Making Cities Resilient

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Sharma, Vishwa Raj (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Chandrakanta (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: The Urban Book Series,
• Subjects: Urban geography.; Sustainable development.; Climate change.; Emigration and immigration.; Urban economics.; Human geography.; Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns).; Sustainable Development.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.; Migration.; Urban Economics.; Human Geography.

As the world has transformed, so have cities. Today, cities are home to 54 percent of the world's population, and by the middle of this century that figure will likely rise to 66 percent. According to the United Nations (UN) Habitat I (1972), Habitat II (1996) and Habitat III (2016) summits, ci...