Urban disasters and resilience in Asia /

Urban Disasters and Resilience in Asia presents the latest information on the intensity and frequency of disasters. Specifically, the fact that, in urban areas, more than 50% of the world's population is living on just 2% of the land surface, with most of these cities located in Asia and develo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Shaw, Rajib (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Elsevier, [2016]
Temas:
Disasters > Asia.
Emergency management > Asia.
Cities and towns > Growth.
Catastrophes > Asie.
Villes > Croissance.
urban sprawl.
suburban growth.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Cities and towns > Growth
Disasters
Emergency management
DISMA
Katastrophenmanagement
Umweltbezogenes Management
Asia
Asien
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover; Urban Disasters and Resilience in Asia; Copyright; Contents; List of Contributors; About the Editors; Preface; About the Book; 1
  • Urban Disasters and Approaches to Resilience; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Resilience in a Global Context; 1.3 Impact of Disasters and Extent of Resilience; 1.4 Why Inclusive Urban Resilience?; 1.5 Approaches to Urban Resilience; 1.5.1 Legislation and Urban Risk Reduction; 1.5.2 Bylaws and Reinforcement; 1.5.3 Preparedness, Early Warning Systems, and Emergency Response Systems; 1.5.4 Urban Floodproofing; 1.5.5 Earthquake Risk Reduction.
  • 1.5.6 Urban Disaster Management Plans1.5.7 Recovery Planning; 1.5.8 Cities' Resilience and Climate Change; 1.6 Why Make a City Resilient?; 1.7 About the Book; 1.8 Structure of the Book; References; 2
  • Urban Risk, City Government, and Resilience; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Role of City Government in Enhancing Resilience Through Risk Reduction; 2.3 Urban Risks of Bangladesh; 2.4 Role of City Government in Enhancing Dhaka's Resilience; 2.4.1 Disaster Management by the Dhaka City Corporation (DCC); 2.4.2 Flood Risk Reduction Activities by DCC; 2.4.3 DCC Role in Earthquake Contingency Plan.
  • 2.5 ConclusionAcknowledgments; References; 3
  • Cities, Vulnerability, and Climate Change; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Urban Linkages; 3.3 Impact of Urban Disasters; 3.4 Cities' Vulnerabilities and the Underlying Risk Factors; 3.4.1 Cities and Substandard Housing; 3.4.2 Cities and Flood Vulnerability; 3.4.3 Urbanization and Growing Vulnerability; 3.5 Cities and Climate Change; 3.6 Why Should Cities Become More Resilient?; 3.7 Approaches to Urban Resilience; 3.8 Conclusions; References; 4
  • Resilient Homes Make Cities Resilient; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Nonengineered Construction in Developing Countries.
  • 4.2.1 Research Objectives4.2.2 Selected Sites; 4.2.3 Typical Nonengineered Building Construction; 4.2.3.1 Egypt; 4.2.3.2 India; 4.2.3.3 Indonesia; 4.2.3.4 Nepal; 4.2.3.5 Pakistan; 4.2.3.6 Peru; 4.2.3.7 Turkey; 4.2.4 Building Regulations and Codes; 4.2.5 Project and Project Site Facts; 4.2.6 General Building Information; 4.2.7 Technical Characteristics; 4.2.8 Masonry Materials; 4.2.9 Concrete Materials; 4.2.10 Contractors/Builders; 4.2.11 General Issues; 4.2.12 Limitations; 4.3 Efforts to Secure Home Safety in Indonesia; 4.3.1 Housing and Building Laws and Standards.
  • 4.3.2 Efforts to Improve Housing Safety4.4 Efforts to Secure Home Safety in Japan; 4.4.1 Building Standard Law; 4.4.2 Policies and Strategies to Improve Building Safety; 4.4.2.1 Act for Promotion of Retrofitting; 4.4.2.2 Housing Quality Assurance Act; 4.4.2.3 Amendment of BSL; 4.4.2.4 Financial Assistance for Those Who Retrofit Their Buildings and Homes; 4.4.2.5 Development of Technologies to Promote Retrofitting; 4.4.2.6 Effectiveness and a Way Forward; 4.5 Conclusion; References; 5
  • Urban Regulation and Enforcement: A Challenge; 5.1 Introduction.

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