Lessons from Urban Risk Assessments in Latin American and Caribbean Cities

• Tác giả: Robin Bloch
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 301.36 Sociology and anthropology
• Thông tin xuất bản: Taylor and Francis, 2014
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 314992
• Chủ đề: 1. capacity development; 2. climate change; 3. climate risks; 4. disaster risk management; 5. risk management

Tóm tắt

This paper draws on the results from a recent World Bank-funded project designed to inform policy-making and climate change adaptation planning in small and medium-sized cities in Latin America and the Caribbean. The focus was on floods and landslides, which are the two most common climate-related risks in cities across the region. The project allowed the application of the Urban Risk Assessment (URA) tool developed by the World Bank and the drawing of valuable lessons which may also be applicable to the many methods and tools available for climate change adaptation planning in the rapidly urbanising cities of developing countries.