Cities at Risk (Record no. 99830)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9789400761841
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024 7# - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER
Standard number or code 10.1007/978-94-007-6184-1
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Classification number GB5000-5030
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Subject category code RNR
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Subject category code NAT023000
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082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 551
Edition number 23
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Joffe, Helene.
Relator term editor.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Cities at Risk
Medium [electronic resource] :
Remainder of title Living with Perils in the 21st Century /
Statement of responsibility, etc edited by Helene Joffe, Tiziana Rossetto, John Adams.
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Extent X, 186 p. 29 illus., 21 illus. in color.
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Series statement Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research,
International Standard Serial Number 1878-9897 ;
Volume number/sequential designation 33
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Formatted contents note Preface -- Introduction - Living with Perils in the 21st Century -- Risk Society and Representations of Risks: Earthquakes and Beyond -- Risk Compensation in Cities at Risk -- Responding to Flood Risk in the UK -- A Historical Overview of Social Representation of Earthquake Risk in Japan: Fatalism, Social Reform, Scientific Control and Collaborative Risk Management -- Facilitating Community Participation in Disaster Risk Management: Risk Perception and Preparedness Behaviours in Turkey -- North American Cities at Risk: Household Responses to Environmental Hazards -- Community Understanding of, and Preparedness for, Earthquake and Tsunami Risk in Wellington, New Zealand -- Perceptions of Climate Variability and Coping Strategies in Informal Settlements in Dhaka, Bangladesh -- Risk Perception, Public Education and Disaster Risk Management -- Index.
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Summary, etc With the major growth of the world’s population over the past century, as well as rapid urbanisation, people increasingly live in crowded cities. This trend is often accompanied by proliferation of poorly built housing, uncontrolled use of land, occupation of unsafe environments and overstretched services.  When a natural hazard strikes such a city many people are vulnerable to loss of life and property.  This book explores what these people think and feel about the threats that they face. How do they live with perils ranging from earthquakes to monsoons, from floods to hurricanes, in the 21st century? The authors are drawn from a large range of disciplines: Psychology, Engineering, Geography, Anthropology and Urban Planning. They also reflect on how perils are represented in multiple cultures: the United States, Japan, Turkey, Bangladesh, the United Kingdom and New Zealand. The book therefore not only brings to light the ways that different cultures represent natural hazards but also the different ways in which various disciplines write about living with perils in the 21st century. The book is addressed both to researchers and to organizations involved with risk management and risk mitigation.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Geography.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Geology.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Regional planning.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Social sciences.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Earth Sciences.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Natural Hazards.
650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Earth Sciences, general.
650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Social Sciences, general.
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Personal name Rossetto, Tiziana.
Relator term editor.
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Personal name Adams, John.
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Title Springer eBooks
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Display text Printed edition:
International Standard Book Number 9789400761834
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Uniform title Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research,
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Volume number/sequential designation 33
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Uniform Resource Identifier http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6184-1
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