Towards a safer urban future: Conclusions and recommendations

Disaster Risk Reduction: Cases from Urban Africa

Volumn 9781849771016, Issue , 2012, Pages 195-210

  Djillali, Benouar ^a   Diagne, Khady ^b   Kiunsi, Robert ^c   Songsore, Jacob ^d   Pelling, Mark ^e   Pharoah, Robyn ^e   Wisner, Ben ^f   Ndiaye, Abdoulaye ^d   Yitambe, Andre ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY HOUARI BOUMEDIENE   (Algeria)

^b Urban Water and Sanitation Department and at the Camberene Sewerage   (Senegal)

^c ARDHI UNIVERSITY   (Tanzania)

^d King’s College London ^*

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^g KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781849771016     Document Type: Chapter

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