ECOSOC Humanitarian Affairs Segment 2010: Side Event Summary
This paper builds on the recent earthquakes in Haiti, Chile and China to remind of the increasing disaster risk faced by urban settlements around the world and to call for urban risk reduction to be considered as a crucial component of wider development plans that will also help achieve the Millennium Development Goals. It reports on a joint UNISDR, UN-HABITAT and IFRC side event, which discussed current initiatives related to urban risk reduction, in particular in Port-of-Prince, Tijuana and Kathmandu.
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Resource collections
- Evaluating humanitarian action
- Topics
- 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
