Urban risk & planning

The Asia-Pacific disaster report, 2010:

This report addresses the exponential increase of disaster risks in Asia-Pacific, as a result of the compounding effects of inequitable economic growth patterns, population pressures and extreme climatic events

A World Bank expert made a call for breaking the link between urban poverty, squatter areas and disaster risk reduction through community-driven development programmes at the 4th Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction...

Justice and Home Affairs Minister Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici urged stakeholders to consider the implementation of initiatives in disaster risk reduction during an international meeting on the effects of disasters including education and information sharing...

This document reports on a situation assessment of two informal communities in the outskirts of Guatemala City, Guatemala. It assesses the potential for developing an urban disaster risk reduction program within the metropolitan’s precarious settlements -

With climate change, population growth and food shortages predicted, our cities will need to adapt to a difficult future says John Stanley, Adjunct Professor at the Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies at the University of Sydney...

'This is not just a drill, it's a reality' said the Mayor of San Francisco, CA (USA) taking part in the Great California ShakeOut earthquake preparedness event involving an estimated 7.8 million residents, including schools and hospitals, and showcasing collaboration among governments, NGOs and insurance companies...

'Physical infrastructure, land-planning and the size of informal settlements are the biggest factors determining the impact of disasters on cities,' said the director of Urban Disaster Risk Management with the Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre in Bangkok, in a report by the Guardian UK Development Network...

'It is vitally important that all stakeholders support the process and bring to the table constructive suggestions and solutions that provide for the implementation of adequate risk reduction measures' said Governor McCleary, in his first message to the Territory to mark the International Day for Disaster Reduction...