Urban resilience : a transformative approach /: a transformative approach. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Yoshiki Ymamagata, Hiroshi Maruyama, editors.
• Editors: Yamagata, Yoshiki; Maruyama, Hiroshi, 1986-
• Contents: Preface; Contents; Systems Resilience, A 30, 000 Feet View; 1 Taxonomy and General Strategies for Resilience; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Taxonomy of Resilience; 2.1 Type of Shock; 2.2 Target System; 2.3 Type of Recovery; 3 Resilience Strategies; 3.1 Phase of Concern; 3.2 Design-Time Strategies; 3.2.1 Redundancy; 3.2.2 Diversity; 3.2.3 Decentralized Resource and Management; 3.2.4 Risk Transfer; 3.3 Operation-Time Strategies; 3.3.1 Training; 3.3.2 Adaptation (Management Cycle); 3.3.3 Efficiency/Stockpiling Resources; 3.3.4 Controlling Human-Induces Causes; 3.4 Early-Warning-Time Strategies. 3.4.1 Prediction3.4.2 Early Action; 3.5 Emergency-Response-Time Strategies; 3.5.1 Detection; 3.5.2 Situational Awareness and Damage Control; 3.5.3 Policy Switching; 3.5.4 Empowerment of Field Personnel; 3.6 Recovery-Time Strategies; 3.6.1 Optimization of Resource Allocation; 3.6.2 Altruism; 3.6.3 Boundary Expansion; 3.7 Innovation-Time Strategies; 3.7.1 Archiving and Postmortem; 3.7.2 R & D Investment; 3.7.3 Consensus Building; 3.8 Meta Strategies; 4 Resilience Taxonomy and Strategy in Urban Context; 5 Summary; Acknowledgments; References; Planning Urban Resilience. 2 Urban Economics Model for Land-Use PlanningAbstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Model Structure; 3 Creation of Urban Land-Use Scenario for the Year 2050; 4 Disaster Risk Resilience: Economic Damages; 5 Disaster Risk Resilience: Affected People; 6 Energy Resilience; 7 CO2 Emissions; 8 Revegetation; 9 Urban Climate: Influence on the Urban Heat Island; 10 Conclusion and Outlook; References; 3 Modeling Urban Heatwave Risk in Adelaide, South Australia; Abstract; 1 Background; 2 Heatwave Risk Estimation; 2.1 Materials and Methods; 2.1.1 Hazard Estimation; 2.1.2 Vulnerability and Exposure. 2.1.3 Risk Estimation (Hazard × Vulnerability × Exposure)2.2 Results; 2.2.1 Hazard Distribution; 2.2.2 Vulnerability and Exposure; 2.2.3 Heatwave Risk Estimation; 3 Greening and Heatwave Risk; 3.1 Materials and Methods; 3.2 Results: Effects of Greening on Ambient Temperatures; 4 Greening Scenario Analysis; 4.1 Materials and Methods; 4.1.1 Scenarios; 4.1.2 Model for Estimating Economic Value of the Greening Scenarios; 4.2 Results; 4.2.1 Estimation of WTP; 4.2.2 Valuation of Greening Scenarios and WTP; 5 Discussion; 6 Conclusions; References; 4 Flood Risk Management in Cities; Abstract. 1 Introduction2 Hedonic Approach; 2.1 Hedonic Analysis of Flood Risk; 2.2 Hedonic Models; 3 Empirical Analysis; 3.1 Yokohama City; 3.2 Condominium Data; 3.3 Explanatory Variables; 3.4 Results; 4 Concluding Remarks; References; 5 Land Use Planning for Depopulating and Aging Society in Japan; Abstract; 1 The Changing Planning Context; 2 Urban Land Use Planning Concept and System in Japan; 3 Implications from Experiences Abroad-A Brief Literature Review; 4 The Recent Urban Land Use Planning Practices in Local Governments; 4.1 Shizuoka City-Sustaining a Mid-Sized Vibrant Regional City.
• Publisher Details: Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 307.1216; Geography; City planning -- Environmental aspects; Emergency management; Computer simulation; Economic theory; Geology; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- City Planning & Urban Development; City planning -- Environmental aspects; Emergency management; Technology & Engineering -- Engineering (General); Computers -- Computer Simulation; Mathematics -- Applied; Business & Economics -- Economics -- Theory; Nature -- Natural Disasters; Security & fire alarm systems; Computer modelling & simulation; Applied mathematics; Economic theory & philosophy; Natural disasters; Social Science -- Human Geography; Human geography; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319398129; 3319398121
• Related ISBNs: 9783319398105
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 17, 2016).
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