Disaster risk reduction : cases from urban Africa /

By:

Pelling Mark [Editor]

Contributor(s):

Ben Wisner [editor]

Material type: Text

TextDescription: 224 pages ; 20 cmISBN:

9781844075560

Subject(s):

Disaster management

Genre/Form:

nonfiction

DDC classification:

363.34609609173 DIS

Summary: Published with ProVention Consortium UNDP and UN-Habitat 'This excellent book is essential reading for those concerned with urban risk and its reduction in Africa the most rapidly urbanizing region of the world.' Professor Jo Beall Development Studies Institute London School of Economics 'At last a book that recognizes the impacts of disasters on Africa's 350 million urban dwellers including the many disasters that get overlooked and go unrecorded. But also a book that through careful case studies shows what creates disaster risk and what local measures can be taken to address it.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Information Access	363 346096 DIS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		KNLS389113

Includes bibliographical reference and index

Published with ProVention Consortium UNDP and UN-Habitat 'This excellent book is essential reading for those concerned with urban risk and its reduction in Africa the most rapidly urbanizing region of the world.' Professor Jo Beall Development Studies Institute London School of Economics 'At last a book that recognizes the impacts of disasters on Africa's 350 million urban dwellers including the many disasters that get overlooked and go unrecorded. But also a book that through careful case studies shows what creates disaster risk and what local measures can be taken to address it.

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Disaster risk reduction : cases from urban Africa /