03038nam a2200301 a 450000100090000000800410000901000170005002000150006704000250008208200160010724501160012326000440023930000520028349000450033550400410038050504830042150505770090450504470148150505090192865000580243765000410249565000370253665000340257365000610260770000210266870000290268970000180271813430692090622s2003    dcuab    b   i000 0 eng d  a  2003384040  a0821354973  aFQGcFQGdOCLCQdDLC00a363.34/22200aBuilding safer cities :bthe future of disaster risk /cedited by Alcira Kreimer, Margaret Arnold, Anne Carlin.  aWashington, D.C. :bWorld Bank,cc2003.  axxi, 299 pages :billustrations, maps ;c28 cm.1 aDisaster risk management series ;vno. 3  aIncludes bibliographical references.0 aPart I. Diasters, vulnerability, and the global economy / Charlotte Benson and Edward Clay -- Natural hazard risk and privatization / Paul K. Freeman -- Natural disaster risk and cost-benefit analysis / Reinhard Mechler -- Globalization and natural disasters: an integrative risk management approach / Torben Juul Andersen -- Urban disasters and globalization / J.M. Albala-Bertrand -- Interdependent disaster risks: the need for public-private partnerships / Howard Kunreuther.0 aPart II. Cities and climate change / Anthony G. Bigio -- The resilience of coastal megacities to weather-related hazards / Richard J.T. Klein, Robert J. Nicholls, and Frank Thomalla -- Flood management and vulnerability of Dhaka City / Saleemul Huq and Mozaharul Alam -- Flooding in the Pampean Region of Argentina: the Salado Basin / Hilda Herzer -- Urbanization and natural disasters in the Mediterranean: population growth and climate change in the 21st century / Hans Günter Brauch -- Urban land markets and disasters: floods in Argentina's cities / Nora Clichevsky.0 aPart III. Social vulnerability to disaster impacts. Disaster risk reduction in megacities: making the most of human and social capital / Ben Wisner -- Living with risk: toward effective disaster management training in Africa / Prvoslav Marjanovic and Krisno Nimpuno -- Urban vulnerability to disasters in developing countries: managing risks / E.L. Quarantelli -- Natural disasters and urban cultural heritage: a reassessment / June Taboroff.0 aPart IV. Protecting critical infrastructure from disaster impacts. A new structural approach for the study of domino effects between life support networks / Benoît Robert et al. -- Mitigating the vulnerability of critical infrastructure in developing countries / Lamine Mili -- Damage to and vulnerability of industrial facilities in the 1999 Kocaeli, Turkey, earthquake / Mustafa Erdik and Eser Durukal -- The behavior of retrofitted buildings during earthquakes: new technologies / Mikayel Melkumyan. 0aEmergency managementzDeveloping countriesxPlanning. 0aCity planningzDeveloping countries. 0aDisasterszDeveloping countries. 0aFloodszDeveloping countries. 0aClimatic changesxRisk assessmentzDeveloping countries.1 aKreimer, Alcira.1 aArnold, Margaret,d1965-1 aCarlin, Anne.