Disaster risk and its reduction: An agenda for urban Africa

International Development Planning Review

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 33-43

  Adelekan, Ibidun ^a   Johnson, Cassidy ^b   Manda, Mtafu ^c   Matyas, David ^d   Mberu, Blessing U ^e   Parnell, Susan ^f   Pelling, Mark ^g   Satterthwaite, David ^h   Vivekananda, Janani ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MZUZU UNIVERSITY   (Malawi)

^d SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^e AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^g KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ International Alert ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disaster risk reduction; Risk accumulation; Urban ARC; Urban disaster risk; Urban governance

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY;

AFRICA;

EID: 84921791867     PISSN: 14746743     EISSN: 14783401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3828/idpr.2015.4     Document Type: Review

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