TY  - BOOK
AU  - Joerin,Jonas
AU  - Shaw,Rajib
AU  - Krishnamurthy,Ramasamy R.
ED  - Emerald eBooks.
TI  - Building resilient urban communities
T2  - Community, environment and disaster risk management,
SN  - 9781783509065 (electronic bk.) :
AV  - HT243.I4 B85 2014
U1  - 307.76 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Bingley, U.K.
PB  - Emerald
KW  - Social Science
KW  - Disasters & Disaster Relief
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Science
KW  - Environmental Science
KW  - Nature
KW  - Environmental Conservation & Protection
KW  - Natural disasters
KW  - bicssc
KW  - Social impact of environmental issues
KW  - Management of land & natural resources
KW  - Sustainable urban development
KW  - Community development, Urban
KW  - Environmental aspects
KW  - City planning
KW  - Regional planning
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Introduction / Jonas Joerin, Rajib Shaw, Ramasamy Krishnamurthy -- Climate disaster risk in urban areas in Asia / Jonas Joerin, Rajib Shaw, Ramasamy Krishnamurthy -- The concept of resilience to disasters / Jonas Joerin, Rajib Shaw, Ramasamy Krishnamurthy -- Resilience in the context of urban disaster risk reduction in India / Jonas Joerin, Rajib Shaw, Ramasamy Krishnamurthy -- Development and application of a climate disaster resilience index in Chennai and other Indian cities / Jonas Joerin, Rajib Shaw, Ramasamy Krishnamurthy -- Perceptions of community leaders about enhancing the climate disaster resilience of communities in Chennai, India / Jonas Joerin, Rajib Shaw, Ramasamy Krishnamurthy -- Perceptions of households about enhancing the climate disaster resilience of communities in Chennai, India / Jonas Joerin, Rajib Shaw, Ramasamy Krishnamurthy -- Making Chennai resilient to climate-related disasters / Jonas Joerin, Rajib Shaw, Ramasamy Krishnamurthy
N2  - How do urban communities in Asian cities experience the impacts of urbanisation and climate change? This key issue forms the discussion point for this book. Particular reference is made to cities in India, and the capability of such urban communities of responding to climate-related disasters
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