Disaster Risk Reduction - Cases from Urban Africa

Informationen zum Autor Mark Pelling is Reader in Human Geography at King's College London and author of The Vulnerability of Cities (2003). Ben Wisner is retired Professor of Geography and Director of International Studies at CSU at Long Beach, California and is co-editor of Towards a New Map of Africa (2005). Klappentext First Published in 2008. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Zusammenfassung Offers a fresh way of thinking about the reduction of risk in rapidly urbanizing cities across the globe. This book addresses four inter-related themes critical for urban risk reduction: environment; livelihood; urban governance; and, the generation of urban risks. It is suitable for professionals, researchers and policy makers. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction * Conceptualising Urbanisation, Disaster Risk and Climate Change * Part I * A Safer Urban Future for Africa? * A Tool Kit for Urban Risk Reduction * Part II * Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Building Disaster Resilient Communities * Algiers, Algeria: Evaluating Seismic Vulnerability * Greater Accra Metropolitan Area, Ghana: Environmental Health and Disaster Monitoring * Kisii and Kisumu, Kenya: Road Traffic Accidents as an Everyday Hazard * Saint Louis, Senegal: Multi-actor Governance for Flood Risk Reduction * Cape Town, South Africa: Fire Risk in Informal Settlements * Part III * A Vision of a Safer Urban Africa * Index

Product details

• Authors: Mark Pelling, Mark (EDT)/ Wisner Pelling, Pelling Mark, Ben Wisner, Wisner Ben
• Publisher: Stylus Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2009
• EAN: 9781844075560
• ISBN: 978-1-84407-556-0
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; NATURE / Natural Disasters, Africa, MATHEMATICS / Game Theory, Natural disasters, Risk assessment