This book presents practical approaches for tackling the threats from climate change and disasters to urban growth in Pacific island countries and Asian nations

This book presents practical approaches for tackling the threats from climate change and disasters to urban growth in Pacific island countries and Asian nations

This publication seeks to explain the nature of settlements termed “urban villages” as set within the context of growing levels of urbanization in contempor

The urban poor living in slums are at particularly high risk from the impacts of climate change and natural hazards. This study analyzes key issues affecting th

In Planning Asian Cities: Risks and Resilience, Stephen Hamnett and Dean Forbes have brought together some of the region’s most distinguished urbanists to exp