TY  - BOOK
AU  - Joerin,Jonas
AU  - Shaw,Rajib
AU  - Krishnamurthy,R.R.
TI  - Building resilient urban communities
T2  - Community environment and disaster risk management
SN  - 9781783509065
AV  - HV551.2 .J64 2014eb
U1  - 363.3 22
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Bingley, U.K.
PB  - Emerald
KW  - Hazard mitigation
KW  - India
KW  - Emergency management
KW  - Cities and towns
KW  - Asia
KW  - City dwellers
KW  - Risk management
KW  - Climatic changes
KW  - Disaster Planning
KW  - Urban Population
KW  - Risk Management
KW  - Climate Change
KW  - Catastrophes
KW  - Réduction
KW  - Inde
KW  - Villes
KW  - Asie
KW  - Gestion des situations d'urgence
KW  - Citadins
KW  - Gestion du risque
KW  - Climat
KW  - Changements
KW  - disaster planning
KW  - aat
KW  - risk management
KW  - climate change
KW  - Management of land & natural resources
KW  - bicssc
KW  - Natural disasters
KW  - Social impact of environmental issues
KW  - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
KW  - Infrastructure
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - General
KW  - Gestion d'entreprises
KW  - eclas
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
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