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_bC955 1999
082 0 0 _a363.34/09173/2
245 0 0 _aCrucibles of hazard :
_bmega-cities and disasters in transition /
_cedited by James K. Mitchell.
260 _aTokyo ;
_bNew York :
_bUnited Nations University Press,
_cc1999.
300 _axiii, 535 p. :
_bill., maps ;
_c24 cm.
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.
700 1 _aMitchell, James K.,
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