Arising risks in urban settlements: How can urban settlements be made disaster-resilient in light of increasingly devastating natural disasters over the last decade?

International Journal of Urban Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-60

  Alarslan, Ebru ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Disaster resilience; Natural disasters; Urban risks; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874221627     PISSN: 12265934     EISSN: 21616779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/12265934.2008.9693627     Document Type: Article

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