The vulnerability of cities (Record no. 81545)
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| 000 -LEADER | |
|---|---|
| fixed length control field | 02151nam a2200385Ia 4500 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 307.76/09172/4 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Pelling, Mark, |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The vulnerability of cities |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Sterling, Va. : |
| Name of publisher | Earthscan Publications, |
| Year of publication | 2003. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xi, 212 p. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | 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. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Urban ecology (Sociology) |
| Topical Term | Natural disasters |
| Topical Term | Disaster relief |
| Topical Term | Urbanization |
| Topical Term | Sustainable development |
| Topical Term | Urban policy |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10128871 |
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