Urban risk and planning

Paris, London and New York are more often associated with culture, finance and history than with dangerous heat. Yet each summer all three are increasingly exposed to extreme temperatures they were never designed to withstand.

This study presents a dynamic disaster risk assessment methodology for urban built environments, integrating flood and earthquake scenarios with spatiotemporal patterns of population exposure and vulnerability.

Every year, disasters cost the global economy USD 202 billion, but when cascading impacts on education, supply chains and health are considered, the true cost rises to USD 2.3 trillion.

A practical, non-technical guide helping humanitarian workers keep health centres and schools cooler through low-cost, energy-free building strategies suited to hot climates.

Earthquakes have repeatedly shaken Egypt, including the magnitude 5.8 Cairo earthquake in 1992, which dislodged some of the pyramid’s outer casing stones. Yet the Great Pyramid remained essentially intact.

From Kinshasa to Dire Dawa, cities across Africa are discovering that wetlands, trees and parks could be their strongest defense against climate change.

Loans to help owners strengthen houses a better use of money than compensation after the fact.