What Does Social Inclusion Mean for a Resilient City? : A Policy Note on Urban Floods

What Does Social Inclusion Mean for a Resilient City? : A Policy Note on Urban Floods

Cities today face an unprecedented risk of natural hazards compounded by serious governance challenges. How can cities ensure that in building resilience, they address the needs of those most at risk of being excluded? How can they develop strategi...

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Main Authors: Das, Maitreyi Bordia, Majumdar, Shruti
Format: Policy Note
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:
SOCIAL INCLUSION
FLOODS
RESILIENT DEVELOPMENT
NATURAL DISASTER
MUNICIPAL GOVERNANCE
URBAN FLOODS
CLIMATE CHANGE
GENDER
RISK MANAGEMENT
CITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
CLIMATE RESILIENCE
SOCIAL PROTECTION
INFRASTRUCTURE
COMMUNITY-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/419471557258628314/What-Does-Social-Inclusion-Mean-for-a-Resilient-City-A-Policy-Note-on-Urban-Floods
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spelling okr-10986-316932021-05-25T09:23:50Z What Does Social Inclusion Mean for a Resilient City? : A Policy Note on Urban Floods Das, Maitreyi Bordia Majumdar, Shruti SOCIAL INCLUSION FLOODS RESILIENT DEVELOPMENT NATURAL DISASTER MUNICIPAL GOVERNANCE URBAN FLOODS CLIMATE CHANGE GENDER RISK MANAGEMENT CITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY CLIMATE RESILIENCE SOCIAL PROTECTION INFRASTRUCTURE COMMUNITY-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT Cities today face an unprecedented risk of natural hazards compounded by serious governance challenges. How can cities ensure that in building resilience, they address the needs of those most at risk of being excluded? How can they develop strategies that simultaneously foster resilient infrastructure and social inclusion? This note focuses on urban floods—one of the most pervasive forms of disasters that strike cities—and illustrates who may be left behind, and how building city resilience and social inclusion can work together. It is intended to stimulate thought and debate, and to lead the way for a more in-depth analysis of the problems and solutions, and towards more effective and sustainable city resilience. 2019-05-14T15:23:28Z 2019-05-14T15:23:28Z 2019-05 Policy Note http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/419471557258628314/What-Does-Social-Inclusion-Mean-for-a-Resilient-City-A-Policy-Note-on-Urban-Floods http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31693 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note Economic & Sector Work
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topic SOCIAL INCLUSION
FLOODS
RESILIENT DEVELOPMENT
NATURAL DISASTER
MUNICIPAL GOVERNANCE
URBAN FLOODS
CLIMATE CHANGE
GENDER
RISK MANAGEMENT
CITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
CLIMATE RESILIENCE
SOCIAL PROTECTION
INFRASTRUCTURE
COMMUNITY-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT
spellingShingle SOCIAL INCLUSION
FLOODS
RESILIENT DEVELOPMENT
NATURAL DISASTER
MUNICIPAL GOVERNANCE
URBAN FLOODS
CLIMATE CHANGE
GENDER
RISK MANAGEMENT
CITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
CLIMATE RESILIENCE
SOCIAL PROTECTION
INFRASTRUCTURE
COMMUNITY-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT
Das, Maitreyi Bordia
Majumdar, Shruti
What Does Social Inclusion Mean for a Resilient City? : A Policy Note on Urban Floods
description Cities today face an unprecedented risk of natural hazards compounded by serious governance challenges. How can cities ensure that in building resilience, they address the needs of those most at risk of being excluded? How can they develop strategies that simultaneously foster resilient infrastructure and social inclusion? This note focuses on urban floods—one of the most pervasive forms of disasters that strike cities—and illustrates who may be left behind, and how building city resilience and social inclusion can work together. It is intended to stimulate thought and debate, and to lead the way for a more in-depth analysis of the problems and solutions, and towards more effective and sustainable city resilience.
format Policy Note
author Das, Maitreyi Bordia
Majumdar, Shruti
author_facet Das, Maitreyi Bordia
Majumdar, Shruti
author_sort Das, Maitreyi Bordia
title What Does Social Inclusion Mean for a Resilient City? : A Policy Note on Urban Floods
title_short What Does Social Inclusion Mean for a Resilient City? : A Policy Note on Urban Floods
title_full What Does Social Inclusion Mean for a Resilient City? : A Policy Note on Urban Floods
title_fullStr What Does Social Inclusion Mean for a Resilient City? : A Policy Note on Urban Floods
title_full_unstemmed What Does Social Inclusion Mean for a Resilient City? : A Policy Note on Urban Floods
title_sort what does social inclusion mean for a resilient city? : a policy note on urban floods
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2019
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/419471557258628314/What-Does-Social-Inclusion-Mean-for-a-Resilient-City-A-Policy-Note-on-Urban-Floods
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