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Climate change, disaster risk, and the urban poor [[electronic resource] ] : cities building resilience for a changing world / / Judy L. Baker, editor
| Climate change, disaster risk, and the urban poor [[electronic resource] ] : cities building resilience for a changing world / / Judy L. Baker, editor |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : World Bank, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (322 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.34/2 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | BakerJudy L. <1960-> |
| Collana | Urban development series |
| Soggetto topico |
Urban poor - Developing countries
Climatic changes - Social aspects - Developing countries Climatic changes - Effect of human beings on - Developing countries City planning - Environmental aspects - Developing countries Urban ecology (Sociology) - Developing countries Urban health - Developing countries Urban policy - Developing countries |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-48660-0
9786613581839 0-8213-8960-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461073803321 |
| Washington, D.C., : World Bank, 2012 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Climate change, disaster risk, and the urban poor : : cities building resilience for a changing world / / edited by Judy L. Baker
| Climate change, disaster risk, and the urban poor : : cities building resilience for a changing world / / edited by Judy L. Baker |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | pages cm |
| Disciplina | 363.34/2 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | BakerJudy L. <1960-> |
| Collana | Urban development |
| Soggetto topico |
Urban poor - Developing countries
Climatic changes - Social aspects - Developing countries Climatic changes - Effect of human beings on - Developing countries City planning - Environmental aspects - Developing countries Urban ecology (Sociology) - Developing countries Urban health - Developing countries Urban policy - Developing countries |
| ISBN |
1-280-48660-0
9786613581839 0-8213-8960-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790114103321 |
| Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Climate change, disaster risk, and the urban poor : : cities building resilience for a changing world / / edited by Judy L. Baker
| Climate change, disaster risk, and the urban poor : : cities building resilience for a changing world / / edited by Judy L. Baker |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | pages cm |
| Disciplina | 363.34/2 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | BakerJudy L. <1960-> |
| Collana | Urban development |
| Soggetto topico |
Urban poor - Developing countries
Climatic changes - Social aspects - Developing countries Climatic changes - Effect of human beings on - Developing countries City planning - Environmental aspects - Developing countries Urban ecology (Sociology) - Developing countries Urban health - Developing countries Urban policy - Developing countries |
| ISBN |
9786613581839
9781280486609 1280486600 9780821389607 0821389602 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Overview -- Recommended Actions to Build Resilience of the Urban Poor -- Chapter 1. Vulnerable Cities: Assessing Climate Change and Disaster Risk in Urban Centers of the Developing World -- Introduction and Objective of the Study -- Background, Analytical Framework, and Approach -- Climate Change, Disaster Risk, and Urban Areas: Assessing Hazard Risk -- Efforts to Estimate Exposure in Cities -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2. Vulnerability of the Urban Poor -- Exposure: Location and Settlement Patterns of the Urban Poor -- Climate Change, Disaster Risk, and the Delivery of Basic Services for the Urban Poor -- Other Key Issues Affecting the Vulnerability of the Urban Poor -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3. Building Resilience for the Urban Poor -- Assessing Risk at the City and Community Levels to Inform Decision Making and Action Planning -- Integrating Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction Policies for the Poor into Urban Planning and Management -- Balancing Policy Tradeoffs among Risk Reduction, Urban Development, and Poverty Reduction in Decision Making -- Strengthening Institutional Capacity to Deliver Basic Services and Reduce Vulnerability to Climate and Disaster Risk -- Bridging Communities and Local Governments to Work Together on Local Solutions -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4. Opening New Finance Opportunities for Cities to Address Pro-poor Adaptation and Risk Reduction -- Costing Adaptation and Risk Reduction -- Sources of Financing for Adaptation and Risk Reduction -- Bringing It All Together -- Notes -- References -- Annex 1: Literature Review -- Linking Climate Change and DRR -- Climate Change, DRR, and Urban Poverty -- Service Delivery and the Urban Poor -- Housing.
Climate Change: Adaptation and Mitigation -- Finance -- Gaps in Existing Literature -- References -- Annex 2: Efforts to Estimate Exposure in Cities -- OECD Study on Ranking Port Cities with High Exposure and Vulnerability to Climate Extremes -- Munich Re's Study on Megacities-Megacities Megarisks -- GFDRR-Economics of Disaster Risk Reduction -- Mega-Stress for Mega-Cities: A Climate Vulnerability Ranking of Major Coastal Cities in Asia -- Earthquake Disaster Risk Index -- Multi-Hazard City Risk Index (MHCRI) -- Note -- References -- Annex 3: Learning from Project and Program Experiences: Individuals, Community, and Local Government Partnering to Manage Risk -- Introduction -- Educate-Good Practices in Knowledge Sharing and Training -- Identify-Good Practices in Risk Identification -- Prepare-Good Practices in Risk Reduction through Early-Warning Systems -- Mitigate-Good Practices in Risk Reduction through Mitigation -- Flood Management and Urban Planning -- Water Supply and Sanitation -- Wastewater Management and Energy -- Water Supply and Energy Efficiency -- Neighborhood Upgrading -- Job Creation -- Transfer-Recent Practices in Risk Deflection -- Recover-Good Practices in Building-Back-Better -- Lessons Learned and Recommendations -- Notes -- References -- Annex 4: Dar es Salaam Case Study -- Overview and Key Findings -- Case Study Summary -- Reference -- Annex 5: Jakarta Case Study -- Overview and Key Findings -- Case Study Summary -- Notes -- Reference -- Annex 6: Mexico City Case Study -- Overview and Key Findings -- Case Study Summary -- Notes -- Reference -- Annex 7: São Paulo Case Study -- Overview and Key Findings -- Case Study Summary -- Notes -- Reference -- Color Section -- Index -- Back Cover. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910973597803321 |
| Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , 2012 | ||
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The disaster experts [[electronic resource] ] : mastering risk in modern America / / Scott Gabriel Knowles
| The disaster experts [[electronic resource] ] : mastering risk in modern America / / Scott Gabriel Knowles |
| Autore | Knowles Scott Gabriel |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (361 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.34/2 |
| Collana | The City in the Twenty-First Century |
| Soggetto topico |
Emergency management - United States - History - 20th century
Emergency management - Research - United States - History - 20th century Disasters - United States - History - 20th century Disaster relief - Research - United States - History - 20th century Risk assessment - United States - History - 20th century Hazard mitigation - Research - United States - History - 20th century |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-89855-1
0-8122-0799-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. The Devil's Privilege -- 2. Reforming Fire -- 3. The Invisible Screen of Safety -- 4. Ten to Twenty Million Killed, Tops -- 5. What Is a Disaster? -- 6. A Nation of Hazards -- NOTES -- INDEX -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452930803321 |
Knowles Scott Gabriel
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| Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2011 | ||
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The disaster experts [[electronic resource] ] : mastering risk in modern America / / Scott Gabriel Knowles
| The disaster experts [[electronic resource] ] : mastering risk in modern America / / Scott Gabriel Knowles |
| Autore | Knowles Scott Gabriel |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (361 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.34/2 |
| Collana | The City in the Twenty-First Century |
| Soggetto topico |
Emergency management - United States - History - 20th century
Emergency management - Research - United States - History - 20th century Disasters - United States - History - 20th century Disaster relief - Research - United States - History - 20th century Risk assessment - United States - History - 20th century Hazard mitigation - Research - United States - History - 20th century |
| Soggetto non controllato |
American History
American Studies General Political Science Public Policy Social Science Urban Studies |
| ISBN |
1-283-89855-1
0-8122-0799-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. The Devil's Privilege -- 2. Reforming Fire -- 3. The Invisible Screen of Safety -- 4. Ten to Twenty Million Killed, Tops -- 5. What Is a Disaster? -- 6. A Nation of Hazards -- NOTES -- INDEX -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779473203321 |
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Knowles Scott Gabriel
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| Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Hazardous future : disaster, representation and the assessment of risk / / edited by Isabel Capeloa Gil and Christoph Wulf
| Hazardous future : disaster, representation and the assessment of risk / / edited by Isabel Capeloa Gil and Christoph Wulf |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boston : , : De Gruyter, , [2015] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (302 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.34/2 |
| Soggetto topico |
Disasters
Risk assessment Emergency management |
| ISBN |
3-11-040661-6
3-11-040680-2 |
| Classificazione | LC 51000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction : hazardous future: images and perceptions of disaster and the assessment of risk -- Disaster (and) culture -- The productivity of catastrophes in evolution and the challenge of manmade catastrophes -- Catastrophe culture -- Tragedy, the neglected origin of catastrophe theory -- (e)spectating disaster : a cultural condition -- Catastrophes, the imaginary and citizenship : the production of the other and the singularity of experience -- The importance of social capital facing the unexpected (from natural hazards -- to social disasters) : a style of thought -- Big stories and small stories after a traumatic natural disaster from a psychotherapeutic point of view -- In search of the lost oikos : Japan after the earthquake of 11 March 2011 -- A casuistry of disaster -- The specter of Chernobyl : an ontology of risk -- Living in a landscape of risk in java/indonesia -- Performance and the deferral of the catastrophe narrative : Naoko Tanaka's -- Performance-installation die scheinwerferin -- The subjectification of disaster in video art : incidence of catastrophe by Gary Hill -- Identifying a genre : televized tragedy -- Screens of fire : surviving the end of the world -- Zombies and citizens : the ontopolitics of disaster in Francis Lawrence's I am legend -- How do we measure disaster? : how do we ensure security? : the 2011 Lorca earthquake in the media -- Hurricane Katrina : contesting singularity in treme -- Flooded with memories : risk cultures, the big flood of 1953 and the visual -- Resonance of World War two -- Authors -- Index of names. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797012803321 |
| Boston : , : De Gruyter, , [2015] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Mapping Vulnerability / / Bankoff, Greg
| Mapping Vulnerability / / Bankoff, Greg |
| Autore | Bankoff Greg |
| Edizione | [1st edition] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Routledge, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (254 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.34/2 |
| Soggetto topico |
Disaster relief
Natural disasters Human beings - Effect of environment on Political ecology |
| ISBN |
1-136-56161-7
9786610475926 1-85383-963-9 1-4175-4262-4 1-280-47592-7 1-136-56162-5 1-84977-192-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; List of Figures, Tables and Boxes; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Introduction: Mapping Vulnerability; Chapter 1: Theorizing Vulnerability in a Globalized World: A Political Ecological Perspective; Chapter 2: The Historical Geography of Disaster: 'Vulnerability' and 'Local Knowledge' in Western Discourse; Chapter 3: The Need for Rethinking the Concepts of Vulnerability and Risk from a Holistic Perspective: A Necessary Review and Criticism for Effective Risk Management
Chapter 4: Complexity and Diversity: Unlocking Social Domains of Disaster ResponseChapter 5: The Lower Lempa River Valley, El Salvador: Risk Reduction and Development Project; Chapter 6: El Niño Events, Forecasts and Decision-making; Chapter 7: Vulnerable Regions versus Vulnerable People: An Ethiopian Case Study; Chapter 8: From Vulnerability to Empowerment; Chapter 9: Progress in Analysis of Social Vulnerability and Capacity; Chapter 10: Vulnerability Reduction: A Task for the Vulnerable People Themselves Chapter 11: Macro-economic Concepts of Vulnerability: Dynamics, Complexity and Public PolicyChapter 12: Gendering Vulnerability Analysis: Towards a More Nuanced Approach; Chapter 13: Assessment of Capability and Vulnerability; Conclusion: Vulnerability Analysis as a Means of Strengthening Policy Formulation and Policy Practice; Notes; References; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782197403321 |
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Bankoff Greg
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| Routledge, , 2013 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Mapping Vulnerability / / Bankoff, Greg
| Mapping Vulnerability / / Bankoff, Greg |
| Autore | Bankoff Greg |
| Edizione | [1st edition] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Routledge, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (254 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.34/2 |
| Soggetto topico |
Disaster relief
Natural disasters Human beings - Effect of environment on Political ecology |
| ISBN |
1-136-56161-7
9786610475926 1-85383-963-9 1-4175-4262-4 1-280-47592-7 1-136-56162-5 1-84977-192-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; List of Figures, Tables and Boxes; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Introduction: Mapping Vulnerability; Chapter 1: Theorizing Vulnerability in a Globalized World: A Political Ecological Perspective; Chapter 2: The Historical Geography of Disaster: 'Vulnerability' and 'Local Knowledge' in Western Discourse; Chapter 3: The Need for Rethinking the Concepts of Vulnerability and Risk from a Holistic Perspective: A Necessary Review and Criticism for Effective Risk Management
Chapter 4: Complexity and Diversity: Unlocking Social Domains of Disaster ResponseChapter 5: The Lower Lempa River Valley, El Salvador: Risk Reduction and Development Project; Chapter 6: El Niño Events, Forecasts and Decision-making; Chapter 7: Vulnerable Regions versus Vulnerable People: An Ethiopian Case Study; Chapter 8: From Vulnerability to Empowerment; Chapter 9: Progress in Analysis of Social Vulnerability and Capacity; Chapter 10: Vulnerability Reduction: A Task for the Vulnerable People Themselves Chapter 11: Macro-economic Concepts of Vulnerability: Dynamics, Complexity and Public PolicyChapter 12: Gendering Vulnerability Analysis: Towards a More Nuanced Approach; Chapter 13: Assessment of Capability and Vulnerability; Conclusion: Vulnerability Analysis as a Means of Strengthening Policy Formulation and Policy Practice; Notes; References; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910799942503321 |
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Bankoff Greg
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| Routledge, , 2013 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Mapping vulnerability : disasters, development, and people / / edited by Greg Bankoff, Georg Frerks, Dorothea Hilhorst
| Mapping vulnerability : disasters, development, and people / / edited by Greg Bankoff, Georg Frerks, Dorothea Hilhorst |
| Edizione | [1st edition] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; Sterling, Va. : , : Earthscan Publications, , 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (254 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.34/2 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
BankoffGreg
FrerksGeorg <1961-> HilhorstDorothea |
| Soggetto topico |
Disaster relief
Natural disasters Human beings - Effect of environment on Political ecology |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-136-56161-7
9786610475926 1-85383-963-9 1-4175-4262-4 1-280-47592-7 1-136-56162-5 1-84977-192-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; List of Figures, Tables and Boxes; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Introduction: Mapping Vulnerability; Chapter 1: Theorizing Vulnerability in a Globalized World: A Political Ecological Perspective; Chapter 2: The Historical Geography of Disaster: 'Vulnerability' and 'Local Knowledge' in Western Discourse; Chapter 3: The Need for Rethinking the Concepts of Vulnerability and Risk from a Holistic Perspective: A Necessary Review and Criticism for Effective Risk Management
Chapter 4: Complexity and Diversity: Unlocking Social Domains of Disaster ResponseChapter 5: The Lower Lempa River Valley, El Salvador: Risk Reduction and Development Project; Chapter 6: El Niño Events, Forecasts and Decision-making; Chapter 7: Vulnerable Regions versus Vulnerable People: An Ethiopian Case Study; Chapter 8: From Vulnerability to Empowerment; Chapter 9: Progress in Analysis of Social Vulnerability and Capacity; Chapter 10: Vulnerability Reduction: A Task for the Vulnerable People Themselves Chapter 11: Macro-economic Concepts of Vulnerability: Dynamics, Complexity and Public PolicyChapter 12: Gendering Vulnerability Analysis: Towards a More Nuanced Approach; Chapter 13: Assessment of Capability and Vulnerability; Conclusion: Vulnerability Analysis as a Means of Strengthening Policy Formulation and Policy Practice; Notes; References; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452734603321 |
| London ; ; Sterling, Va. : , : Earthscan Publications, , 2004 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Natural catastrophe risk management and modelling : a practitioner's guide / / edited by Kirsten Mitchell-Wallace [and three others]
| Natural catastrophe risk management and modelling : a practitioner's guide / / edited by Kirsten Mitchell-Wallace [and three others] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (507 pages) : illustrations (some color), tables |
| Disciplina | 363.34/2 |
| Soggetto topico |
Emergency management
Disasters - Risk assessment |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-118-90607-1
1-118-90605-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Fundamentals -- Applications of catastrophe modelling -- The perils in brief -- Building catastrophe models -- Developing a view of risk. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910271043803321 |
| Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2017 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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