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Planning Ahead: Adapting Settlements Before Disasters Strike, Christine Wamsler
Planning Ahead: Adapting Settlements Before Disasters Strike, Christine Wamsler
Christine Wamsler
No abstract provided.
Achieving Urban Resilience: Understanding And Tackling Disasters From A Local Perspective, Christine Wamsler
Achieving Urban Resilience: Understanding And Tackling Disasters From A Local Perspective, Christine Wamsler
Christine Wamsler
The damage caused by a dramatic worldwide increase in so-called natural disasters is staggering, with the poor in developing countries being most at risk. This paper analyses: (a) the key variables and their causal relations that underlie the complex system of risk and disaster occurrence in slums; (b) the impacts of disasters on slums; (c) the strategies used by local people to cope with risk and disasters; and (d) the reasons for weak coping. The views and knowledge of slum dwellers in El Salvador are the focus of this analysis. On this basis, five complementary ex ante risk-reduction measures have …
Climate Change Impacts On Cities: Ignore, Mitigate Or Adapt?, Christine Wamsler
Climate Change Impacts On Cities: Ignore, Mitigate Or Adapt?, Christine Wamsler
Christine Wamsler
No abstract provided.
Mainstreaming Hiv/Aids In Settlement Development Planning, Christine Wamsler
Mainstreaming Hiv/Aids In Settlement Development Planning, Christine Wamsler
Christine Wamsler
No abstract provided.