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Author: Eric Dickson
Edition: 1
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0821389629

Urban Risk Assessments: An Approach for Understanding Disaster and Climate Risk in Cities (Urban Development)

This book presents a framework, the Urban Risk Assessment, for assessing disaster and climate risk in cities which is intended to assist in decision-making, urban planning, and designing risk management programs. Download Urban Risk Assessments: An Approach for Understanding Disaster and Climate Risk in Cities (Urban Development) from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. The approach seeks to strengthen coherence and consensus within and across cities in understanding and planning for risk from natural disasters and climate change. The target audience for this book includes policy makers, urban practitioners and technical staff, and international organizations. The Urban Risk Assessment is a flexible approach based on three reinforcing pillars that collectively contribute to the understanding of urban risk: a hazard impact assessment, an institutional assessment, and a socioeconomic assessment. The Search and find a lot of education books in many category availabe for free download.

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