Resilience imperative: uncertainty, risks and disasters

"We have to adapt to the impacts that, unfortunately, we can no longer avoid", said President Obama at the UN Climate Summit in September 2014. Adaptation and resilience are now a must in both academic research and international bodies. A fashionable concept, resilience's polysemy spa...

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Weitere Verfasser: Reghezza-Zitt, Magali 1978- (HerausgeberIn), Rufat, Samuel (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London ISTE Press 2015
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Zusammenfassung:"We have to adapt to the impacts that, unfortunately, we can no longer avoid", said President Obama at the UN Climate Summit in September 2014. Adaptation and resilience are now a must in both academic research and international bodies. A fashionable concept, resilience's polysemy sparks many debates on its uses and operational relevance. This book bridges the increasing divide between academic research and the latest planning innovations, offering practical and conceptual insights for practitioners, researchers and students. Magali Reghezza-Zitt and Samuel Rufat present a cross-disciplinary, state-of-the-art debate and critical analysis of the social, spatial, practical and political implications of resilience
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:1 online resource
ISBN:9780081007761
0081007760
9781785480515
1785480510

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