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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Chapter 1: Urban Disasters and Approaches -- Chapter 2: Urban Risk, City Government, and Resilience -- Chapter 3: Cities, Vulnerability, and Climate Change -- Chapter 4: Resilient Homes Make Cities Resilient -- Chapter 5: Urban Regulation and Enforcement: A Challenge -- Chapter 6: Expanding Coastal Cities: An Increasing Risk -- Chapter 7: Impact Of Urban Expansion on Farmland: A Silent Disaster -- Chapter 8: Enhancing City Resilience through Urban-Rural Linkages -- Chapter 9: Urban Disaster Risk Reduction in Vietnam: Gaps, Challenges and Approaches -- Chapter 10: Urban Disasters and Micro Financing -- Chapter 11: Urban Food Security in Asia: A Growing Threat -- Chapter 12: Identifying Priorities of Asian Small and Medium Scale Enterprises for Building Disaster Resilience -- Chapter 13: Urban Disasters and Risk Communication through Youth Groups in the Philippines -- Chapter 14: Flood Risk Reduction Approaches in Dhaka, Bangladesh -- Chapter 15: Post-Disaster Urban Recovery: 20 Years of Review of Kobe -- Chapter 16: Community Resilience Approach for Prioritizing Infrastructure Development in Urban Areas -- Chapter 17: Vernacular Built Environment in India: An Indigenous Approach for Resilience -- Chapter 18: Building Community Resiliency: Linkages between Individual, Community, and Local Government -- Chapter 19: Climate Migration and Urban Changes in Bangladesh -- Chapter 20: Water Stress in the Mega City of Kolkata, India and Its Implications to Urban Resilience |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Vendor-supplied metadata |
| Subject |
Cities and towns -- Growth.
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Cities and towns -- Asia.
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City and town life -- Asia.
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Disaster relief -- Asia -- Citizen participation.
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Disasters -- Social aspects -- Asia.
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Disasters -- Asia.
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Emergency management -- Asia.
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Resilience (Personality trait)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Shaw, Rajib, editor
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| ISBN |
0128023775 |
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9780128023778 |
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