Megacities and the coast : risk, resilience and transformation / edited by mark pilling

Formerly CIP.
Collection subset: Social Welfare
Bibliography note: Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Mega-Urbanisation on the Coast: Global Context and Key Trends in the Twenty-First Century Sophie Blackburn and Cesar Marques-- 2. The Environmental Impacts of Megacities on the Coast Antje Bruns --3. Coastal Megacities, Environmental Hazards and Global Environmental Change Andrea Young-- 4. Contributions of Coastal Megacities to Environmental Changes at Regional and Global Scales Sue Grimmond --5. Reducing Risk from Natural Hazard, Pollution and Climate Change in Megacities and Associated Networks Jessica Lamond-- 6. Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change and Development: Interaction and Integration Joern Birkmann , Nina Qaiem Maqami and Qingnian Yu --7. Case Studies Mark Pelling and Sophie Blackburn