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Making Cities Resilient de Vishwa Raj Sharma

Making Cities Resilient: The Urban Book Series

Editat de Vishwa Raj Sharma, Chandrakanta
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 27 feb 2019
As the world has transformed, so have cities. Today, cities are home to 54 percent of the world’s population, and by the middle of this century that figure will likely rise to 66 percent. According to the United Nations (UN) Habitat I (1972), Habitat II (1996) and Habitat III (2016) summits, cities are facing many serious challenges, including growing inequality, security concerns and the worsening impacts of climate change. Uncontrolled urbanization has led to many problems (haphazard growth of areas, emergence of slums, inadequate water and power supply, poor sanitation, shortage of transport and other civic amenities, shrinking green spaces, pollution, crime, and urban disaster risks such as fire, flood, road and industrial accidents, etc.). 

Worldwide, communities at the international, national and local level are continuously working to improve human habitats. In order to make our planet more sustainable, the UN has moved from the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Among the latter, the aim of SDG 11 is to “…make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.”  In light of these challenges, various terms have emerged to help understand urban issues. Visualizing the problem, the United Nations program “Making Cities Resilient” is focused on mitigating the disaster risk in urban areas. 

This book analyzes terms such as: sustainable, resilient, livable, inclusive, smart and world class city, which have emerged in the process of combating urban challenges in today’s world. The book addresses emerging concepts for cities, challenges and potentials, urban environments, health and planning/policies. Covering 14 large cities in India, as well as case studies from Japan, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Poland and Sweden, it provides a regional dimension to and micro-level perspective on urban issues. 
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783319949314
ISBN-10: 3319949314
Pagini: 372
Ilustrații: XXIII, 345 p. 103 illus., 72 illus. in color.
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.73 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2019
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Springer
Seria The Urban Book Series

Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland

Cuprins

Perspective of Resilient Cities: Introduction and Overview.- Smart Cities: Milestone of New Era.- The Status of Research on Smart Cities: A Review.- Prospect of Faridabad as a Smart City: A Review.- Planning for Healthy and Sustainable Urbanization: A Case Study of NCT, Delhi.- City Size and its Growth Rate: A Case Study of Kerala, India.- Level of Basic Infrastructure in the Slums: A case study of West Bengal from General to Specific.- Slum Resettlement to the Margins: Increasing Deprivation of the Poor and an Impediment to Resilience of the City.

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As the world has transformed, so have cities. Today, cities are home to 54 percent of the world’s population, and by the middle of this century that figure will likely rise to 66 percent. According to the United Nations (UN) Habitat I (1972), Habitat II (1996) and Habitat III (2016) summits, cities are facing many serious challenges, including growing inequality, security concerns and the worsening impacts of climate change. Uncontrolled urbanization has led to many problems (haphazard growth of areas, emergence of slums, inadequate water and power supply, poor sanitation, shortage of transport and other civic amenities, shrinking green spaces, pollution, crime, and urban disaster risks such as fire, flood, road and industrial accidents, etc.). 

Worldwide, communities at the international, national and local level are continuously working to improve human habitats. In order to make our planet more sustainable, the UN has moved fromthe Millennium Development Goals (MDG) to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Among the latter, the aim of SDG 11 is to “…make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.”  In light of these challenges, various terms have emerged to help understand urban issues. Visualizing the problem, the United Nations program “Making Cities Resilient” is focused on mitigating the disaster risk in urban areas. 

This book analyzes terms such as: sustainable, resilient, livable, inclusive, smart and world class city, which have emerged in the process of combating urban challenges in today’s world. The book addresses emerging concepts for cities, challenges and potentials, urban environments, health and planning/policies. Covering 14 large cities in India, as well as case studies from Japan, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Poland and Sweden, it provides a regional dimension to and micro-level perspective on urban issues. 




Caracteristici

Presents insights into the various issues related to the urban environment and micro climate change Highlights innovative geospatial techniques like urban zonation, urban heat island mapping and vulnerability analysis Presents step-by-step insight into the issues related to resilient cities