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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: World Bank
Otros Autores: Baker, Judy L., 1960-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 2012.
Colección:Urban development series (Washington, D.C.)
Temas:
Urban poor > Developing countries.
Climatic changes > Social aspects > Developing countries.
Climatic changes > Effect of human beings on > Developing countries.
City planning > Environmental aspects > Developing countries.
Urban ecology (Sociology) > Developing countries.
Urban health > Developing countries.
Urban policy > Developing countries.
City dwellers.
Climatic changes.
Emergency management.
Risk management.
Poverty.
Urban Population
Poverty
Climate Change
Disaster Planning
Risk Management
Developing Countries
Citadins.
Climat > Changements.
Gestion des situations d'urgence.
Gestion du risque.
Pauvreté.
climate change.
disaster planning.
risk management.
poverty.
NATURE > Natural Disasters.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Disasters & Disaster Relief.
Risk management
Emergency management
Climatic changes
City dwellers
City planning > Environmental aspects
Climatic changes > Effect of human beings on
Climatic changes > Social aspects
Urban ecology (Sociology)
Urban health
Urban policy
Urban poor
Klimaänderung
Katastrophenschutz
Armut
Stadtplanung
Städtische Armut.
Klimawandel.
Nachhaltige Stadtentwicklung.
Katastrophe.
Entwicklungsländer.
Developing countries
Entwicklungsländer
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Overview; Recommended Actions to Build Resilience of the Urban Poor; Chapter 1. Vulnerable Cities: Assessing Climate Change and Disaster Risk in Urban Centers of the Developing World; Introduction and Objective of the Study; Background, Analytical Framework, and Approach; Tables; 1.1 Analytical Framework for Assessing Risk; Climate Change, Disaster Risk, and Urban Areas: Assessing Hazard Risk; 1.2 Hazards Impacting the Urban Poor in Case Study Cities.

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