The Sendai tsunami, floods in Bangkok, earthquake in Christchurch: three different disasters of 2011 – all in densely populated areas. With the rate of massive growth now taking place in cities and urban centers around the world, the likelihood of another natural disaster hitting the urban poor is only rising.
Report includes a case study of Haiti.
Resource collections
- 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
