Urban Risk Assessments: an Approach for Understanding Disaster and Climate Risks in Cities (Urban Development)

by TheWorldBank (Author)

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  Paperback
  2012

  $37.84

  Presents a framework, the Urban Risk Assessment, for assessing disaster and climate risk in cities, which is intended to assist in decision-making, urban planning, and designing risk management programs. The approach seeks to strengthen coherence and consensus within and across cities in understanding and planning for risk from natural disasters and climate change.