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Climate Change, Disaster Risk, and the Urban Poor : Cities Building Resilience for a Changing World /
Poor people living in slums are at particularly high risk from the impacts of climate change and natural hazards. They live on the most vulnerable lands within cities, typically areas that are deemed undesirable by others and are thus affordable. Residents are exposed to the impacts of landslides, s...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
World Bank,
2012.
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| Colección: | Urban development series (Washington, D.C.)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Poor people living in slums are at particularly high risk from the impacts of climate change and natural hazards. They live on the most vulnerable lands within cities, typically areas that are deemed undesirable by others and are thus affordable. Residents are exposed to the impacts of landslides, sea-level rise, flooding, and other hazards. Exposure to risk is exacerbated by overcrowded living conditions, lack of adequate infrastructure and services, unsafe housing, inadequate nutrition, and poor health. These conditions can turn a natural hazard or change in climate into a disaster, and resu. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xix, 297 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780821389607 0821389602 1280486600 9781280486609 9786613581839 6613581836 |