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

• 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
• Subjects: Geography.; Geology.; Regional planning.; Social sciences.; Earth Sciences.; Natural Hazards.; Earth Sciences, general.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.; Social Sciences, general.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6184-1

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...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Introduction - Living with Perils in the 21st Century
• Risk Society and Representations of Risks: Earthquakes and Beyond
• Risk Compensation in Cities at Risk
• Responding to Flood Risk in the UK
• A Historical Overview of Social Representation of Earthquake Risk in Japan: Fatalism, Social Reform, Scientific Control and Collaborative Risk Management
• Facilitating Community�Participation in Disaster Risk Management: Risk Perception and Preparedness Behaviours in Turkey
• North American Cities at Risk: Household Responses to Environmental Hazards
• Community Understanding of, and Preparedness for, Earthquake and Tsunami Risk in Wellington, New Zealand
• Perceptions of Climate Variability and Coping Strategies in Informal Settlements in Dhaka, Bangladesh
• Risk Perception, Public Education and Disaster Risk Management
• Index.