Natural Disasters and the Urban Poor

Natural disasters made two and a half million people homeless in Latin America between 1990 and 1999. The region has been plagued with an average of 30 disasters causing 7,500 fatalities a year for 30 years. Worse, the frequency of natural disaster...

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Main Authors:	Fay, Marianne, Ghesquiere, Francis, Solo, Tova
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	CENTRAL AMERICA CENTRAL AMERICAN CENTRAL CITY CITY CENTER CIVIL DEFENSE COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION DISASTER DISASTER INSURANCE DISASTER MANAGEMENT DISASTER PLANS DISASTER PREPAREDNESS DISASTER PREVENTION DISASTER RISK DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DRAINAGE SYSTEMS EARTHQUAKE EARTHQUAKES ECONOMICS EFFICIENT HOUSING EMERGENCY HEALTH EMERGENCY PLANS EXTREME POVERTY FLOODING FLOODS HEALTH CARE HOUSING HOUSING MARKETS HUMAN SETTLEMENTS HURRICANE HURRICANES INFORMAL HOUSING SECTOR INSURANCE INSURANCE COVERAGE IRREGULAR SETTLEMENTS LATIN AMERICAN LOW INCOME LOW INCOME HOUSING METROPOLITAN AREA MICRO-FINANCE MITIGATION NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL HAZARDS POOR COMMUNITIES POOR NEIGHBORHOODS POOR PEOPLE POVERTY REDUCTION PROGRAMS PROPERTY TAX PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION RATES RENTS RISK MANAGEMENT RISK REDUCTION RISK TAKING SAVINGS SHACKS SLUMS STORM URBAN AFFAIRS URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE URBAN POOR URBAN POPULATION URBAN POVERTY URBAN SERVICE URBAN SERVICE DELIVERY URBAN SPRAWL URBANIZATION VALUATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/10/6768594/natural-disasters-urban-poor http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10374

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spelling	okr-10986-103742021-04-23T14:02:50Z Natural Disasters and the Urban Poor Fay, Marianne Ghesquiere, Francis Solo, Tova CENTRAL AMERICA CENTRAL AMERICAN CENTRAL CITY CITY CENTER CIVIL DEFENSE COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION DISASTER DISASTER INSURANCE DISASTER MANAGEMENT DISASTER PLANS DISASTER PREPAREDNESS DISASTER PREVENTION DISASTER RISK DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DRAINAGE SYSTEMS EARTHQUAKE EARTHQUAKES ECONOMICS EFFICIENT HOUSING EMERGENCY HEALTH EMERGENCY PLANS EXTREME POVERTY FLOODING FLOODS HEALTH CARE HOUSING HOUSING MARKETS HUMAN SETTLEMENTS HURRICANE HURRICANES INFORMAL HOUSING SECTOR INSURANCE INSURANCE COVERAGE IRREGULAR SETTLEMENTS LATIN AMERICAN LOW INCOME LOW INCOME HOUSING METROPOLITAN AREA MICRO-FINANCE MITIGATION NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL HAZARDS POOR COMMUNITIES POOR NEIGHBORHOODS POOR PEOPLE POVERTY REDUCTION PROGRAMS PROPERTY TAX PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION RATES RENTS RISK MANAGEMENT RISK REDUCTION RISK TAKING SAVINGS SHACKS SLUMS STORM URBAN AFFAIRS URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE URBAN POOR URBAN POPULATION URBAN POVERTY URBAN SERVICE URBAN SERVICE DELIVERY URBAN SPRAWL URBANIZATION VALUATION Natural disasters made two and a half million people homeless in Latin America between 1990 and 1999. The region has been plagued with an average of 30 disasters causing 7,500 fatalities a year for 30 years. Worse, the frequency of natural disasters appears to be rising. It is generally agreed that rapid population growth leading to larger and denser human settlements, combined with environment degradation are key reasons. The emergence of megacities, population concentration in coastal areas (which are particularly vulnerable), and persistent widespread poverty compound the problem. 2012-08-13T11:17:42Z 2012-08-13T11:17:42Z 2003-10 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/10/6768594/natural-disasters-urban-poor http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10374 English en breve; No. 32 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research
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topic	CENTRAL AMERICA CENTRAL AMERICAN CENTRAL CITY CITY CENTER CIVIL DEFENSE COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION DISASTER DISASTER INSURANCE DISASTER MANAGEMENT DISASTER PLANS DISASTER PREPAREDNESS DISASTER PREVENTION DISASTER RISK DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DRAINAGE SYSTEMS EARTHQUAKE EARTHQUAKES ECONOMICS EFFICIENT HOUSING EMERGENCY HEALTH EMERGENCY PLANS EXTREME POVERTY FLOODING FLOODS HEALTH CARE HOUSING HOUSING MARKETS HUMAN SETTLEMENTS HURRICANE HURRICANES INFORMAL HOUSING SECTOR INSURANCE INSURANCE COVERAGE IRREGULAR SETTLEMENTS LATIN AMERICAN LOW INCOME LOW INCOME HOUSING METROPOLITAN AREA MICRO-FINANCE MITIGATION NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL HAZARDS POOR COMMUNITIES POOR NEIGHBORHOODS POOR PEOPLE POVERTY REDUCTION PROGRAMS PROPERTY TAX PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION RATES RENTS RISK MANAGEMENT RISK REDUCTION RISK TAKING SAVINGS SHACKS SLUMS STORM URBAN AFFAIRS URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE URBAN POOR URBAN POPULATION URBAN POVERTY URBAN SERVICE URBAN SERVICE DELIVERY URBAN SPRAWL URBANIZATION VALUATION
spellingShingle	CENTRAL AMERICA CENTRAL AMERICAN CENTRAL CITY CITY CENTER CIVIL DEFENSE COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION DISASTER DISASTER INSURANCE DISASTER MANAGEMENT DISASTER PLANS DISASTER PREPAREDNESS DISASTER PREVENTION DISASTER RISK DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DRAINAGE SYSTEMS EARTHQUAKE EARTHQUAKES ECONOMICS EFFICIENT HOUSING EMERGENCY HEALTH EMERGENCY PLANS EXTREME POVERTY FLOODING FLOODS HEALTH CARE HOUSING HOUSING MARKETS HUMAN SETTLEMENTS HURRICANE HURRICANES INFORMAL HOUSING SECTOR INSURANCE INSURANCE COVERAGE IRREGULAR SETTLEMENTS LATIN AMERICAN LOW INCOME LOW INCOME HOUSING METROPOLITAN AREA MICRO-FINANCE MITIGATION NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL HAZARDS POOR COMMUNITIES POOR NEIGHBORHOODS POOR PEOPLE POVERTY REDUCTION PROGRAMS PROPERTY TAX PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION RATES RENTS RISK MANAGEMENT RISK REDUCTION RISK TAKING SAVINGS SHACKS SLUMS STORM URBAN AFFAIRS URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE URBAN POOR URBAN POPULATION URBAN POVERTY URBAN SERVICE URBAN SERVICE DELIVERY URBAN SPRAWL URBANIZATION VALUATION Fay, Marianne Ghesquiere, Francis Solo, Tova Natural Disasters and the Urban Poor
relation	en breve; No. 32
description	Natural disasters made two and a half million people homeless in Latin America between 1990 and 1999. The region has been plagued with an average of 30 disasters causing 7,500 fatalities a year for 30 years. Worse, the frequency of natural disasters appears to be rising. It is generally agreed that rapid population growth leading to larger and denser human settlements, combined with environment degradation are key reasons. The emergence of megacities, population concentration in coastal areas (which are particularly vulnerable), and persistent widespread poverty compound the problem.
format	Publications & Research :: Brief
author	Fay, Marianne Ghesquiere, Francis Solo, Tova
author_facet	Fay, Marianne Ghesquiere, Francis Solo, Tova
author_sort	Fay, Marianne
title	Natural Disasters and the Urban Poor
title_short	Natural Disasters and the Urban Poor
title_full	Natural Disasters and the Urban Poor
title_fullStr	Natural Disasters and the Urban Poor
title_full_unstemmed	Natural Disasters and the Urban Poor
title_sort	natural disasters and the urban poor
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/10/6768594/natural-disasters-urban-poor http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10374
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Natural Disasters and the Urban Poor

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