The vulnerability of cities : natural disasters and social resilience / / Mark Pelling.
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| Year of Publication: | 2003 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 212 p. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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.