Risky Cities : : The Physical and Fiscal Nature of Disaster Capitalism / / Albert S. Fu.
Over half the world’s population lives in urban regions, and increasingly disasters are of great concern to city dwellers, policymakers, and builders. However, disaster risk is also of great interest to corporations, financiers, and investors. Risky Cities is a critical examination of global urban d...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English |
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Place / Publishing House: | New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2022] ©2022 |
Year of Publication: | 2022 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Nature, Society, and Culture
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (174 p.) :; 7 b&w images |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Living with Disaster and Capitalism
- 2 Sinkholes and the Risky Foundations of Cities
- 3 The Logistical Nightmare of Trash and Urban Nature
- 4 Fire, the Wildland–Urban Interface, and Feedback Loops
- 5 Assessing and Managing Risk
- Conclusion: Regenerative Urbanism
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index
- About the Author