Mark Pelling: 4 books
The Vulnerability of Cities
Natural Disasters and Social Resilience
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2012
When disaster strikes in cities the effects can be catastrophic compared to other environments. But what factors actually determine the vulnerability or resilience of cities? The Vulnerability of Cities fills a vital gap in disaster studies by examining the too-often overlooked impact of disasters...
by Mark Pelling
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2003
The number of humanitarian disasters triggered by a natural hazard has doubled every decade since the 1960s. At the same time, the global economic growth rate per capita is twice its 1960s value. Does this mean economic growth is independent of the impacts of natural disaster?
Natural Disaster...
Disaster Risk Reduction
Cases from Urban Africa
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2012
Published with ProVention Consortium, UNDP and UN-Habitat 'This excellent book is essential reading for those concerned with urban risk and its reduction in Africa, the most rapidly urbanizing region of the world.' Professor Jo Beall, Development Studies Institute, London School of Economics 'At last...
Adaptation to Climate Change
From Resilience to Transformation
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2010
The impacts of climate change are already being felt. Learning how to live with these impacts is a priority for human development. In this context, it is too easy to see adaptation as a narrowly defensive task – protecting core assets or functions from the risks of climate change. A more profound...