Urban risk reduction : an Asian perspective /

As cities all over the world have urbanized rapidly after the industrial revolution, most cities have confronted environmental problems such as poor air and water quality, high levels of traffic congestion and ambient noise, poor-quality build environment, derelict land, greenhouse gas emissions, ur...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Shaw, Rajib, Srinivas, Hari, Sharma, Anshu
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bingley, UK : Emerald Group Pub., 2009.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Community, environment and disaster risk management ; v. 1.
Temas:
Risk management > Asia.
Emergency management > Asia.
Urban health > Asia.
Urban ecology (Sociology) > Asia.
Gestion du risque > Asie.
Santé urbaine > Asie.
Écologie urbaine > Asie.
Pollution & threats to the environment.
Urban communities.
Nature > Environmental Conservation & Protection.
Business & Economics > Environmental Economics.
Gestion d'entreprises.
Emergency management
Risk management
Urban ecology (Sociology)
Urban health
Stadt
Umweltbelastung
Zivilschutz
Asia
Asien
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface / Rajib Shaw, Hari Srinivas, Anshu Sharma
  • Introduction to urban risk reduction / Hari Srinivas, Rajib Shaw, Anshu Sharma
  • Urban disaster risk analysis, action planning and implementation management / Phong Tran, Fumio Kaneko, Rajib Shaw, Lorna P. Victoria, Hidetomi Oi
  • Environmental risk reduction in urban areas / Hari Srinivas
  • Information, education, and communication for urban risk reduction / Rajib Shaw, Manu Gupta
  • Hyogo framework for action and urban risk reduction in Asia / Yuki Matsuoka, Anshu Sharma, Rajib Shaw
  • Future perspective of urban risk reduction / Hari Srinivas, Rajib Shaw, Anshu Sharma
  • Earthquake risk management, local governance, and community participation in Manila / Tomoko Shaw
  • Urban disaster risk management in Kathmandu / Jishnu Subedi
  • Reducing urban risk through community-based approaches in Shimla / Anshu Sharma
  • Town watching as a useful tool in urban risk reduction in Saijo / Yuki Yoshida, Yukiko Takeuchi, Rajib Shaw
  • Urban flood risk management in Hanoi / Hoang Hung, Masami Kobayashi, Rajib Shaw
  • Post-disaster reconstruction in urban areas in Aceh / Chiho Ochiai, Rajib Shaw
  • Eco-community and environmental learning in Nishinomiya / Miki Yoshizumi
  • Conceptualizing urban eco-village in Kampong Bahru / Rajib Shaw, Siti Omar, Miki Yoshizumi, Noriati Mat So
  • Participatory urban environmental management and social capital in Danang / Nozomi Hishida, Rajib Shaw
  • Environmental risks in Dhaka: present initiatives and the future improvements / MD. Golam Rabbani
  • Community-based urban risk reduction: case of Mumbai / Akhilesh Surjan, Seema Redkar, Rajib Shaw
  • Recovery from typhoon damages in Toyooka / Hari Srinivas, Rajib Shaw, Yuko Nakagawa.

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