Cities at risk : living with perils in the 21st century /

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 overstretch...

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Tác giả của công ty: ebrary, Inc
Tác giả khác: Joffe, Helene, Rossetto, Tiziana, Adams, John
Định dạng: Sách
Ngôn ngữ:English
Được phát hành: Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, c2013
Loạt:Advances in natural and technological hazards research, v.33
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Mục lục:
  • 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.