This edited book approaches the threat and impact of environmental disasters on Asiarsquo;s urban populations from a governance perspective. It adopts a multi-sector and multi-disciplinary approach to disaster governance that emphasises the importance of multiple stakeholders in preparing for; responding to and recovering from disasters and their cascading impacts in Asiarsquo;s cities. The contributors to this volume take a broad view of the multifaceted causalities and the interconnected threats and vulnerabilities of environmental disasters in urbanising Asia. As such; the book is an invitation to advance scholarship in the search for more effective; comprehensive and inclusive disaster preparedness agendas; recovery programs and development priorities.
2007-01-01 2015-12-09File Name: B0195HAOE0
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