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Urban risk assessments : understanding disaster and climate risk in cities /
The rapid and oft en unplanned expansion of cities is exposing more people and economic assets to the risk of disasters and the effects of climate change. For city governments, increased climate variability imposes additional challenges to effective urban management and the delivery of key services,...
| 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 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Need for an Urban Risk Assessment
- Disasters and Cities
- Climate Change and Cities
- Challenges of Managing Disaster and Climate Risk in Urban Areas
- Notes
- References
- Integrated Urban Risk Assessment as a Tool for City Management
- What Is Risk Assessment?
- Integrated Approach to Assessing Urban Risk
- Initiating, Undertaking, and Mainstreaming Urban Risk Assessment
- Challenges in Undertaking the URA
- Notes
- Reference
- Pillars of the Urban Risk Assessment
- Hazard Impact Assessment
- Institutional Assessment
- Socioeconomic Assessment
- Notes
- References
- Conclusion: From Risk Assessment to Action Planning and Implementation
- Introduction
- Developing Action Plans: Lessons from Vietnam and New York City
- Key Policy Areas: Lessons from England, Turkey, Kenya, and Colombia
- Institutions and Governance
- References
- Dar es Salaam Case Study
- Overview and Key Findings
- Case Study Summary
- Reference
- Jakarta Case Study
- Overview and Key Findings
- Case Study Summary
- Notes
- Reference
- Mexico City Case Study
- Overview and Key Findings
- Case Study Summary
- Notes
- Reference
- Sao Paulo Case Study
- Overview and Key Findings
- Case Study Summary
- Notes
- Reference
- Case Study-Dakar, Senegal
- Public Awareness Raising, Stakeholder Consultations, and Community Participation
- Understanding the Institutional Landscape
- Hazard Impact Assessment
- Note
- Reference
- Case Study-Legazpi, Philippines
- Note
- References
- Case Study-Sana'a, Yemen
- Probabilistic Risk Assessment in Sana'a
- Historical Hazard Identification
- Exposure and Vulnerability
- Note
- Reference
- Case Study-Bogota, Colombia
- Holistic Risk Evaluation for Bogota
- Assessing Risk for Bogota
- Damage and Loss
- Comparison with Other Cities
- Action Plan for Risk Management in Bogota
- Notes
- References
- Probabilistic Risk Modeling
- Remote Sensing as a Tool for Assessing Urban Risk
- Remote Sensing: Satellite Descriptions, Pricing, and Application for Digital Elevation Models
- Note
- References
- Community-Based Institutional Mapping and Other Participatory Approaches
- Pro-Poor Adaptation to Climate Change in Urban Centers: Case Studies of Urban Poor in Mombasa, Kenya, and Esteli, Nicaragua
- Methodology
- Participatory Climate Change Adaptation Appraisal
- Findings from the Case Studies
- Note
- Reference
- Global, National, and Local Responses to Disasters and Climate Change
- References
- Tools for Climate Risk Assessment
- Note
- Reference
- Sample Household Urban Risk Questionnaire
- Natural Hazard Information
- PAGER Construction Types Used for Development of Building Inventory
- Note
- Urban Risk Assessment Template
- Key Definitions
- Color Section.