Risky cities : the physical and fiscal nature of disaster capitalism /

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"Over half the world's population lives in urban regions, and increasingly disasters are of great concern to city dwellers, policymakers, and builders. However, disaster risk is also of great interest to corporations, financiers, and investors. Risky Cities is a critical examination of glo...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Fu, Albert S. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2022]
Series:Nature, Society, and Culture Ser.
Subjects:
Cities and towns.
Urbanization.
Environmental disasters.
Risk management.
Cities
Urbanization
Risk Management
Villes.
Urbanisation.
Catastrophes écologiques.
Gestion du risque.
cities.
urbanization.
man-made disasters.
risk management.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1 Living with Disaster and Capitalism
  • 2 Sinkholes and the Risky Foundations of Cities
  • 3 The Logistical Nightmare of Trash and Urban Nature
  • 4 Fire, the Wildland-Urban Interface, and Feedback Loops
  • 5 Assessing and Managing Risk
  • Conclusion: Regenerative Urbanism
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Index
  • About the Author

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