Tomorrow's cities: A framework to assess urban resilience

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Urban Design and Planning

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 79-91

  Collier, Florence ^a   Hambling, Jennifer ^b   Kernaghan, Sam ^a   Kovacevic, Bora ^c   Miller, Rebecca ^a   Pérez, Aitana Payá ^b   Richardson, Elizabeth ^b   Macmillan, Sebastian ^d  

^a ARUP   (United Kingdom)

^b Ove Arup and Partners Hong Kong Ltd   (China)

^c Arup   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disaster engineering; Failures; Floods Floodworks

Indexed keywords

FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FLOODS; HAZARDS;

CASE-STUDIES; CHANGING ENVIRONMENT; CRITICAL SYSTEMS; DRIVING FORCES; EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS; FOCUS AREAS; MULTIPLE COMPONENTS; URBAN RESILIENCE;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD CONTROL; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN PLANNING; URBANIZATION; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 84901773217     PISSN: 17550793     EISSN: 17550807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/udap.13.00019     Document Type: Article

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