Climate Change, Disaster Risk, and the Urban Poor: Cities Building Resilience for a Changing World (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780821388457)

"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 result in the loss of basic services, damage or destruction to homes, loss of livelihoods, malnutrition, disease, disability, and loss of life.

Author: Judy L. Baker
ISBN-10: 0821388452
ISBN-13: 9780821388457
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Language: English
Published: 04/17/2012
Pages: 316
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 01/01/2013