Megacities and the Coast

Risk, Resilience and Transformation
Herausgeber: Pelling, Mark; Blackburn, Sophie

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Based on a major international study, this volume provides a synthesis of scientific knowledge on megacity urbanization on the coast, environmental impacts, risks and management choices, including a focus on adaptation, mitigation and disaster risk management.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 249mm x 177mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 529g
• ISBN-13: 9780415815123
• ISBN-10: 0415815126
• Artikelnr.: 36645712

Autorenporträt

Mark Pelling is Professor of Geography in the Department of Geography at King's College London, UK. Sophie Blackburn is a Research Associate in the Department of Geography at King's College London, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Executive Summary 1. Mega-Urbanisation on the Coast: Global Context and Key
Trends in the Twenty-First Century 2. The Environmental Impacts of
Megacities on the Coast 3. Coastal Megacities, Environmental Hazards and
Global Environmental Change 4. Contributions of Coastal Megacities to
Environmental Changes at Regional and Global Scales 5. Reducing Risk from
Natural Hazard, Pollution and Climate Change in Megacities and Associated
Networks 6. Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change and Development:
Interaction and Integration 7. Case Studies