The vulnerability of cities : natural disasters and social resilience / Mark Pelling.
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Computer filePublication details: Sterling, Va. : Earthscan Publications, c2003.Description: xi, 212 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: - 1853838306
- Natural disasters and social resilience
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| 307.76 CRI Critical readings in planning theory. | 307.76 NEW Cities as sustainable ecosystems : principles and practices / | 307.76 SUS Sustainable urban design / | 307.76091724 PEL The vulnerability of cities : natural disasters and social resilience / | 307.760994 TRA Transitions : pathways towards sustainable urban development in Australia / | 307.7660974817 WAL St. Clair: a nineteenth-century coal town's experience with a disaster-prone industry. | 320.019 ANA Analysing and aiding decision processes. |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Sect. I. Cities and Environmental Risk -- 1. Tracing the Roots of Urban Risk and Vulnerability -- 2. Cities as Sites for Disaster -- 3. Social Vulnerability in the City -- 4. Urban Governance and Disaster -- Sect. II. The Case Studies -- 5. Maintaining Civil Society in a Liberal Democracy: Bridgetown, Barbados -- 6. Post-socialism and Barriers to Building a Civil Society: Georgetown, Guyana -- 7. Patrimonial Regimes and the Maintenance of a Constructive Civil Society: Santo Domingo, The Dominican Republic -- Sect. III. Towards Safer Cities -- 8. Action for Safer Cities.
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