The Interplay between Urban Development, Vulnerability, and Risk Management A Case Study of the Istanbul Metropolitan Area /

• Main Author: Gencer, Ebru A. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Environment, Security, Development and Peace, 7
• Subjects: Environment.; Natural disasters.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Environmental law.; Environmental policy.; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.; Natural Hazards.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.

Natural disasters are increasingly affecting the world, taking lives unexpectedly and leaving many others injured and homeless. Moreover, disasters disrupt local, national and even global economies, instantly changing the direction of development. In the first half of 2011 alone, 108 natural disaste...