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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Singapore
Springer Nature Singapore
2024, 2024
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2024 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Conceptual background: resilience and urban
- Empirical background: the causes, threats of, and responses to urban flooding in China and the world
- Research methodology
- Individual resilience to urban flooding of Gongming
- Factors influencing individual resilience to urban flooding: people-disaster-place-society
- Nurturing individual resilience through urban management
- Conclusion