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008 990121s1999 ja ab b 001 0 eng
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050 00 $aHV553$b.C78 1999
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245 00 $aCrucibles of hazard :$bmega-cities and disasters in transition /$cedited by James K. Mitchell.
260 $aTokyo ;$bNew York :$bUnited Nations University Press,$cc1999.
300 $axiii, 535 p. :$bill., maps ;$c24 cm.
500 $aBased 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.
500 $a"UNUP-987"--P. [4] of cover.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction / 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 $aDisaster relief.
650 0 $aMetropolitan areas.
650 0 $aDisasters.
650 0 $aNatural disasters.
650 0 $aEmergency management.
700 1 $aMitchell, James K.,$d1943-