Disaster Governance in Urbanising Asia
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Beschreibung
This edited book approaches the threat and impact of environmental disasters on Asia’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 Asia’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.
This edited book approaches the threat and impact of environmental disasters on Asia’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 Asia’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.
Presents inclusive approaches to disaster governance in urbanizing Asia Departs from dominant public administration orientation of disaster studies while emphasizing multidisciplinary approaches and multiple stakeholders Highlights particular challenges and opportunities of disaster events for urban populations within and beyond Asia
Autor*in
Michelle Ann Miller
Themen in »Disaster Governance in Urbanising Asia«
Disaster governance in Asia Disaster governance in urban Asia Disaster urban Asia Inclusive approaches to disaster governance in Asia Urban Disaster Urban Governance and Democratization in Thailand urban geography and urbanism landscape/regional and urban planning