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Integrating Risk Reduction, Urban Planning And Housing: Lessons From El Salvador, Christine Wamsler

Christine Wamsler

Increasingly, attention has been given to the need to mainstream risk reduction in development work in order to reduce the vulnerability of the urban poor. Using El Salvador as a case study, the paper analyses the mainstreaming process in the developmental disciplines of urban planning and housing. The overall aim is to identify how the existing separation between risk reduction, urban planning and housing can be overcome and integration achieved. Since Hurricane Mitch in 1998, and especially after the 2001 earthquakes, not only relief and development organisations, but also social housing organisations have initiated a shift to include risk reduction …

Marco Operativo Para La Integración De La Gestión Del Riesgo Para Organizaciones Trabajando En El Desarrollo De Los Asentamientos Humanos, Christine Wamsler

Christine Wamsler

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Operational Framework For Integrating Risk Reduction: For Organisations Working In Settlement Development Planning, Christine Wamsler

Christine Wamsler

Over the past decades, the frequency of the occurrence of so-called ‘natural’ disasters has grown significantly worldwide, resulting in escalating human and economic losses. In this context, it is the developing countries that bear the greatest burden in terms of the human lives and proportion of gross domestic product lost as a result of disasters. Increasing attention has thus been given to the need to reduce disaster risk through development work, in order to bring about sustainable poverty reduction. However, aid organisations (including donor and implementing organisations), as well as national and municipal authorities still struggle to effectively tackle disaster …

Managing Urban Risk: Perceptions Of Housing And Planning As A Tool For Reducing Disaster Risk, Christine Wamsler

Christine Wamsler

This paper examines current perceptions within international aid agencies regarding the existing and potential roles of housing and urban development planning as a tool for reducing urban disaster risk in developing countries. It is mainly based on interviews with more than 50 professionals from international agencies and a review of documents on planning and risk reduction.

The paper analyses the correlation between planning and the occurrence of naturally triggered disasters, and argues that this correlation is inadequately considered by international stakeholders elaborating pre-disaster initiatives. It shows that the identified gap between the working fields of planning and risk reduction increases …

Proyecto De Reconstrucción Con Inclusión De La Gestión De Riesgo: Elementos Técnicos Y Estrategia Institucional Para La Disminución Del Riesgo Y De La Dimensión De Futuros Desastres: El Salvador, Christine Wamsler, Ca Umaña Cerna

Christine Wamsler

No abstract provided.

Proyecto De Reconstrucción Con Inclusión De La Gestión De Riesgo: Elementos Técnicos Y Estrategia Institucional Para La Disminución Del Riesgo Y De La Dimensión De Futuros Desastres: Perú, Christine Wamsler, Me Castañeda Pinto, E Chuquimia Payalich

Christine Wamsler

No abstract provided.

Medidas De Mejoramiento De Viviendas Y De Urbanismo Como Parte De La Gestión Local De Riesgo, Christine Wamsler

Christine Wamsler

No abstract provided.

El Sector Informal En La Separación Del Material Reciclable De Los Residuos Sólidos Municipales En El Estado De México, Christine Wamsler

Christine Wamsler

No abstract provided.