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...