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Climate change, disaster risk, and the urban poor [[electronic resource] ] : cities building resilience for a changing world / / Judy L. Baker, editor



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Titolo: Climate change, disaster risk, and the urban poor [[electronic resource] ] : cities building resilience for a changing world / / Judy L. Baker, editor Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : World Bank, 2012
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (322 p.)
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
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-280-48660-0
9786613581839
0-8213-8960-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910461073803321
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Serie: Urban development series (Washington, D.C.)