Building safer cities : the future of disaster risk
edited by Alcira Kreimer, Margaret Arnold, Anne Carlin
| Year of publication: |
c2003
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| Other Persons: | Kreimer, Alcira (contributor) ; Carlin, Anne (contributor) ; Arnold, Margaret (contributor) |
| Publisher: |
Washington, D.C : World Bank |
| Subject: | Katastrophe | Disaster | Stadtentwicklung | Urban development | Risiko | Risk | Risikomanagement | Risk management | Katastrophenschutz | Emergency management |
| Description of contents: | Table of Contents [gbv.de] |
| Extent: | Online-Ressource (xxi, 299 p) ill., maps 28 cm |
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| Series: | |
| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references 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 -- 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 -- 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... |
| ISBN: | 0-8213-5497-3 |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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