Climate and Disaster Resilience in Cities
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19908134 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anshu Dr Sharma |
| Editors | Rajib Shaw (0000-0003-3153-1800), Anshu Sharma (0000-0002-0474-829X) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Pages | 287 |
| Publication date | 2011-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Climate and disaster resilience in cities (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Emerald Group Publishing Limited (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1108/s2040-7262(2011)6 |
| OpenAlex | W577038030 |
| ISBN | 9780857243195 |
| Open Library | OL25556193M |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
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 to concentration of habitat and resources. Whilst it is impossible to make resistant urban growth, resilience is becoming more widely accepted and urban systems must be resilient enough to cope with the climate related hazards. This book highlights the issues of resilience through regional, national, city and community-based studies. Contributions come from academia, city government networks, city managers, non-government organizations and international agencies like the World Bank and United Nations. Thus, the book reflects a unique aspect of multi-stakeholder perspective. It also highlights how to enhance actions at local levels, and how the plans can be implemented through multi-stakeholder collaboration. This is the first book to combine academic research and field practice on the urban risk reduction, especially focusing on the climate-related disasters in the Asian region
Civil engineering · Environmental planning · Geography · Physics · Resilience (materials science) · Urban planning · Urban resilience · Disaster Management and Resilience · Engineering · Environmental Science · Climate change mitigation · Climatic changes · Emergency management · Environmental aspects · Hazard mitigation · Urban ecology (sociology)
| Citations per year | 0.27 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2015 - 2026 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |