Crucibles of hazard :  mega-cities and disasters in transition / 
edited by James K. Mitchell 
 - Tokyo :  United Nations University Press,  1999 
 - xiii, 535 p. :  ill., maps ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Based on a 1994 Tokyo conference, several of whose participants became founding members of the steering committee of the International Geographical Union's Study Group on the Disaster Vulnerability of Megacities 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index 
<br/><br/>Introduction / James K. Mitchell -- Natural disasters in the context of mega-cities / James K. Mitchell -- Urbanization and disaster mitigation in Tokyo / Yoshio Kumagai and Yoshiteru Nojima -- Flood hazard in seoul : a preliminary assessment / Kwi-Gon Kim -- Environmental hazards in Dhaka / Saleemul Huq -- Natural and anthropogenic hazards in the Sydney sprawl : is the city sustainable? / John Handmer -- Disaster response in London : a case of learning constrained by history and experience / Dennis J. Parker -- Lima, Peru : underdevelopment and vulnerability to hazards in the city of the kings / Anthony Oliver-Smith -- Social vulnerability to disasters in Mexico : an assessment method / Sergio Puente -- Natural hazards of the San Francisco Bay mega-city : trial by earthquake, wind, and fire / Rutherford H. Platt -- There are worse things than earthquakes : hazard vulnerability and mitigation capacity in Greater Los Angeles / Ben Wisner -- Environmental hazards and interest group coalitions : Metropolitan Miami after hurricane Andrew / William D. Solecki -- Findings and conclusions / James K. Mitchell 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9280809873 (pbk.)  RM140.50 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Disaster relief<br/>Metropolitan areas<br/>Disasters<br/>Natural disasters<br/>Emergency management