Planning for Community Resilience A Handbook for Reducing Vulnerability to Disasters /

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Masterson, Jaimie Hicks (Συγγραφέας), Peacock, Walter Gillis (Συγγραφέας), Zandt, Shannon S. Van (Συγγραφέας), Grover, Himanshu (Συγγραφέας), Schwarz, Lori Feild (Συγγραφέας), Cooper, John T. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2014.
• Θέματα: Environment.; Urban planning.; City planning.; Environment, general.; Urbanism.

How can we plan and design stronger communities? From New Orleans to Galveston to the Jersey Shore, communities struck by natural disasters struggle to recover long after the first responders have left. Globally, the average annual number of natural disasters has more than doubled since 1980. These...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1: The New Era of Catastrophes
• 2: What Is Resilience?
• 3: Organizing and Connecting through the Disaster Phases
• 4: Assessing Hazard Exposure
• 5: Assessing Physical Vulnerability
• 6: Assessing Social Vulnerability
• 7: An Assessment of Hazard Mitigation Plans
• 8: Planner’s Toolbox
• 9: Striving for Consistency
• 10: Conclusion.