Cities at Risk Living with Perils in the 21st Century /

With the major growth of the worlds population over the past century, as well as�rapid urbanisation, people increasingly live in crowded cities. This trend is often accompanied by�proliferation of poorly built housing, uncontrolled use of land, occupation of unsafe environments and overstretched se...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Joffe, Helene. (Editor), Rossetto, Tiziana. (Editor), Adams, John. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Series:Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research, 33
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Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6184-1