Climate and disaster resilience in cities

• Other Authors: Shaw, Rajib, Sharma, Anshu
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2011.
• Series: Community, environment and disaster risk management ; v. 6.
• Subjects: Nature > Environmental Conservation & Protection.; Nature > Natural Disasters.; The environment.; Environmentalist thought & ideology.; Emergency management.; Natural disasters.; City planning.

One of the emerging reasons for the current trend of increasing impacts of disasters is the unpredictability of natural hazard events coupled with the tendency of human settlements to move to vulnerable locations including coastal areas in search of economic gains. Urban areas are most affected due...