MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 02022nam a22002658a 4500
001 2008036287
003 DLC
005 20080822104840.0
008 080822s2008 vau b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008036287
020 $a9781844075560 (hardback)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
050 00 $aHV551.5.A35$bD57 2008
082 00 $a363.34/6096091732$222
245 00 $aDisaster risk reduction :$bcases from urban Africa /$cedited by Mark Pelling and Ben Wisner ; with foreword by Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka.
260 $aSterling, VA :$bEarthscan,$c2008.
263 $a0812
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aUrbanization and disaster risk reduction in Africa -- Urbanisation, human security and disaster risk in Africa / Mark Pelling and Ben Wisner -- African cities of hope and risk / Ben Wisner and Mark Pelling -- Reducing urban disaster risk in Africa / Mark Pelling and Ben Wisner -- Case studies of urban disaster risk in Africa -- Integrated disaster risk and environmental health monitoring: greater Accra metropolitan area, Ghana / Jacob Songsore ... [et al.] -- Road traffic accidents as an everyday hazard: Kisii and Kisumu, Kenya / Andre Yitambe ... [et al.] -- Fire-risk in informal settlements in Cape Town, South Africa / Robyn Pharoah -- A city of contrasts -- Building disaster resilient communities: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania / Robert B. Kiunsi ... [et al.] -- History, governance and the millennium development goals: flood risk reduction in Saint-Louis, Senegal / Khady Diagne and and Abdoulaye Ndiaye -- Disaster risk reduction in Algiers, Algeria / Djillali Benouar and Yamina Ait Meziane -- A vision for a safer urban Africa -- Toward a safer urban future: conclusions and recommendations / Djillali Benouar ... [et al.].
650 0 $aEmergency management$zAfrica$vCase studies.
650 0 $aRisk management$zAfrica$vCase studies.
650 0 $aDisaster relief$zAfrica$vCase studies.
700 1 $aPelling, Mark,$d1967-
700 1 $aWisner, Benjamin.