Hazards and the built environment : attaining built-in resilience
Presenting a range of multi-hazard adaptation issues, this book illustrates that non-structural as well as structural adaptations need to be considered in order to reduce the threat, and impact, of disasters in the built environment
xviii, 382 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
9780415427296, 9780415427302, 9780203938720, 0415427290, 0415427304, 0203938720
176861795
1. Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Management 2. Construction in Developing Nations 3. The Case of Central Vietnam 4. Structural Adaptation in India 5. Developments in Seismic Design and Retrofit of Structures 6. Flood Resilience in Residential Properties in England and Wales 7. Public Attitudes to ‘Community Based’ Small Scale Flood Risk Reduction Measures in England 8. Facing the Future by Designing in Resilience 9. Community-Based Construction for Disaster Risk Reduction 10. Informal Settlements and Natural Hazard Vulnerability in Rapid Growth Cities 11. Corruption, Construction and Catastrophe 12. Building Resilience by Focusing on Legal and Contractual Frameworks for Disaster Reconstruction 13. The Implications of the Civil Contingencies Act (CCA) 2004 for Engineers in the UK 14. Security Planning in the Resilient City 15. Adapting Settlements Before Disasters Strike
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