With increasing global urbanisation comes increasing risk of urban disaster; but what constitutes an urban disaster? We examine crime and civil control; the role of the UN and the problem if host nations are un-willing to receive international aid.
Recorded during our meeting on Urban Risks, November 2010. We are in conversation with Sir John Holmes, Director, The Ditchley Foundation, Chipping Norton, UK; former Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, United Nations
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Resource collections
- Evaluating humanitarian action
- UN Habitat - Urban Response Collection
- Urban Response - Urban Crisis Preparedness and Risk Reduction
- Urban Response Collection - Community Engagement and Social Cohesion
- Urban Response Collection - Economic Recovery
- Urban Response Collection - Environment and Climate Change
- Urban Response Collection - Housing, Land and Property
- Urban Response Collection - Urban Crisis Response, Recovery and Reconstruction
- Urban Response Collection - Urban Resilience