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The Vulnerability of Cities : Natural Disasters and Social Resilience.

By: London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan Publications, 2003Description: xi, 212 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1853838306 (pbk.)
  • 9781853838309 (pbk.)
  • 1853838292 (hardback)
  • 9781853838293 (hardback)
Other title:
  • Natural disasters and social resilience
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HT43.D44 P45 2003
Partial contents:
pt. 1. Cities and environmental risk. Tracing the roots of urban risk and vulnerability -- Cities as sites for disaster -- Social vulnerability in the city -- Urban governance and disaster -- pt. 2. The case studies. Maintaining civil society in a liberal democracy: Bridgetown, Barbados -- Post-socialism and barriers to building a civil society: Georgetown, Guyana -- Patrimonial regimes and the maintenance of a constructive civil society: Santo Domingo, The Dominican Republic -- pt. 3. Towards safer cities. Action for safer cities.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
BOOK BOOK NCAR Library Foothills Lab HT43 .D44 .P45 2003 1 Available 50583010335358
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references (p. [188]-203) and index.

pt. 1. Cities and environmental risk. Tracing the roots of urban risk and vulnerability -- Cities as sites for disaster -- Social vulnerability in the city -- Urban governance and disaster -- pt. 2. The case studies. Maintaining civil society in a liberal democracy: Bridgetown, Barbados -- Post-socialism and barriers to building a civil society: Georgetown, Guyana -- Patrimonial regimes and the maintenance of a constructive civil society: Santo Domingo, The Dominican Republic -- pt. 3. Towards safer cities. Action for safer cities.

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