We live in a world which continues to experience dramatic suffering and loss of life due to natural hazard. The disaster paradigm has accelerated efforts towards resilience building, particularly since the adoption of the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA), a ten year plan to build the resilience of nations and communities to disasters Urban areas present complexity and interconnectivity of various elements, and this needs to be considered when building the resilience of such areas to disasters. To address urban risks, local level disaster risk reduction (DRR) is of fundamental importance, not only because it is closer to the citizens, but because it is the repository of regulatory governance functions and local knowledge The need to scale up the capacity of DRR at the local government level to build urban resilience is a key incentive for this study. With particular reference to the example of Makati City in the Philippines, this book analyses a local DRR approach with reference to the HFA, applies a micro-level resilience assessment and discusses an effective model for enhancing local DRR capacity in the future.

All 13 episodes of the ultra-violent Japanese anime series. Lucy is part of a military genetic experiment, able to dismember victims with invisible arms known as 'vectors'. Lucy loses her memory in the process of her escape from the military compound and takes refuge with two sisters. Renamed Nyu, she still retains traces of her killer nature, shockingly revealed when the government send a team of commandos and another mutant assassin to bring her back...

All 13 episodes of the ultra-violent Japanese anime series. Lucy is part of a military genetic experiment, able to dismember victims with invisible arms known as 'vectors'. Lucy loses her memory in the process of her escape from the military compound and takes refuge with two sisters. Renamed Nyu, she still retains traces of her killer nature, shockingly revealed when the government send a team of commandos and another mutant assassin to bring her back...