Disaster risk reduction: cases from urban Africa

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Title:	Disaster risk reduction: cases from urban Africa
Editors:	Pelling, Mark Wisner, Ben
Year:	2009
Pages:	224
Language:	English
City of publisher:	London
Publisher:	Earthscan
ISBN:	9781844075560
Geographic terms:	Africa Algeria Ghana Kenya Senegal South Africa Tanzania
Subjects:	disasters risk human security urban areas urbanization urban environment traffic accidents fires floods earthquakes
Abstract:	This collective volume examines disaster risk reduction in urban Africa. Part 1 reviews development, urbanization and disaster risk in Africa as a whole, identifies state-of-the art practices and policies for building urban resilience, and provides a tool kit for urban risk reduction. It also presents a conceptual framework to analyse and compare disaster risk and reslilience in different cities and communities. Part 2 presents case studies from Algeria, Ghana, Senegal, Kenya, Tanzania and South Africa, illustrating vulnerability to earthquake, fire, environmental health hazards, traffic hazards and flooding. Part 3 looks to the future and outlines a vision for a safer urban Africa based on achieving gains in human security through inclusive governance and investment in the creative capacities of Africa's urban dwellers. Focusing on Africa, the volume also illustrates global processes. [ASC Leiden abstract]