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clear concepts that can facilitate development of more sustainable communities via taking an urban risk governance approach to transforming communities and cities. Wamsler’s extensive experience working with many different communities and agencies worldwide is particularly apparent in this final section, and she provides a number of examples and principles that take many of the concepts that can sometimes seem abstract, to highly practical solutions and examples. A key message that consistently emerges is the need for agencies and formalised mechanisms to be joined with citizen capabilities for adaptive change and resilience, as the practical manifestation of mainstreaming. The book concludes by asserting the centrality of urban disaster resilience to sustainability, and that this depends on integration of technical, institutional and citizen capabilities. Overall, this is a convincing and useful book, written in a clear and unambiguous style. Each of the chapters is complemented by many case studies that provide concrete examples and demonstrations of the concepts being discussed. The chapters conclude with clear ‘action taking’ measures, ‘test yourself’ questions, and guides to further resources and reading. The book is clearly going to be useful as a text for teaching purposes at undergraduate or postgraduate level, in areas such as urban planning, geography, urban design, risk management and development studies. I can also easily imagine it being of significant value for urban managers and planners, community groups, and indeed emergency and disaster agencies seeking to broaden their approaches to include more direct attention to urban adaptation and resilience.