Cities at Risk Living with Perils in the 21st Century /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Joffe, Helene (Editor), Rossetto, Tiziana (Editor), Adams, John (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research, 33
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Natural disasters.; Geotechnical engineering.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Social sciences.; Earth Sciences.; Natural Hazards.; Earth Sciences, general.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.; Social Sciences, general.

With the major growth of the world’s population over the past century, as well as rapid urbanisation, people increasingly live in crowded cities. This trend is often accompanied by proliferation of poorly built housing, uncontrolled use of land, occupation of unsafe environments and overstretched se...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Introduction - Living with Perils in the 21st Century
• Risk Society and Representations of Risks: Earthquakes and Beyond
• Risk Compensation in Cities at Risk
• Responding to Flood Risk in the UK
• A Historical Overview of Social Representation of Earthquake Risk in Japan: Fatalism, Social Reform, Scientific Control and Collaborative Risk Management
• Facilitating Community Participation in Disaster Risk Management: Risk Perception and Preparedness Behaviours in Turkey
• North American Cities at Risk: Household Responses to Environmental Hazards
• Community Understanding of, and Preparedness for, Earthquake and Tsunami Risk in Wellington, New Zealand
• Perceptions of Climate Variability and Coping Strategies in Informal Settlements in Dhaka, Bangladesh
• Risk Perception, Public Education and Disaster Risk Management
• Index.