Urban Risk Assessments : An Approach for Understanding Disaster and Climate Risk in Cities.
Title:
Urban Risk Assessments : An Approach for Understanding Disaster and Climate Risk in Cities.
Author:
Dickson, Eric.
ISBN:
9780821389638
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (237 pages)
Series:
Urban Development Series
Contents:
Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Overview -- Note -- Chapter 1. Need for an Urban Risk Assessment -- Disasters and Cities -- Climate Change and Cities -- Challenges of Managing Disaster and Climate Risk in Urban Areas -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2. Integrated Urban Risk Assessment as a Tool for City Management -- What Is Risk Assessment? -- Integrated Approach to Assessing Urban Risk -- Initiating, Undertaking, and Mainstreaming Urban Risk Assessment -- Challenges in Undertaking the URA -- Notes -- Reference -- Chapter 3. Pillars of the Urban Risk Assessment -- Hazard Impact Assessment -- Institutional Assessment -- Socioeconomic Assessment -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4. Conclusion: From Risk Assessment to Action Planning and Implementation -- Introduction -- Developing Action Plans: Lessons from Vietnam and New York City -- Key Policy Areas: Lessons from England, Turkey, Kenya, and Colombia -- Institutions and Governance -- References -- Annex 1: Dar es Salaam Case Study -- Overview and Key Findings -- Case Study Summary -- Reference -- Annex 2: Jakarta Case Study -- Overview and Key Findings -- Case Study Summary -- Notes -- Reference -- Annex 3: Mexico City Case Study -- Overview and Key Findings -- Case Study Summary -- Notes -- Reference -- Annex 4: São Paulo Case Study -- Overview and Key Findings -- Case Study Summary -- Notes -- Reference -- Annex 5: Case Study-Dakar, Senegal -- Public Awareness Raising, Stakeholder Consultations, and Community Participation -- Understanding the Institutional Landscape -- Hazard Impact Assessment -- Note -- Reference -- Annex 6: Case Study-Legazpi, Philippines -- Note -- References -- Annex 7: Case Study-Sana'a, Yemen -- Probabilistic Risk Assessment in Sana'a -- Historical Hazard Identification -- Exposure and Vulnerability -- Note.
Reference -- Annex 8: Case Study-Bogota, Colombia -- Holistic Risk Evaluation for Bogota -- Assessing Risk for Bogota -- Damage and Loss -- Comparison with Other Cities -- Action Plan for Risk Management in Bogota -- Notes -- References -- Annex 9: Probabilistic Risk Modeling -- Annex 10: Remote Sensing as a Tool for Assessing Urban Risk -- Remote Sensing: Satellite Descriptions, Pricing, and Application for Digital Elevation Models -- Note -- References -- Annex 11: Community-Based Institutional Mapping and Other Participatory Approaches -- Pro-Poor Adaptation to Climate Change in Urban Centers: Case Studies of Urban Poor in Mombasa, Kenya, and Estelí, Nicaragua -- Methodology -- Participatory Climate Change Adaptation Appraisal -- Findings from the Case Studies -- Note -- Reference -- Annex 12: Global, National, and Local Responses to Disasters and Climate Change -- References -- Annex 13: Tools for Climate Risk Assessment -- Note -- Reference -- Annex 14: Sample Household Urban Risk Questionnaire -- Natural Hazard Information -- Annex 15: PAGER Construction Types Used for Development of Building Inventory -- Note -- Annex 16: Urban Risk Assessment Template -- Annex 17: Key Definitions -- Color Section -- Back Cover.
Abstract:
This book 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. The target audience for this book includes policy makers, urban practitioners and technical staff, and international organizations. The Urban Risk Assessment is a flexible approach based on three reinforcing pillars that collectively contribute to the understanding of urban risk: a hazard impact assessment, an institutional assessment, and a socioeconomic assessment. The URA is designed to allow flexibility in how it is applied dependent on available financial resources, available data relating to hazards and its population, and institutional capacity of a given city. Based on the identified needs and priorities, city governments can select the most appropriate level of risk assessment. Chapters 1 and 2 of the book are aimed at policy makers with information on why and how to invest in measures that strengthen the understanding of urban risk; Chapter 1 provides background information on the growing importance of disaster and climate risk management strategies at the city level and Chapter 2 provides guidance on how to operationalize and mainstream the Urban Risk Assessment with ongoing urban management and development activities. Chapters 3 and 4 are aimed at practitioners, and provide details on the conceptual approach, components, uses, and monitoring requirements for carrying out an Urban Risk Assessment.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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