The vulnerability of cities natural disasters and social resilience /

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Main Author: Pelling, Mark, 1967-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Sterling, Va. : Earthscan Publications, 2003.
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245 1 4 |a The vulnerability of cities  |h [electronic resource] :  |b natural disasters and social resilience /  |c Mark Pelling. 
246 3 0 |a Natural disasters and social resilience 
260 |a Sterling, Va. :  |b Earthscan Publications,  |c 2003. 
300 |a xi, 212 p. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a Sect. I. Cities and Environmental Risk -- 1. Tracing the Roots of Urban Risk and Vulnerability -- 2. Cities as Sites for Disaster -- 3. Social Vulnerability in the City -- 4. Urban Governance and Disaster -- Sect. II. The Case Studies -- 5. Maintaining Civil Society in a Liberal Democracy: Bridgetown, Barbados -- 6. Post-socialism and Barriers to Building a Civil Society: Georgetown, Guyana -- 7. Patrimonial Regimes and the Maintenance of a Constructive Civil Society: Santo Domingo, The Dominican Republic -- Sect. III. Towards Safer Cities -- 8. Action for Safer Cities. 
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