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The Vulnerability of Cities
ISBN-13:
9781136551475
Veröffentl:
2012
Seiten:
224
Autor:
Mark Pelling
eBook Typ:
PDF
eBook Format:
EPUB
Kopierschutz:
2 - DRM Adobe
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
When disaster strikes in cities the effects can be catastrophic compared to other environments. But what factors actually determine the vulnerability or resilience of cities? The Vulnerability of Cities fills a vital gap in disaster studies by examining the too-often overlooked impact of disasters on cities, the conditions leading to high losses from urban disasters and why some households and communities withstand disaster more effectively than others.
Section I: Cities and Environmental Risk - tracing the Roots of Urban Risk and Vulnerability * Cities as Sites for Disaster * Social Vulnerability in the City * Urban Governance and Disaster * Section II: The Case Studies - Maintaining Civil Society in a Liberal Democracy: Bridgetown, Barbados * Post-Socialism and Barriers to Building a Civil Society: Georgetown, Guyana * Patrimonal Regimes and the Maintenance of a Constructive Civil Society: Santo Domingo, The Dominican Republic * Section III: Towards Safer Cities - Action for Safer Cities * Appendix * References * Index
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