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Preventing/mitigating natural disasters in urban areas can indirectly be part of the 17 sustainable economic and social development intentions according to the United Nations in 2015. Four types of natural disasters—flooding, heavy rain-induced slope failures/landslides; earthquakes causing structure failure/collapse, and land subsidence—are briefly considered in this article. With the ...
Jul 1, 2019 · Integrating culture into sustainable urban development and disaster recovery policies helps make cities more inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable, according to the paper. Focusing on the culture of an area also promotes harmony and reconciliation between different groups of people who may have a history of conflict.
- 1.1 Risk Reduction Strategies in Informal Settlements
- 1.2 Vulnerability in Formal Urban Areas
- 1.3 Risk Reduction Strategies
Risk reduction strategies for informal settlements ensued the way these settlements have been perceived by officials, whether they were international development agencies or local public administrations. Many scholars describe that general attitude towards informal settlements, slum dwellers, and squatters in developing countries have usually varie...
Physical exposure to disasters is not a condition that belongs solely to the very poor, nor does it need to transfer into risk. In many cases, adequate building standards and urban planning actions alone can help manage or reduce disaster risk by physical exposure. However, these actions have been absent, or when available, not properly applied in ...
Similar to the vulnerability of communities, disaster risk reduction actions and management are also affected by social and cultural influences, personal and governmental decision-making, and legal, institutional, and economic constraints. This section will explore risk reduction activities than can be employed by local governments in order to redu...
- Ebru A. Gencer
- eag44@columbia.edu
- 2013
Natural disasters kill an average of 45,000 people per year globally and are responsible for an average of 0.1% of deaths over the past decade, ranging from 0.01 to 0.4%. There has been a large decline in deaths from natural disasters over the past century, ranging in some years from millions to an average of 60,000 over the past decade.
Aug 9, 2023 · Preventing/mitigating natural disasters in urban areas can indirectly be part of the 17 sustainable economic and social development intentions according to the United Nations in 2015.
economic losses and mortality due to natural disasters, environmental degradation and climate change (Dilley et al., 2005). Urbanization has become a leading issue in the context of sustainable development. The need to reduce the risks posed by natural disasters in urban areas is increasingly urgent in the context of global
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Dec 1, 2020 · Nevertheless, there is very weak evidence that quality of governance has a positive and statistically significant effect on the likelihood of disasters. Our findings point out that we can prevent natural and technological disasters by investing in economic development, investing in education, and managing disaster prone in high urban areas.
