Building Resilience into Urban Investments in East Asia and the Pacific: A Primer: Principles, Tools, and Practice (Directions in Development - Environment and Sustainable Deve) - Softcover

Jha, Abhas K.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0821388657 ISBN 13: 9780821388655

Publisher: World Bank Publications, 2013

Synopsis

Resilience is the ability of a system, community, or society exposed to hazards to resist, absorb, accommodate to, and recover from the effects of a hazard in a timely and efficient manner. Resilience in the context of cities translates into a new paradigm for urbanization, and forms base for a new understanding how to manage hazards and urban development. In the next decades, the major driver of the increasing damages and losses from disasters will be the growth of people and assets in harm's way, especially in urban areas. Often lacking resources, infrastructure, services and the capacity to manage the increase in population, small cities could face heavy losses of life and property due to disasters, unless proactive measures are mainstreamed into governance and planning.

Edition details

• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0821388657
• ISBN 13: 9780821388655
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160