Retrospective View of London

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Abstract

A brief history of London is given by focusing on changes on the spatial pattern regarding housing and transportation systems to analyse root causes of the current vulnerabilities to disasters. Then, the chapter proceeds by providing retrospective view of risk in London including both natural and man-made disasters to see the progress of disaster risk reduction system after each event in London.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationImproving Societal Resilience to Disasters
Place of PublicationNrtin
PublisherSpringer
Chapter2
Pages7-23
Number of pages17
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-319-04654-9
ISBN (Print)978-3-319-04653-2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 29 Apr 2014
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameImproving Societal Resilience to Disasters
ISSN (Print)2191-530X
ISSN (Electronic)2191-5318

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