The vulnerability of cities [electronic resource] : natural disasters and social resilience / Mark Pelling.
Pelling, Mark, 1967-
2003
HT243.D44 P45 2003eb
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Title The vulnerability of cities [electronic resource] : natural disasters and social resilience / Mark Pelling.
Author Pelling, Mark, 1967-
ISBN 1853838306 (pbk.)
1853838292 (hardback)
Imprint Sterling, Va. : Earthscan Publications, 2003.
Language English
Description xi, 212 p.
Call Number HT243.D44 P45 2003eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 307.76/09172/4
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Sect. I. Cities and Environmental Risk
1. Tracing the Roots of Urban Risk and Vulnerability
2. Cities as Sites for Disaster
3. Social Vulnerability in the City
4. Urban Governance and Disaster
Sect. II. The Case Studies
5. Maintaining Civil Society in a Liberal Democracy: Bridgetown, Barbados
6. Post-socialism and Barriers to Building a Civil Society: Georgetown, Guyana
7. Patrimonial Regimes and the Maintenance of a Constructive Civil Society: Santo Domingo, The Dominican Republic
Sect. III. Towards Safer Cities
8. Action for Safer Cities.

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