Resilience and Sustainability in Relation to Natural Disasters: A Challenge for Future Cities

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Gasparini, Paolo (Editor), Manfredi, Gaetano (Editor), Asprone, Domenico (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences,
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Natural disasters.; Environmental sciences.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; City planning.; Geophysics.; Sustainable development.; Earth Sciences.; Natural Hazards.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Environmental Science and Engineering.; Urbanism.; Sustainable Development.; Geophysics and Environmental Physics.

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...

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.