Natural Disasters and the Urban Poor

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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Bibliographic Details
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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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/10/6768594/natural-disasters-urban-poor
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10374

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