Urban Vulnerability Reduction: Regulations and Beyond

V. Thiruppugazh

Chapter 11 in The Indian Economy Sixty Years After Independence, 2008, pp 200-212 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Is willful non-compliance of regulations the basic cause of urban vulnerability for earthquakes in Gujarat? This chapter will focus on the causes of urban vulnerability in Gujarat, based on the lessons learnt in the recent Gujarat earthquake, through a case study of Ahmedabad.

Keywords: Seismic Hazard; Disaster Risk Reduction; Seismic Safety; Bhuj Earthquake; Municipal Corporation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230228337_11

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