Crucibles of hazard : mega-cities and disasters in transition /
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New York : United Nations University Press,
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| 245 | 0 | 0 | |a Crucibles of hazard : |b mega-cities and disasters in transition / |c edited by James K. Mitchell. |
| 260 | |a Tokyo : |b New York : |b United Nations University Press, |c c1999. | ||
| 300 | |a xiii, 535 p. : |b ill., maps ; |c 24 cm. | ||
| 500 | |a "UNUP-987"--P. [4] of cover. | ||
| 500 | |a Based on a 1994 Tokyo conference, several of whose participants became founding members of the steering committee of the International Geographical Union's Study Group on the Disaster Vulnerability of Megacities. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction / James K. Mitchell -- Natural disasters in the context of mega-cities / James K. Mitchell -- Urbanization and disaster mitigation in Tokyo / Yoshio Kumagai and Yoshiteru Nojima -- Flood hazard in seoul : a preliminary assessment / Kwi-Gon Kim -- Environmental hazards in Dhaka / Saleemul Huq -- Natural and anthropogenic hazards in the Sydney sprawl : is the city sustainable? / John Handmer -- Disaster response in London : a case of learning constrained by history and experience / Dennis J. Parker -- Lima, Peru : underdevelopment and vulnerability to hazards in the city of the kings / Anthony Oliver-Smith -- Social vulnerability to disasters in Mexico : an assessment method / Sergio Puente -- Natural hazards of the San Francisco Bay mega-city : trial by earthquake, wind, and fire / Rutherford H. Platt -- There are worse things than earthquakes : hazard vulnerability and mitigation capacity in Greater Los Angeles / Ben Wisner -- Environmental hazards and interest group coalitions : Metropolitan Miami after hurricane Andrew / William D. Solecki -- Findings and conclusions / James K. Mitchell. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Disaster relief. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Disasters. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Emergency management. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Metropolitan areas. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Natural disasters. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Mitchell, James K., |d 1943-. | |
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