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020 _z1853838306 (pbk.)
020 _z1853838292 (hardback)
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_cCaPaEBR
035 _a(OCoLC)613371686
050 1 4 _aHT243.D44
_bP45 2003eb
082 0 4 _a307.76/09172/4
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100 1 _aPelling, Mark,
_d1967-
245 1 4 _aThe vulnerability of cities
_h[electronic resource] :
_bnatural disasters and social resilience /
_cMark Pelling.
246 3 0 _aNatural disasters and social resilience
260 _aSterling, Va. :
_bEarthscan Publications,
_c2003.
300 _axi, 212 p.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aSect. 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.
533 _aElectronic reproduction.
_bPalo Alto, Calif. :
_cebrary,
_d2011.
_nAvailable via World Wide Web.
_nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aUrban ecology (Sociology)
_zDeveloping countries.
650 0 _aNatural disasters
_zDeveloping countries.
650 0 _aDisaster relief
_zDeveloping countries.
650 0 _aUrbanization
_xSocial aspects
_zDeveloping countries.
650 0 _aSustainable development
_zDeveloping countries.
650 0 _aUrban policy
_zDeveloping countries.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
710 2 _aebrary, Inc.
856 4 0 _uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10128871
_zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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