Urban Disasters and Resilience in Asia – Ebook PDF Instant Delivery – ISBN(s): 9780128021699,9780128023778,0128021691,0128023775
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- Author: Rajib Shaw, Atta-ur-Rahman, Akhilesh Surjan, Gulsan Ara Parvin
Urban Disasters and Resilience in Asia presents the latest information on the intensity and frequency of disasters. Specifically, the fact that, in urban areas, more than 50% of the world’s population is living on just 2% of the land surface, with most of these cities located in Asia and developing countries that have high vulnerability and intensification.
The book offers an in-depth and multidisciplinary approach to reducing the impact of disasters by examining specific evidence from events in these areas that can be used to develop best practices and increase urban resilience worldwide.
As urban resilience is largely a function of resilient and resourceful citizens, building cities which are more resilient internally and externally can lead to more productive economic returns. In an era of rapid urbanization and increasing disaster risks and vulnerabilities in Asian cities, Urban Disasters and Resilience in Asia is an invaluable tool for policy makers, researchers, and practitioners working in both public and private sectors.
Table contents:
1. Urban Disasters and Approaches to Resilience
2. Urban Risk, City Government, and Resilience
3. Cities, Vulnerability, and Climate Change
4. Resilient Homes Make Cities Resilient
5. Urban Regulation and Enforcement: A Challenge
6. Expanding Coastal Cities: An Increasing Risk
7. Impact of Urban Expansion on Farmlands: A Silent Disaster
8. Enhancing City Resilience Through Urban-Rural Linkages
9. Urban Disaster Risk Reduction in Vietnam: Gaps, Challenges, and Approaches
10. Urban Disasters and Microfinancing
11. Urban Food Security in Asia: A Growing Threat
12. Identifying Priorities of Asian Small- and Medium-Scale Enterprises for Building Disaster Resilience
13. Urban Disasters and Risk Communication Through Youth Organizations in the Philippines
14. Flood Risk Reduction Approaches in Dhaka, Bangladesh
15. Postdisaster Urban Recovery: 20 Years of Recovery of Kobe
16. Community Resilience Approach for Prioritizing Infrastructure Development in Urban Areas
17. Vernacular Built Environments in India: An Indigenous Approach for Resilience
18. Building Community Resiliency: Linkages Between Individual, Community, and Local Government in the Urban Context
19. Climate Migration and Urban Changes in Bangladesh
20. Water Stress in the Megacity of Kolkata, India, and Its Implications for Urban Resilience
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