Climate change, disaster risk, and the urban poor : cities building resilience for a changing world / Judy L. Baker, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Baker, Judy L., 1960-

World Bank.

Series:

Urban development

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban poor--Developing countries.

Urban poor.

Urban health.

Urban ecology (Sociology).

City planning--Environmental aspects.

Climatic changes--Effect of human beings on.

Climatic changes--Social aspects.

Developing countries.

Climatic changes--Social aspects--Developing countries.

Climatic changes.

Climatic changes--Effect of human beings on--Developing countries.

City planning--Environmental aspects--Developing countries.

City planning.

Urban ecology (Sociology)--Developing countries.

Urban health--Developing countries.

Urban policy--Developing countries.

Urban policy.

Physical Description:

xix, 297 pages : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : World Bank, [2012]

Summary:

Climate Change, Disaster Risk, and the Urban Poor analyzes the key challenges facing the urban poor, given the risks associated with climate change and disasters.

Through evidence and case studies from a number of cities-such as Dar ee Salaam, Jakarta, Mexico City, and Sao Paulo-the book identifies key strategies that cities can pursue to build resilience for their vulnerable populations. These strategies are based on difficult policy decisions that must balance tradeoffs among risk reduction, urban development, and poverty reduction.

Policy makers, researchers, practitioners, and students will find the book's analysis robust and comprehensive, and abundant with global examples of policies and programs that have been implemented at the city level-including are view of financing options for local governments. Book jacket.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Vulnerable Cities: Assessing Climate Change and Disaster Risk in Urban Centers of the Developing World 7

Introduction and Objective of the Study 7

Background, Analytical Framework, and Approach 9

Climate Change, Disaster Risk, and Urban Areas: Assessing Hazard Risk 12

Efforts to Estimate Exposure in Cities 22

Notes 23

References 23

Chapter 2 Vulnerability of the Urban Poor 27

Exposure: Location and Settlement Patterns of the Urban Poor 28

Climate Change, Disaster Risk, and the Delivery of Basic Services for the Urban Poor 38

Other Key Issues Affecting the Vulnerability of the Urban Poor 51

Notes 58

References 59

Chapter 3 Building Resilience for the Urban Poor 63

Assessing Risk at the City and Community Levels to Inform Decision Making and Action Planning 64

Integrating Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction Policies for the Poor into Urban Planning and Management 70

Balancing Policy Tradeoffs among Risk Reduction, Urban Development, and Poverty Reduction in Decision Making 76

Strengthening Institutional Capacity to Deliver Basic Services and Reduce Vulnerability to Climate and Disaster Risk 86

Bridging Communities and Local Governments to Work Together on Local Solutions 89

Notes 94

References 94

Chapter 4 Opening New Finance Opportunities for Cities to Address Pro-poor Adaptation and Risk Reduction 99

Costing Adaptation and Risk Reduction 100

Sources of Financing for Adaptation and Risk Reduction 103

Bringing It All Together 121

Notes 122

References 122

Annex 1 Literature Review 125

Linking Climate Change and DRR 128

Climate Change, DRR, and Urban Poverty 128

Service Delivery and the Urban Poor 129

Housing 131

Climate Change: Adaptation and Mitigation 132

Finance 134

Gaps in Existing Literature 134

References 135

Annex 2 Efforts to Estimate Exposure in Cities 141

OECD Study on Ranking Port Cities with High Exposure and Vulnerability to Climate Extremes 141

Munich Re's Study on Megacities-Megacities Megarisks 143

GFDRR-Economics of Disaster Risk Reduction 144

Mega-Stress for Mega-Cities: A Climate Vulnerability Ranking of Major Coastal Cities in Asia 144

Earthquake Disaster Risk Index 145

Multi-Hazard City Risk Index (MHCRI) 145

Note 146

References 146

Annex 3 Learning from Project and Program Experiences: Individuals, Community, and Local Government Partnering to Manage Risk 149

Introduction 149

Educate-Good Practices in Knowledge Sharing and Training 151

Identify-Good Practices in Risk Identification 155

Prepare-Good Practices in Risk Reduction through Early-Warning Systems 158

Mitigate-Good Practices in Risk Reduction through Mitigation 160

Flood Management and Urban Planning 160

Water Supply and Sanitation 163

Wastewater Management and Energy 164

Water Supply and Energy Efficiency 165

Neighborhood Upgrading 166

Job Creation 167

Transfer-Recent Practices in Risk Deflection 168

Recover-Good Practices in Building-Back-Better 170

Lessons Learned and Recommendations 173

Notes 177

References 177

Annex 4 Dar es Salaam Case Study 181

Overview and Key Findings 181

Case Study Summary 186

Reference 197

Annex 5 Jakarta Case Study 199

Overview and Key Findings 199

Case Study Summary 204

Notes 215

Reference 215

Annex 6 Mexico City Case Study 217

Overview and Key Findings 217

Case Study Summary 220

Notes 233

Reference 233

Annex 7 São Paulo Case Study 235

Overview and Key Findings 235

Case Study Summary 239

Notes 267

Reference 267.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780821388457

0821388452

9780821389607

0821389602

OCLC:

779865065