Building safer cities : the future of disaster risk /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Kreimer, Alcira, Arnold, Margaret, 1965-, Carlin, Anne
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, c2003.
Series:Disaster risk management series ; no. 3
Subjects:
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245 0 0 |a Building safer cities :  |b the future of disaster risk /  |c edited by Alcira Kreimer, Margaret Arnold, Anne Carlin. 
260 |a Washington, D.C. :  |b World Bank,  |c c2003. 
300 |a xxi, 299 pages :  |b illustrations, maps ;  |c 28 cm. 
490 1 |a Disaster risk management series ;  |v no. 3 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references. 
505 0 |a Part I. Diasters, vulnerability, and the global economy / Charlotte Benson and Edward Clay -- Natural hazard risk and privatization / Paul K. Freeman -- Natural disaster risk and cost-benefit analysis / Reinhard Mechler -- Globalization and natural disasters: an integrative risk management approach / Torben Juul Andersen -- Urban disasters and globalization / J.M. Albala-Bertrand -- Interdependent disaster risks: the need for public-private partnerships / Howard Kunreuther. 
505 0 |a Part II. Cities and climate change / Anthony G. Bigio -- The resilience of coastal megacities to weather-related hazards / Richard J.T. Klein, Robert J. Nicholls, and Frank Thomalla -- Flood management and vulnerability of Dhaka City / Saleemul Huq and Mozaharul Alam -- Flooding in the Pampean Region of Argentina: the Salado Basin / Hilda Herzer -- Urbanization and natural disasters in the Mediterranean: population growth and climate change in the 21st century / Hans Günter Brauch -- Urban land markets and disasters: floods in Argentina's cities / Nora Clichevsky. 
505 0 |a Part III. Social vulnerability to disaster impacts. Disaster risk reduction in megacities: making the most of human and social capital / Ben Wisner -- Living with risk: toward effective disaster management training in Africa / Prvoslav Marjanovic and Krisno Nimpuno -- Urban vulnerability to disasters in developing countries: managing risks / E.L. Quarantelli -- Natural disasters and urban cultural heritage: a reassessment / June Taboroff. 
505 0 |a Part IV. Protecting critical infrastructure from disaster impacts. A new structural approach for the study of domino effects between life support networks / Benoît Robert et al. -- Mitigating the vulnerability of critical infrastructure in developing countries / Lamine Mili -- Damage to and vulnerability of industrial facilities in the 1999 Kocaeli, Turkey, earthquake / Mustafa Erdik and Eser Durukal -- The behavior of retrofitted buildings during earthquakes: new technologies / Mikayel Melkumyan. 
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650 0 |a Floods  |z Developing countries.  |9 26136 
650 0 |a Climatic changes  |x Risk assessment  |z Developing countries.  |9 26137 
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