Urban Resilience by Jon Coaffee

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In the century of the city when crisis has become the new normal, planners are trying to find ways to make cities less vulnerable and to build in resilience. Drawing on international examples and detailed case-studies, this book examines the theory and practice of urban resilience in response to a range of disruptions.

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Urban Resilience by Jon Coaffee

In the century of the city when crisis has become the new normal, planners are trying to find ways to make cities less vulnerable and to build in resilience. Drawing on international examples and detailed case-studies, this book examines the theory and practice of urban resilience in response to a range of disruptions.

Jon Coaffee is Professor of Urban Geography and Director of the Resilient Cities Laboratory and the Warwick Institute for the Science of Cities at the University of Warwick, UK, and an exchange Professor at New York University, USA.

Peter Lee is Senior Lecturer in Urban and Regional Studies and former Director of the Centre for Urban and Regional Studies at the University of Birmingham, UK.

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ISBN 13 9781137288837
ISBN 10 1137288833
Title Urban Resilience
Author Jon Coaffee
Series Planning Environment Cities
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published 2016-05-16
Number of pages 320
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