Climate change, disaster risk, and the urban poor : : cities building resilience for a changing world / / edited by Judy L. Baker

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , 2012
• Descrizione fisica: pages cm
• Disciplina: 363.34/2
• Soggetto topico: Urban poor - Developing countries; Climatic changes - Social aspects - Developing countries; Climatic changes - Effect of human beings on - Developing countries; City planning - Environmental aspects - Developing countries; Urban ecology (Sociology) - Developing countries; Urban health - Developing countries; Urban policy - Developing countries
• Altri autori: BakerJudy L. <1960->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Poor people living in slums are at particularly high risk from the impacts of climate change and natural hazards. They live on the most vulnerable lands within cities, typically areas that are deemed undesirable by others and are thus affordable. Residents are exposed to the impacts of landslides, sea-level rise, flooding, and other hazards. Exposure to risk is exacerbated by overcrowded living conditions, lack of adequate infrastructure and services, unsafe housing, inadequate nutrition, and poor health. These conditions can turn a natural hazard or change in climate into a disaster, and resu
• Titolo autorizzato: Climate change, disaster risk, and the urban poor
• ISBN: 1-280-48660-0; 9786613581839; 0-8213-8960-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910790114103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: World Bank e-Library.