Urban risk assessments : understanding disaster and climate risk in cities (English)

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, while for residents it increasingly affects their lives and livelihoods due to more frequent floods, landslides, heat waves, droughts, and fires. There...

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Dickson,Eric;

Baker,Judy L.;

Hoornweg,Daniel A.;

Tiwari,Asmita;
Document Date
2012/06/22
Document Type
Publication
Report Number
70982
Volume No
1
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1
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World,
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Other,
Disclosure Date
2012/07/11
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Urban risk assessments : understanding disaster and climate risk in cities
Keywords
flash flood

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Dickson,Eric; Baker,Judy L.; Hoornweg,Daniel A.; Tiwari,Asmita.

Urban risk assessments : understanding disaster and climate risk in cities (English). Urban development series Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/659161468182066104

Urban risk assessments : understanding disaster and climate risk in cities (English)

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