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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Gasparini, Paolo (Editor), Manfredi, Gaetano (Editor), Asprone, Domenico (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edition:1st ed. 2014.
Series:SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences,
Subjects:
Natural disasters.
Human geography.
Environment.
Sociology, Urban.
Sustainability.
Environmental sciences.
Physics.
Natural Hazards.
Human Geography.
Environmental Sciences.
Urban Sociology.
Environmental Physics.
Online Access:Texto Completo
Table of Contents:
  • Economic Resilience and Its Contribution to the Sustainability of Cities
  • Modeling Social Networks and Community Resilience in Chronic Disasters: Case Studies from volcanic areas in Ecuador and Mexico
  • Climate Change Adaptation in Urban Planning in African Cities - The CLUVA project
  • "Resilience for All" and "Collective Resilience": Are These Planning Objectives Consistent with One Another?
  • Linking Sustainability and Resilience of Future Cities
  • Natural Hazards Impacting on Future Cities
  • "Resilience and sustainability in Relation to Disasters: A Challenge for Future Cities" - Common Vision and Recommendations.

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