1st Edition
The Vulnerability of Cities Natural Disasters and Social Resilience
By Mark Pelling
Copyright 2003
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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When disaster strikes in cities the effects can be catastrophic compared to other environments. But what factors actually determine the vulnerability or resilience of cities? The Vulnerability of Cities fills a vital gap in disaster studies by examining the too-often overlooked impact of disasters on cities, the conditions leading to high losses from urban disasters and why some households and... Read more
Section I: Cities and Environmental Risk - tracing the Roots of Urban Risk and Vulnerability * Cities as Sites for Disaster * Social Vulnerability in the City * Urban Governance and Disaster * Section II: The Case Studies - Maintaining Civil Society in a Liberal Democracy: Bridgetown, Barbados * Post-Socialism and Barriers to Building a Civil Society: Georgetown, Guyana * Patrimonal Regimes and the Maintenance of a Constructive Civil Society: Santo Domingo, The Dominican Republic * Section III: Towards Safer Cities - Action for Safer Cities * Appendix * References * Index
Biography
Mark Pelling has worked as a Lecturer at the University of Guyana and as a Research Fellow at the University of Liverpool where he is currently a Lecturer in human Geography.
'An ambitious book.' Open House International 'This thought-provoking book can be seen as a foundation stone for a new research agenda.' Journal of International Development 'Pelling has provided another compelling argument against the naturalness of natural disasters...a study that is both comprehensive in its review of theory, varied in its selection of case studies, and concise in their representation on the printed page..' The Geographical Journal 'A valuable addition to the natural hazard literature.' Geographical Association '...a welcome addition to the literature on urban disaster' Journal of Environmental Planning and Management May 2004 '...a readable and rewarding book that should prove as genuinely useful to those working in disaster preparedness as to academics' Journal of Environmental Planning and Management May 2004
