LEADER 03892nam 2200733 450 001 9910464095603321 005 20200903223051.0 010 $a1-78350-906-6 035 $a(CKB)2670000000557725 035 $a(EBL)1695941 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001291237 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11837146 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001291237 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11247729 035 $a(PQKB)11185004 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1695941 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1695941 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10875701 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL618575 035 $a(OCoLC)881165580 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000557725 100 $a20140611h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBuilding resilient urban communities /$fby Jonas Joerin, Rajib Shaw, Ramasamy R. Krishnamurthy 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aBingley, England :$cEmerald,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (209 p.) 225 1 $aCommunity, Environment and Disaster Risk Management,$x2040-7262 ;$vVolume 15 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-78350-905-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters. 327 $aFront 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; Summary 327 $aChapter 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 disasters 330 $aHow do urban communities in Asian cities experience the impacts of urbanization and climate change? This book throws light on the ongoing processes of rapid urban transformation in many cities in developing countries, with particular reference to cities such as Chennai in India. Due to increasing demands on infrastructures and urban services, cities in developing countries are often pushed to the edge of collapse even when not in times of disaster. While such cities try to implement measures to safeguard the well-being of their citizens, looming impacts of climate change such as increasingly f 410 0$aCommunity, environment and disaster risk management ;$vVolume 15. 606 $aHazard mitigation$zIndia 606 $aEmergency management$zIndia 606 $aCities and towns$zIndia 606 $aHazard mitigation$zAsia 606 $aEmergency management$zAsia 606 $aCities and towns$zAsia 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aHazard mitigation 615 0$aEmergency management 615 0$aCities and towns 615 0$aHazard mitigation 615 0$aEmergency management 615 0$aCities and towns 676 $a363.346 700 $aJoerin$b Jonas$01057339 702 $aShaw$b Rajib 702 $aKrishnamurthy$b Ramasamy R. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910464095603321 996 $aBuilding resilient urban communities$92492555 997 $aUNINA