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Urban planning for disaster recovery /

This book focuses on disaster recovery from the perspective of urban planning, an underutilized tactic that can significantly reduce disaster risks. It examines disaster risk reduction (DRR), in particular, the recovery stage of what is widely known as the disaster cycle, illustrating key concepts w...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: March, Alan (Editor), Kornakova, Maria (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Elsevier Ltd. : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2017.
Subjects:
City planning.
Emergency management.
Urbanisme.
Gestion des situations d'urgence.
urban planning.
disaster planning.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
City planning
Emergency management
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This book focuses on disaster recovery from the perspective of urban planning, an underutilized tactic that can significantly reduce disaster risks. It examines disaster risk reduction (DRR), in particular, the recovery stage of what is widely known as the disaster cycle, illustrating key concepts with real-world case studies and the perspectives of experts, urban planners, NGOs, and community members.
Physical Description:1 online resource : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780128043233
0128043237