ISBN:
0821354973
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xxi, 299 p)
,
ill., maps
,
28 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
Series Statement:
Disaster risk management series no.3
DDC:
363.34
Keywords:
City planning
;
Climatic changes Risk assessment
;
Disasters
;
Emergency management Planning
;
Floods
;
City planning
;
Climatic changes Risk assessment
;
Disasters
;
Emergency management Planning
;
Floods
Description / Table of Contents:
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...
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
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