02151nam a2200385Ia 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095020002200112020002600134040002100160035002100181050002600202082002300228100002600251245011600277246004400393260005200437300001500489504005100504505058100555533015201136650005301288650004501341650004301386650005601429650005101485650004001536655002901576710001701605856012601622999001701748ebr10128871CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||030115s2003    vau     sb    001 0 eng d  z  2003000697  z1853838306 (pbk.)  z1853838292 (hardback)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)61337168614aHT243.D44bP45 2003eb04a307.76/09172/42211 aPelling, Mark,d1967-14aThe vulnerability  of citiesh[electronic resource] :bnatural disasters and social resilience /cMark Pelling.30aNatural disasters and social resilience  aSterling, Va. :bEarthscan Publications,c2003.  axi, 212 p.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aSect. I. Cities and Environmental Risk -- 1. Tracing the Roots of Urban Risk and Vulnerability -- 2. Cities as Sites for Disaster -- 3. Social Vulnerability in the City -- 4. Urban Governance and Disaster -- Sect. II. The Case Studies -- 5. Maintaining Civil Society in a Liberal Democracy: Bridgetown, Barbados -- 6. Post-socialism and Barriers to Building a Civil Society: Georgetown, Guyana -- 7. Patrimonial Regimes and the Maintenance of a Constructive Civil Society: Santo Domingo, The Dominican Republic -- Sect. III. Towards Safer Cities -- 8. Action for Safer Cities.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2011.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aUrban ecology (Sociology)zDeveloping countries. 0aNatural disasterszDeveloping countries. 0aDisaster reliefzDeveloping countries. 0aUrbanizationxSocial aspectszDeveloping countries. 0aSustainable developmentzDeveloping countries. 0aUrban policyzDeveloping countries. 7aElectronic books.2local2 aebrary, Inc.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10128871zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view  c81545d81545