Resilience and Urban Disasters

de Kamila Borsekova, Peter Nijkamp

This book addresses unexpected disasters and shocks in cities and urban systems by providing quantitative and qualitative tools for impact analysis and disaster management, including environmental catastrophes, political turbulence and economic shocks. It explores a large range of tumultuous events and key case studies, In particular, the socio-economic impacts on urban systems that are subject to disasters are explored.