Climate and disaster resilience in cities

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...

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Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Shaw, Rajib, Sharma, Anshu
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2011.
Σειρά:Community, environment and disaster risk management ; v. 6.
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • ch. 1. Overview of urban development and associated risks / Anshu Sharma, Akhilesh Surjan, Rajib Shaw
  • ch. 2. Understanding urban resilience / Akhilesh Surjan, Anshu Sharma, Rajib Shaw
  • ch. 3. Mapping climate and disaster resilience in cities / Jonas Joerin, Rajib Shaw
  • ch. 4. Climate and disaster resilience mapping at national level / Jonas Joerin, Anshu Sharma, Prabodh Dhar Chakrabarti, Rajib Shaw
  • ch. 5. Climate and disaster resilience mapping in city clusters / Glenn Fernandez, Yukiko Takeuchi, Rajib Shaw
  • ch. 6. Climate and disaster resilience mapping at microlevel of cities / Gulshan Ara Parvin, Jonas Joerin, Sunil Parashar, Rajib Shaw
  • ch. 7. Linking resilience planning to Hyogo framework for action in cities / Yuki Matsuoka, Rajib Shaw
  • ch. 8. From resilience mapping to action planning / Glenn Fernandez, Yukiko Takeuchi, Rajib Shaw
  • ch. 9. From action planning to community-based adaptation / Sunil Parashar, Anshu Sharma, Rajib Shaw
  • ch. 10. Capacity development and training : blended learning program / Eiko Wataya
  • ch. 11. Building local government resilience through city-to-city cooperation / Bernadia Irawati Tjandradewi, Kristoffer Berse
  • ch. 12. Urban flood risk communication for cities / Farah Mulyasari, Rajib Shaw, Yukiko Takeuchi
  • ch. 13. Roles of civil society in climate and disaster resilience of cities and local governments / Takako Izumi, Rajib Shaw
  • ch. 14. Beyond resilience mapping / Rajib Shaw, Anshu Sharma.