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This theme contributes to the understanding of urban risk, which includes urban hazards, exposure and vulnerability. It also covers aspects related to improving awareness, as well as local governance and local capacity to effectively reduce disaster risk.

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Uganda
Integration of city-centric approaches into national policy processes: Kampala’s case
This case study examines how Kampala, Uganda's capital, is integrating city-centric approaches into national policy to manage climate-related human mobility
  • Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
Reinterpreting disasters and urban resilience in the Anthropocene: Disaster management or transforming with disasters? thumbnail
Documents and publications
Reinterpreting disasters and urban resilience in the Anthropocene: Disaster management or transforming with disasters?

This study aims to reinterpret disasters from the perspective of Anthropocene and discuss its implications for disaster policies.

Sage Publications
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When the Schuylkill swallowed the city: Lessons from Hurricane Ida’s historic flood

Penn research shows that Hurricane Ida wasn’t a once-in-a-century anomaly but a preview of how climate change, urbanization, and aging infrastructure are rewriting flood risk.

University of Pennsylvania
Targeting green space accessibility gaps to mitigate urban heat island risk in rapidly urbanizing megacities thumbnail
Documents and publications
Targeting green space accessibility gaps to mitigate urban heat island risk in rapidly urbanizing megacities

This study integrates urban heat island (UHI) risk assessment with green space accessibility analysis to locate mismatches between heat risk mitigation need and green provision, and identifies the most vulnerable populations.

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (Elsevier)
Future risks and trends in heat
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Cities are rehearsing for deadly heat. Will it help when disaster comes?

As heat waves grow longer and deadlier, cities around the world are using drills and tabletop exercises to expose weaknesses before a real emergency strikes.

Grist Magazine
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Documents and publications
Identifying Natech vulnerability based on the Istanbul earthquake scenario at the neighborhood level

This study presents neighborhood-level assessment of potential Natech risks in Istanbul specifically under the scenario of the probable earthquake, analyzing the spatial intersection of structural vulnerability and hazardous industrial/economic activities

Natural Hazards (Springer)
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Urban areas host 80% of England’s homes at high risk of flooding, study finds

Exclusive: 839,000 homes in urban areas face threat of surface-water flooding, with social housing tenants most vulnerable to costs.

Guardian, the (UK)
A group of people walk trought the heat along the Makeni highway in Sierra Leone
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Freetown: pioneering nature-based solutions for sustainable urban development and climate adaptation

This case study examines how, through its Transform Freetown agenda, the city is promoting pro-poor and participatory nature-based solutions to address climate risk and ecological degradation, and can offer practical lessons for other cities.

International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
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