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986984
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b741354
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Building safer cities : : the future of disaster risk /\ edited by Alcira Kreimer, Margaret Arnold, Anne Carlin.
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Washington, D.C. :: World Bank,, ©2003.
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| Series Statement
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Disaster risk management series ;; no. 3
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1 online resource (xxi, 299 pages) :: illustrations, maps
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0585479550
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: 0821354973
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: 6610085951
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: 9780585479552
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: 9780821354971
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: 9786610085958
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Includes bibliographical references.
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| Contents
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Part I. Disasters, vulnerability, and the global economy / Charlotte Benson and Edward Clay -- Natural hazard risk and privatization / Paul K. Freeman -- Natural disaster risk and cost-benefit analysis / Reinhard Mechler -- Globalization and natural disasters: an integrative risk management approach / Torben Juul Andersen -- Urban disasters and globalization / J.M. Albala-Bertrand -- Interdependent disaster risks: the need for public-private partnerships / Howard Kunreuther.
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Part II. Cities and climate change / Anthony G. Bigio -- The resilience of coastal megacities to weather-related hazards / Richard J.T. Klein, Robert J. Nicholls, and Frank Thomalla -- Flood management and vulnerability of Dhaka City / Saleemul Huq and Mozaharul Alam -- Flooding in the Pampean Region of Argentina: the Salado Basin / Hilda Herzer -- Urbanization and natural disasters in the Mediterranean: population growth and climate change in the 21st century / Hans Günter Brauch -- Urban land markets and disasters: floods in Argentina's cities / Nora Clichevsky.
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Part III. Social vulnerability to disaster impacts. Disaster risk reduction in megacities: making the most of human and social capital / Ben Wisner -- Living with risk: toward effective disaster management training in Africa / Prvoslav Marjanovic and Krisno Nimpuno -- Urban vulnerability to disasters in developing countries: managing risks / E.L. Quarantelli -- Natural disasters and urban cultural heritage: a reassessment / June Taboroff.
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Part IV. Protecting critical infrastructure from disaster impacts. A new structural approach for the study of domino effects between life support networks / Benoît Robert et al. -- Mitigating the vulnerability of critical infrastructure in developing countries / Lamine Mili -- Damage to and vulnerability of industrial facilities in the 1999 Kocaeli, Turkey, earthquake / Mustafa Erdik and Eser Durukal -- The behavior of retrofitted buildings during earthquakes: new technologies / Mikayel Melkumyan.
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In developing countries, disasters can cause major setbacks to economic and social development, inflict massive casualties, and cause the diversion of funds from development to emergency relief and recovery.
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Climatic changes-- Risk assessment-- Developing countries.
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Emergency management-- Developing countries-- Planning.
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Emergency management-- Developing countries.
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Floods-- Developing countries.
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Climat-- Changements-- Évaluation du risque-- Pays en voie de développement.
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Gestion des situations d'urgence-- Pays en voie de développement-- Planification.
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Inondations-- Pays en voie de développement.
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Secours aux victimes de catastrophes-- Pays en voie de développement-- Planification.
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Climatic changes-- Risk assessment.
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Emergency management-- Planning.
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Emergency management.
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Floods.
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Klimaänderung
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Management
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Disasters Disaster Relief.
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Stadtplanung
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Developing countries.
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Entwicklungsländer
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| Dewey Classification
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363.348/091724
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HV551.5.D44B85 2003eb
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GEO 138fstub
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MS 1840rvk
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POL 690fstub
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| Added Entry
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Arnold, Margaret,1965-
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Carlin, Anne.
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Kreimer, Alcira.
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