Arq.Futuro

This book presents the views, experiences and reflections Brazilian and foreign experts on one of the issues most discussed in the contemporary urbanism: how to prepare cities to withstand the impacts of changes climate, by overpopulation and the various pressures today the reach? How to help them to recover after undergoing traumatic collective experiences? You can anticipate problems and making our cities resilient. Based on meetings held by the edition 2014 Arq.Futuro, the volume brings lectures transcripts and especially texts written by writers guests who show such as floods, floods, water shortages, hurricanes, earthquakes and other crisis situations have been faced and overcome around the world. Among the topics covered are the strategies adopted in extreme situations such as the nuclear accident in Fukushima (2011) in Japan, and Hurricanes Katrina (2005) and Sandy (2014), the United United); the unique experience of Singapore and solutions intended to mitigate or overcome dramatic realities in locations African and Asian. The book also discusses issues related to sanitation problems, water shortages and resource management water checked in Brazilian cities.