TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pelling,Mark
TI  - The vulnerability  of cities: natural disasters and social resilience 
AV  - HT243.D44 P45 2003eb
U1  - 307.76/09172/4 21
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Sterling, Va.
PB  - Earthscan Publications
KW  - Urban ecology (Sociology)
KW  - Developing countries
KW  - Natural disasters
KW  - Disaster relief
KW  - Urbanization
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Sustainable development
KW  - Urban policy
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2009; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
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