Urban Disasters and Resilience in Asia
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 resili…
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Weitere Autoren: Atta-Ur-Rahman / Surjan, Akhilesh / Parvin, Gulsan Ara
- ISBN: 978-0-12-802377-8
- EAN: 9780128023778
- Produktnummer: 35985218
- Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 368 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
Über den Autor
Rajib Shaw is Professor in the Graduate School of Media and Governance in Keio University, Senior Fellow at Institute of Global Environmental Strategies, Chairperson of two Japanese NGOs, co-founder of a Delhi-based social entrepreneur startup Resilience Innovation Knowledge Academy, and Executive Director of the Integrated Research on Disaster Risk. He is Chair of the United Nations Science Technology Advisory Group for Disaster Risk Reduction, Co-Chair of the Asia Science Technology Academic Advisory Group, Editor-in-Chief of the Elsevier's Progress in Disaster Science¿ journal, and author of more than 300 academic papers and 45 books, including Urban Risk Reduction: Asian Perspective¿ (Elsevier).
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