Urban Resilience for Risk and Adaptation Governance Theory and Practice /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Brunetta, Grazia (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Caldarice, Ombretta (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Tollin, Nicola (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Rosas-Casals, Marti (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Morató, Jordi (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Resilient Cities, Re-thinking Urban Transformation,
• Subjects: Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Industrial management-Environmental aspects.; Environmental management.; Climate change.; Environmental policy.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Sustainability Management.; Environmental Management.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.; Environmental Politics.

This book brings together a series of theory and practice essays on risk management and adaptation in urban contexts within a resilient and multidimensional perspective. The book proposes a transversal approach with regard to the role of spatial planning in promoting and fostering risk management as...

Table of Contents:

• Concepts and definitions of risk and adaptation
• Disaster risk prevention and reduction
• Disaster recovery strategies and solutions
• Community based initiatives for urban risk management and adaptation
• Innovative methodological and technical solutions for risk management and adaptation
• Institutional frameworks and multi-level governance
• The integration of risk management in spatial planning. .