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Building resilient urban communities / by Jonas Joerin, Rajib Shaw, Ramasamy R. Krishnamurthy. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource. - Community environment and disaster risk management ; volume 15 . - Community, environment and disaster risk management ; v. 15. .

Includes bibliographical references.

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.

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.

ISBN: 9781783509065 (electronic bk.) 1783509066 (electronic bk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Hazard mitigation--India.
Emergency management--India.
Cities and towns--India.
Hazard mitigation--Asia.
Emergency management--Asia.
Cities and towns--Asia.
Emergency management.
City dwellers.
Risk management.
Climatic changes.
Disaster Planning
Urban Population
Risk Management
Climate Change
Catastrophes--Réduction--Inde.
Villes--Inde.
Catastrophes--Réduction--Asie.
Villes--Asie.
Gestion des situations d'urgence.
Citadins.
Gestion du risque.
Climat--Changements.
disaster planning.
risk management.
climate change.
Management of land & natural resources.
Natural disasters.
Social impact of environmental issues.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--General.
Gestion d'entreprises.
Cities and towns.
Emergency management.
Hazard mitigation.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
India
Asia.
India.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HV551.2 / .J64 2014eb

Dewey Class. No.: 363.3 / 23

Universal Decimal Class. No.: 364

National Library of Medicine Call No.: 2014 H-246 WA 295