Climate and disaster resilience in cities

One of the emerging reasons for the current trend of increasing impacts of disasters is the unpredictability of natural hazard events coupled with the tendency of human settlements to move to vulnerable locations including coastal areas in search of economic gains. Urban areas are most affected due...

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Other Authors: Shaw, Rajib., Sharma, Anshu.
Format: Electronic
Language: English
Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2011.
Series: Community, environment and disaster risk management ; v. 6.
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ISBN: 9780857243201 (electronic bk.) :
Physical Description: 1 online resource (viii, 287 p.) : ill.

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