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Informal Settlements, Environmental Degradation, and Disaster Vulnerability

Author : Ronald Parker

Publisher : World Bank Publications

Page : 212 pages

File Size : 48,44 MB

Release : 1995-01-01

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 9780821333976

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The collection of papers in the book Property Rights and the Environment: Social and Ecological Issues, (*) and this companion volume examine the relationships between people, the environment, and property rights and the ways in which a given social and ecological context affects those relationships. The papers are products of a research program at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm. The main objective of the program was to convene social scientists and natural scientists to address research questions in their full social and ecological dimensions. The program's participants addressed five general issues related to property rights and the environment: (1) the design of governance systems for sustainability; (2) the relationship between equity, stewardship, and environmental resilience; (3) the use of traditional knowledge in resource management, (4) the mechanisms that link people to their environments, and (5) the role played by population and poverty. This volume presents case studies that address questions of design application in those five areas. (*) Also available: Property Rights and the Environment: Social and Ecological Issues. (ISBN 0-8213-3415-8) Stock No. 13415.



Disaster and Development

Author : Naim Kapucu

Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media

Page : 469 pages

File Size : 38,86 MB

Release : 2014-04-11

Category : Nature

ISBN : 3319044680

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This book offers a systematic, empirical examination of the concepts of disasters and sustainable economic development applied to many cases around the world. It presents comprehensive coverage of the complex and dynamic relationship between disaster and development, making a vital contribution to the literature on disaster management, disaster resilience and sustainable development. The book collects twenty-three chapters, examining theoretical issues and investigating practical cases on policy, governance, and lessons learned in dealing with different types of disasters (e.g., earthquakes, floods and hurricanes) in twenty countries and communities around the world.



Slum Health

Author : Jason Corburn

Publisher : Univ of California Press

Page : 337 pages

File Size : 11,42 MB

Release : 2016-06-07

Category : Medical

ISBN : 0520962796

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Urban slum dwellers—especially in emerging-economy countries—are often poor, live in squalor, and suffer unnecessarily from disease, disability, premature death, and reduced life expectancy. Yet living in a city can and should be healthy. Slum Health exposes how and why slums can be unhealthy; reveals that not all slums are equal in terms of the hazards and health issues faced by residents; and suggests how slum dwellers, scientists, and social movements can come together to make slum life safer, more just, and healthier. Editors Jason Corburn and Lee Riley argue that valuing both new biologic and “street” science—professional and lay knowledge—is crucial for improving the well-being of the millions of urban poor living in slums.



Climate Change, Disaster Risk, and the Urban Poor

Author : Judy L. Baker

Publisher : World Bank Publications

Page : 323 pages

File Size : 12,61 MB

Release : 2012-04-01

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 0821389602

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The urban poor living in slums are at particularly high risk from the impacts of climate change and natural hazards. This study analyzes key issues affecting their vulnerability, with evidence from a number of cities in the developing world.



At Risk

Author : Piers Blaikie

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 492 pages

File Size : 14,84 MB

Release : 2014-01-21

Category : Science

ISBN : 1134528612

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The term 'natural disaster' is often used to refer to natural events such as earthquakes, hurricanes or floods. However, the phrase 'natural disaster' suggests an uncritical acceptance of a deeply engrained ideological and cultural myth. At Risk questions this myth and argues that extreme natural events are not disasters until a vulnerable group of people is exposed. The updated new edition confronts a further ten years of ever more expensive and deadly disasters and discusses disaster not as an aberration, but as a signal failure of mainstream 'development'. Two analytical models are provided as tools for understanding vulnerability. One links remote and distant 'root causes' to 'unsafe conditions' in a 'progression of vulnerability'. The other uses the concepts of 'access' and 'livelihood' to understand why some households are more vulnerable than others. Examining key natural events and incorporating strategies to create a safer world, this revised edition is an important resource for those involved in the fields of environment and development studies.



Rethinking Urban Risk and Resettlement in the Global South

Author : Garima Jain

Publisher :

Page : 336 pages

File Size : 49,26 MB

Release : 2021-06-10

Category : City planning

ISBN : 9781787358294

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A study on urban risk and resettlement programs in the Global South in the era of climate change. Environmental changes impact everyone, but the burden is especially heavy upon the lives and livelihoods of the urban poor and those living in informal settlements. In an effort to reduce urban residents' exposure to climate change and natural disasters, resettlement programs are becoming widespread across the Global South. Yet, while resettlement may reduce a region's future climate-related disaster risk, it can also often increase poverty and vulnerability. This volume collates the findings from a research project that examined urban areas across the globe, including case studies from India, Uganda, Peru, Colombia, Mexico, Cambodia, and the Philippines. The book offers a unique approach to resettlement, providing an opportunity for urban planners to re-think how disaster risk management can better address the accumulation of urban risks in the era of climate change.



World Cities Report 2020

Author : United Nations

Publisher :

Page : 416 pages

File Size : 43,18 MB

Release : 2020-11-30

Category :

ISBN : 9789211328721

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In a rapidly urbanizing and globalized world, cities have been the epicentres of COVID-19 (coronavirus). The virus has spread to virtually all parts of the world; first, among globally connected cities, then through community transmission and from the city to the countryside. This report shows that the intrinsic value of sustainable urbanization can and should be harnessed for the wellbeing of all. It provides evidence and policy analysis of the value of urbanization from an economic, social and environmental perspective. It also explores the role of innovation and technology, local governments, targeted investments and the effective implementation of the New Urban Agenda in fostering the value of sustainable urbanization.



Climate Change and Cities

Author : Cynthia Rosenzweig

Publisher :

Page : 855 pages

File Size : 32,69 MB

Release : 2018-03-29

Category : Nature

ISBN : 1316603334

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Climate Change and Cities bridges science-to-action for climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts in cities around the world.



Sustainability in the Twenty-First Century

Author : Mohan Munasinghe

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 689 pages

File Size : 41,6 MB

Release : 2019-05-23

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 1108404154

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Book Description

Provides a rigorous analysis of sustainable development that includes practical, policy-relevant, global case studies, explained concisely and clearly.



Identifying Emerging Issues in Disaster Risk Reduction, Migration, Climate Change and Sustainable Development

Author : Karen Sudmeier-Rieux

Publisher : Springer

Page : 293 pages

File Size : 17,26 MB

Release : 2016-08-29

Category : Science

ISBN : 3319338803

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The goal of this book is to explore disaster risk reduction (DRR), migration, climate change adaptation (CCA) and sustainable development linkages from a number of different geographical, social and natural science angles. Well-known scientists and practitioners present different perspectives regarding these inter-linkages from around the world, with theoretical discussions as well as field observations. This publication contributes in particular to the discussion on the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR) 2015-2030 and the debate about how to improve DRR, including CCA, policies and practices, taking into account migration processes from a large perspective where both natural and social factors are crucial and mutually “alloyed”. Some authors see the SFDRR as a positive step forward in terms of embracing a multitude of issues, others doubting that the agreement will lead to much concrete action toward real action on the ground. This book is a timely contribution for researchers, students and policy makers in the fields of environment, human geography, migration, disaster and climate change studies who seek a more comprehensive grasp of contemporary development issues.