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Climate and Disaster Resilience in Cities.

This is the first book to combine academic research and field practice on urban risk reduction, specifically on the climate-related disasters in Asia. Regional, national, city and community-based studies examine issues of resilience and look at how to enhance actions at local levels and implement pl...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shaw, Rajib
Otros Autores: Sharma, Anshu
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bradford : Emerald Group Pub., 2011.
Colección:Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management, 6.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Front Cover; Climate and Disaster Resilience in Cities; Copyright Page; Contents; List of contributors; List of Editors; Brief introduction to the series; Brief introduction to the volume; Preface; Chapter 1 Overview of urban development and associated risks; Chapter 2 Understanding urban resilience; Chapter 3 Mapping climate and disaster resilience in cities; Chapter 4 Climate and disaster resilience mapping at national level; Chapter 5 Climate and disaster resilience mapping in city clusters; Chapter 6 Climate and disaster resilience mapping at microlevel of cities.
  • Chapter 7 Linking resilience planning to Hyogo framework for action in citiesChapter 8 From resilience mapping to action planning; Chapter 9 From action planning to community-based adaptation; Chapter 10 Capacity development and training: Blended learning program; Chapter 11 Building Local Government Resilience through City-to-City Cooperation; Chapter 12 Urban flood risk communication for cities; Chapter 13 Roles of civil society in climate and disaster resilience of cities and local governments; Chapter 14 Beyond resilience mapping.