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_aBuilding safer cities : _bthe future of disaster risk / _cedited by Alcira Kreimer, Margaret Arnold, Anne Carlin. |
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_aWashington, D.C. : _bWorld Bank, _cc2003. |
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_axxi, 299 pages : _billustrations, maps ; _c28 cm. |
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_aDisaster risk management series ; _vno. 3 |
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| 504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references. | ||
| 505 | 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. | |
| 505 | 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. | |
| 505 | 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. | |
| 505 | 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. | |
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_aEmergency management _zDeveloping countries _xPlanning. _926133 |
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_aCity planning _zDeveloping countries. _926134 |
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_aDisasters _zDeveloping countries. _926135 |
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_aFloods _zDeveloping countries. _926136 |
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_aClimatic changes _xRisk assessment _zDeveloping countries. _926137 |
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_aKreimer, Alcira. _926138 |
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_aArnold, Margaret, _d1965- _926139 |
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_aCarlin, Anne. _926140 |
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