Lessons from Urban Risk Assessments in Latin American and Caribbean Cities

Lessons from Urban Risk Assessments in Latin American and Caribbean Cities

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 r...

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Main Authors: Bloch, Robin, Papachristodoulou, Nikolaos, Miller, Rawlings, Monroy, Jose, Fisseha, Tiguist, Trejos, Lorena, Kappes, Melanie S., Pozueta, Beatriz
Format: Journal Article
Language:en_US
Published: Taylor and Francis 2014
Subjects:
climate change
capacity development
risk management
disaster risk management
climate risks
climate change adaptation
urbanization
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20482
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Summary: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.

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