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Individual Resilience to Urban Flooding and the Implications for Urban Management

This book argues that the substantial life and property loss caused by urban flooding might not be a pure result of a vulnerable physical environment-social factors, especially the individual attributes and capacities, could have pivotal roles to play in the resilience discourse as well. In light of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Song, Jing
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore Springer Nature Singapore 2024, 2024
Edition:1st ed. 2024
Subjects:
Urban Policy
Well-being
Environmental Management
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This book argues that the substantial life and property loss caused by urban flooding might not be a pure result of a vulnerable physical environment-social factors, especially the individual attributes and capacities, could have pivotal roles to play in the resilience discourse as well. In light of this, this research investigates the relationship between individual resilience to urban flooding and urban management, endeavoring to identify place-responsive measures for building resilience for residents vulnerable to urban flooding
Physical Description:XIV, 191 p. 34 illus., 25 illus. in color online resource
ISBN:9789819705467

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