The Vulnerability of Cities: Natural Disasters and Social ResilienceRoutledge, 25. lip 2012. - Broj stranica: 224 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. Mark Pelling takes a fresh look at the literature on disasters and urbanization in light of recent catastrophes. He presents three detailed studies of cities in the global South, drawn from countries with contrasting political and developmental contexts: Bridgetown, Barbados - a liberal democracy; Georgetown, Guyana - a post socialist-state; and Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic - an authoritarian state in democratic transition. This book demonstrates that strengthening local capacity - through appropriate housing, disaster-preparedness, infrastructure and livelihoods - is crucial to improving civic resilience to disasters. Equally important are strong partnerships between local community-based organizations, external non-governmental and governmental organizations, public and private sectors and between city and national government. The author highlights and discusses these best practices for handling urban disasters. With rapid urbanization across the globe, this book is a must-read for professionals, policy-makers, students and researchers in disaster management, urban development and planning, transport planning, architecture, social studies and earth sciences. |
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... physical or environmental elements. It can be everyday (scarcity of clean drinking water) or episodic (volcanic eruption). Vulnerability: Denotes exposure to risk and an inability to avoid or absorb potential harm. Physical ...
... physical or environmental elements. It can be everyday (scarcity of clean drinking water) or episodic (volcanic eruption). Vulnerability: Denotes exposure to risk and an inability to avoid or absorb potential harm. Physical ...
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... physical and human conditions that contextualized past events are being re-shaped by local and global forces. Added to this, it is easy for local decision-makers working in agencies with limited financial and human resources to feel ...
... physical and human conditions that contextualized past events are being re-shaped by local and global forces. Added to this, it is easy for local decision-makers working in agencies with limited financial and human resources to feel ...
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... physical dimensions of risk. This is where Wildavsky's principles of resilience can help us. They point a way towards identifying an array of basic principles out of which alternative policy options for building resiliency to a whole ...
... physical dimensions of risk. This is where Wildavsky's principles of resilience can help us. They point a way towards identifying an array of basic principles out of which alternative policy options for building resiliency to a whole ...
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... physical periods of equilibrium and pays particular attention to the ways in which global climate change and market liberalism are re-shaping society and society–nature relations on this hazardous coast. These changes seem to be ...
... physical periods of equilibrium and pays particular attention to the ways in which global climate change and market liberalism are re-shaping society and society–nature relations on this hazardous coast. These changes seem to be ...
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... physical and human systems (see Chapter 2). There has been some criticism of the usefulness of this type of allencompassing view of sustainable urbanization. McGranahan et al (2001) argue that in being confronted by a wealth of ...
... physical and human systems (see Chapter 2). There has been some criticism of the usefulness of this type of allencompassing view of sustainable urbanization. McGranahan et al (2001) argue that in being confronted by a wealth of ...
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The Vulnerability of Cities: Natural Disasters and Social Resilience Mark Pelling Ograničeni pregled - 2012 |
The Vulnerability of Cities: Natural Disasters and Social Resilience Mark Pelling Ograničeni pregled - 2003 |
The Vulnerability of Cities: Natural Disasters and Social Resilience Mark Pelling Ograničeni pregled - 2003 |
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