Policy Brief: Disaster Risk Reduction in Urban Areas

In the context of urbanisation, disaster risk increases as a result of badly planned and managed urban development, degraded ecosystems and poverty. The Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) processes developed in several Latin American cities show the benefits of making risk reduction an integral part of local development. The importance of good information for risk assessment, government civil society collaboration, and links between local, national and regional levels of government is also evident. Latin America’s DRR experiences can offer a wealth of lessons for African and South Asian counterparts embarking on their own urban risk reduction processes.
Are you sure you want to delete this "resource"?
This item will be deleted immediately. You cannot undo this action.
File Name File Size Download
111209-env-urbenvgov-brief4.pdf 608 KB

Related Resources

Case Study
19 Dec 2014
Nepal is ranked the eleventh most at risk country with regard to earthquakes, and the thirtieth with respect to floods. The communities also suffered from other disasters such as fires, windstorm, thunderstorms and landslides. Having implemented sinc...
Tags: Case Study, Urban Risk Reduction
Guidance material, Report, Research
22 Oct 2020
The Global Mayors COVID-19 Recovery Task Force was established to determine how we can achieve a green and just recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.   This report sets out their collective vision for a green and just recovery and our shared princip...
Tags: Guidance material, Report, Research, Climate Change Adaptation, Urban Preparedness, Urban Risk Reduction
Guidance material
19 Nov 2015
City Strength Diagnostic was developed to help World Bank staff apply this new holistic approach to urban resilience to operations. It was designed to help facilitate a dialogue among stakeholders (e.g. government, civil society, residents, and the p...
Tags: Guidance material, Urban Risk Reduction
Scroll to Top