Urban Disaster Resilience and Security Addressing Risks in Societies /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Fekete, Alexander (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Fiedrich, Frank (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: The Urban Book Series,
• Subjects: Urban geography.; Natural disasters.; Environmental management.; Industrial management-Environmental aspects.; Transportation engineering.; Traffic engineering.; Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns).; Natural Hazards.; Environmental Management.; Sustainability Management.; Transportation Technology and Traffic Engineering.

This edited book investigates the interrelations of disaster impacts, resilience and security in an urban context. Urban as a term captures megacities, cities, and generally, human settlements, that are characterised by concentration of quantifiable and non-quantifiable subjects, objects and value a...