Urbanisation at Risk in the Pacific and Asia

Taylor & Francis

Urbanisation at Risk in the Pacific and AsiaDisasters, Climate Change and Resilience in the Built Environment\nAuthor(s): David Sanderson, Laura Bruce\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367258474, 978-0367258474\nSynopsis\nThis book presents practical approaches for tackling the threats from climate change and disasters to urban growth in Pacific island countries and Asian nations.\n\nWith chapters written by leading scholars and practitioners, Urbanisation at Risk presents research and case studies from island countries across the Pacific, Cambodia, Nepal and the Philippines. The book explores and presents the theory, policy and practice of how governments, civil society, aid organisations and people themselves prepare for, withstand and recover better from urban disasters including windstorms, floods, earthquakes and fires, and the effects of climate change.\n\nThis book is written for urban policy makers, resea.