03892nam 2200733 450 991046409560332120200903223051.01-78350-906-6(CKB)2670000000557725(EBL)1695941(SSID)ssj0001291237(PQKBManifestationID)11837146(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001291237(PQKBWorkID)11247729(PQKB)11185004(MiAaPQ)EBC1695941(Au-PeEL)EBL1695941(CaPaEBR)ebr10875701(CaONFJC)MIL618575(OCoLC)881165580(EXLCZ)99267000000055772520140611h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBuilding resilient urban communities /by Jonas Joerin, Rajib Shaw, Ramasamy R. KrishnamurthyFirst edition.Bingley, England :Emerald,2014.©20141 online resource (209 p.)Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management,2040-7262 ;Volume 15Description based upon print version of record.1-78350-905-8 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.Front Cover; Building Resilient Urban Communities; Copyright Page; Contents; Building Resilient Urban Communities; Chapter 1 Introduction; Climate disaster resilient urban communities; Case study locations; About the book; References; Chapter 2 Climate disaster risk in urban areas in Asia; Chapter 3 The concept of resilience to disasters; Chapter 4 Resilience in the context of urban disaster risk reduction in India; Disaster risk reduction and resilience in urban areas of India; SummaryChapter 5 Development and application of a Climate Disaster Resilience Index in Chennai and other Indian citiesClimate disaster resilience index/initiative - Methodology; Key findings from the resilience assessments; Chapter 6 Perceptions of community leaders about enhancing the climate disaster resilience of communities in Chennai, India; Chapter 7 Perceptions of households about enhancing the climate disaster resilience of communities in Chennai, India; Community disaster resilience; Chapter 8 Making Chennai resilient to climate-related disastersHow do urban communities in Asian cities experience the impacts of urbanization and climate change? This book throws light on the ongoing processes of rapid urban transformation in many cities in developing countries, with particular reference to cities such as Chennai in India. Due to increasing demands on infrastructures and urban services, cities in developing countries are often pushed to the edge of collapse even when not in times of disaster. While such cities try to implement measures to safeguard the well-being of their citizens, looming impacts of climate change such as increasingly fCommunity, environment and disaster risk management ;Volume 15.Hazard mitigationIndiaEmergency managementIndiaCities and townsIndiaHazard mitigationAsiaEmergency managementAsiaCities and townsAsiaElectronic books.Hazard mitigationEmergency managementCities and townsHazard mitigationEmergency managementCities and towns363.346Joerin Jonas1057339Shaw RajibKrishnamurthy Ramasamy R.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910464095603321Building resilient urban communities2492555UNINA