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Building resilient urban communities / edited by Jonas Joerin, Rajib Shaw, Ramasamy R. Krishnamurthy.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Community, environment and disaster risk management ; v. 15.
- Community, environment and disaster risk management, 2040-7262 ; v. 15
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sustainable urban development.
- Community development, Urban--Environmental aspects.
- Community development, Urban.
- City planning--Environmental aspects.
- City planning.
- Regional planning--Environmental aspects.
- Regional planning.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (209 p.)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Bingley, England : Emerald, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- How do urban communities in Asian cities experience the impacts of urbanisation and climate change? This key issue forms the discussion point for this book. Particular reference is made to cities in India, and the capability of such urban communities of responding to climate-related disasters.
- Contents:
- Introduction / Jonas Joerin, Rajib Shaw, Ramasamy Krishnamurthy
- Climate disaster risk in urban areas in Asia / Jonas Joerin, Rajib Shaw, Ramasamy Krishnamurthy
- The concept of resilience to disasters / Jonas Joerin, Rajib Shaw, Ramasamy Krishnamurthy
- Resilience in the context of urban disaster risk reduction in India / Jonas Joerin, Rajib Shaw, Ramasamy Krishnamurthy
- Development and application of a climate disaster resilience index in Chennai and other Indian cities / Jonas Joerin, Rajib Shaw, Ramasamy Krishnamurthy
- Perceptions of community leaders about enhancing the climate disaster resilience of communities in Chennai, India / Jonas Joerin, Rajib Shaw, Ramasamy Krishnamurthy
- Perceptions of households about enhancing the climate disaster resilience of communities in Chennai, India / Jonas Joerin, Rajib Shaw, Ramasamy Krishnamurthy
- Making Chennai resilient to climate-related disasters / Jonas Joerin, Rajib Shaw, Ramasamy Krishnamurthy.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
- Print version record
- ISBN:
- 9781783509065
- 1783509066
- OCLC:
- 881165580
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