Urban disasters and resilience in Asia. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Rajib Shaw, Atta-ur-Rahman, Akhilesh Surjan, Gulsan Ara Parvin.
• Authors: Shaw, Rajib; Rahman, Atta-Ur; Surjan, Akhilesh, 1974-; Parvin, Gulsan
• 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
• Publisher Details: Amsterdam : Butterworth-Heinemann
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 363.34095; Disasters -- Social aspects -- Asia; Disaster relief -- Citizen participation -- Asia; Cities and towns -- Asia; City and town life -- Asia; Resilience (Personality trait)
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780128023778
• Related ISBNs: 9780128021699
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