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Author Awotona, Adenrele A.

Title Rebuilding Sustainable Communities after Disasters in China, Japan and Beyond
Published Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (467 pages)
Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; PART II; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; PART III; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; PART IV; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; CHAPTER THIRTEEN; CHAPTER FOURTEEN; CHAPTER FIFTEEN; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX
Summary This volume examines lessons learned in reducing the impact of disasters on communities in China, Japan and other countries world-wide. Asia is the most disaster-prone continent. The 2012 data on natural disasters in 28 Asian countries, released by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction and the Belgian-based Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters on December 11th, 2012 showed that, from 1950 to 2011, nine out of ten people affected by disasters globally were in A ..
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index
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Subject Disaster relief -- China -- Congresses
Disaster relief -- Japan -- Congresses
Sustainable development -- China -- Congresses
Sustainable development -- Japan -- Congresses
Community development -- China -- Congresses
Community development -- Japan -- Congresses
Natural disasters.
Sustainability.
Social impact of disasters.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Community development
Disaster relief
Sustainable development
China
Japan
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781443861175
1443861170
1443858145
9781443858144
1306859069
9781306859066