States > Evaluation.
Land use > United States > Management.
Community development > United States.
Sustainable development > United States.
Catastrophes naturelles > États-Unis > Évaluation.
Utilisation du sol > États-Unis > Gestion.
Développement durable > États-Unis.
Développement communautaire > États-Unis.
NATURE > Natural Disasters.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Disasters & Disaster Relief.
Community development
Land use > Management
Natural disasters > Evaluation
Sustainable development
Landnutzung
Naturkatastrophe
Katastrophenschutz
United States
USA
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Natural hazards and land use / Raymond J. Burby
  • Planning and land use adjustments in historical perspectives / Rutherford H. Platt
  • Governing land use in hazardous areas with a patchwork system / Peter J. May and Robert E. Deyle
  • Integrating hazard mitigation and local land use planning / David R. Godschalk, Edward J. Kaiser, and Philip R. Berke
  • Hazard assessment / Robert E. Deyle [and others] / Managing land use to build resilience / Robert B. Olshansky and Jack D. Kartez
  • The third sector / Robert G. Paterson
  • The vision of sustainable communities / Timothy Beatley
  • Policies for sustainable land use / Raymond J. Burby with contributions from the Team of Co-Authors.

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