From state agencies to ordinary citizens: reframing risk-mitigation investments and their impact to disrupt urban risk traps in Lima, Peru

Environment and Urbanization

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 477-502

  Allen, Adriana ^a   Zilbert Soto, Linda ^b   Wesely, Julia ^a   Belkow, Teresa ^a   Ferro, Vladimir ^c   Lambert, Rita ^a   Langdown, Ian ^a   Samanamú, Amaru ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME   (United States)

^c Universidad Católica del Perú   (Peru)

^d cLIMA sin Riesgo   (Peru)

Author keywords

capacity to act; everyday risk; just and resilient cities; Lima; risk mitigation investments; urban risk traps

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; INVESTMENT; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING; URBANIZATION;

LIMA [LIMA (DPR)]; LIMA [PERU]; PERU;

EID: 85019020691     PISSN: 09562478     EISSN: 17460301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956247817706061     Document Type: Article

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