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100 1 $aWamsler, Christine,$eauthor.
245 10 $aCities, Disaster Risk and Adaptation /$cChristine Wamsler.
264 1 $aLondon ;$aNew York, NY :$bRoutledge,$c2014.
264 4 $c©2014
300 $axviii, 327 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aRoutledge Critical Introductions to Urbanism and the City
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 300-320) and index.
500 $aIntroduction 1. Setting the Scene Part I: Theoretical Framework 2. Sorting out the Conceptual ' Jungle' Associated with Urban Risk Reduction and Adaptation 3. The City-disasters Nexus: A Two-way Relationship Part II: Current Practice 4. City Authorities' Approaches to Urban Risk Reduction and Adaptation 5. Citizens' Own Ways to Reduce and Adapt to Urban Risk Part III: Moving Forward 6. Advancing Sustainable Urban Risk Governance and Transformation 7. Concluding Remarks.
520 $a"A very timely and valuable contribution to the literature for urban planners, city governments and all those who wish to understand the interactions between urbanization, disaster risk and climate change, and explore innovative ways and means of action."--The Publisher.
650 0 $aUrban ecology (Sociology)
650 0 $aCity planning.
650 0 $aClimatic changes$xGovernment policy.
650 0 $aClimatic changes.
830 0 $aRoutledge critical introductions to urbanism and the city.