This book is on urban resilience – how to design and operate cities that can withstand major threats such as natural disasters and economic downturns and how
This volume provides a comprehensive discussion and overview of urban resilience, including socio-ecological and economic hazard and disaster resilience. It pro
This open access book addresses the way in which urban and urbanizing regions profoundly impact and are impacted by climate change. The editors and authors show
This book brings together a series of theory and practice essays on risk management and adaptation in urban contexts within a resilient and multidimensional per
Resilience has become a very topical issue transcending many spheres and sectors of sustainable urban development. This book presents a resilience framework for