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_aCrucibles of hazard : _bmega-cities and disasters in transition / _cedited by James K. Mitchell. |
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_aTokyo ; _bNew York : _bUnited Nations University Press, _cc1999. |
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_axiii, 535 p. : _bill., maps ; _c24 cm. |
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| 500 | _aBased on a 1994 Tokyo conference, several of whose participants became founding members of the steering committee of the International Geographical Union's Study Group on the Disaster Vulnerability of Megacities. | ||
| 500 | _a"UNUP-987"--P. [4] of cover. | ||
| 504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | _aIntroduction / James K. Mitchell -- Natural disasters in the context of mega-cities / James K. Mitchell -- Urbanization and disaster mitigation in Tokyo / Yoshio Kumagai and Yoshiteru Nojima -- Flood hazard in seoul : a preliminary assessment / Kwi-Gon Kim -- Environmental hazards in Dhaka / Saleemul Huq -- Natural and anthropogenic hazards in the Sydney sprawl : is the city sustainable? / John Handmer -- Disaster response in London : a case of learning constrained by history and experience / Dennis J. Parker -- Lima, Peru : underdevelopment and vulnerability to hazards in the city of the kings / Anthony Oliver-Smith -- Social vulnerability to disasters in Mexico : an assessment method / Sergio Puente -- Natural hazards of the San Francisco Bay mega-city : trial by earthquake, wind, and fire / Rutherford H. Platt -- There are worse things than earthquakes : hazard vulnerability and mitigation capacity in Greater Los Angeles / Ben Wisner -- Environmental hazards and interest group coalitions : Metropolitan Miami after hurricane Andrew / William D. Solecki -- Findings and conclusions / James K. Mitchell. | |
| 650 | 0 | _aDisaster relief. | |
| 650 | 0 | _aMetropolitan areas. | |
| 650 | 0 | _aDisasters. | |
| 650 | 0 | _aNatural disasters. | |
| 650 | 0 | _aEmergency management. | |
| 650 | 4 | _aAsistencia humanitaria en desastres. | |
| 650 | 4 | _aDesastres naturales. | |
| 650 | 4 | _aAsistencia en emergencias. | |
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_aMitchell, James K., _d1943- |
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