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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...

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Corporate Author: World Bank
Other Authors: Baker, Judy L., 1960-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 2012.
Subjects:
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
climate change.
disaster planning.
risk management.
poverty.
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9780821389607
0821389602
1280486600
9781280486609
9786613581839
6613581836
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • 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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