The risks and resilience of cities: how disasters can catalyse transformative change

Hazards are natural, disasters are not. In the field of risk management, we consider that while events such as earthquakes are natural, the resulting disasters are not—they are the result of human decision in terms of the urban systems we build, where we build them and how we build them. Each of the...

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Main Author:	Lallemant, David
Other Authors:	J. W. Vasbinder
Format:	Book Chapter
Language:	English
Published:	World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd 2022
Subjects:	Engineering::Environmental engineering Social sciences::Geography::Natural disasters Urban Risk Urban Resilience
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10356/162405
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spelling	sg-ntu-dr.10356-1624052022-12-14T02:41:44Z The risks and resilience of cities: how disasters can catalyse transformative change Lallemant, David J. W. Vasbinder Asian School of the Environment Earth Observatory of Singapore Engineering::Environmental engineering Social sciences::Geography::Natural disasters Urban Risk Urban Resilience Hazards are natural, disasters are not. In the field of risk management, we consider that while events such as earthquakes are natural, the resulting disasters are not—they are the result of human decision in terms of the urban systems we build, where we build them and how we build them. Each of these factors into the level of risk associated with a natural event. Submitted/Accepted version 2022-11-17T06:27:58Z 2022-11-17T06:27:58Z 2018 Book Chapter Lallemant, D. (2018). The risks and resilience of cities: how disasters can catalyse transformative change. J. W. Vasbinder (Eds.), Disrupted Balance: Society at Risk (Exploring Complexity - Volume 6) (pp. 65-71). World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/162405 978-981-323-921-0 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/162405 10.1142/9789813239227_0008 www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/10963#t=aboutBook 65 71 en Disrupted Balance: Society at Risk (Exploring Complexity - Volume 6) The risks and resilience of cities: how disasters can catalyse transformative change, D. Lallemant and J. W. Vasbinder (Ed.), Copyright @ 2018 with permission from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. application/pdf World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd
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description	Hazards are natural, disasters are not. In the field of risk management, we consider that while events such as earthquakes are natural, the resulting disasters are not—they are the result of human decision in terms of the urban systems we build, where we build them and how we build them. Each of these factors into the level of risk associated with a natural event.
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The risks and resilience of cities: how disasters can catalyse transformative change

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