Achieving Urban Resilience: Understanding and Tackling Disasters from a Local Perspective
(2008) In Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Urban Design and Planning 161(4). p.163-171- Abstract
- The damage caused by a dramatic worldwide increase in
so-called natural disasters is staggering, with the poor in
developing countries being most at risk. This paper analyses:
(a) the key variables and their causal relations that
underlie the complex system of risk and disaster occurrence
in slums; (b) the impacts of disasters on slums; (c)
the strategies used by local people to cope with risk and
disasters; and (d) the reasons for weak coping. The views
and knowledge of slum dwellers in El Salvador are the
focus of this analysis. On this basis, fi ve complementary
ex ante risk-reduction measures have been identifi ed
and developed to match... (More) - The damage caused by a dramatic worldwide increase in
so-called natural disasters is staggering, with the poor in
developing countries being most at risk. This paper analyses:
(a) the key variables and their causal relations that
underlie the complex system of risk and disaster occurrence
in slums; (b) the impacts of disasters on slums; (c)
the strategies used by local people to cope with risk and
disasters; and (d) the reasons for weak coping. The views
and knowledge of slum dwellers in El Salvador are the
focus of this analysis. On this basis, fi ve complementary
ex ante risk-reduction measures have been identifi ed
and developed to match local needs, capacities and
dimensions of risk—hazard reduction (or prevention),
mitigation, preparedness, risk ‘fi nancing’ and stand-by for
recovery. The complementary measures provide a frame
of reference that allows urban development actors to
systematically search for and design potential risk
reduction measures. It is concluded that keeping these
measures compartmentalised and separate from each
other during planning and implementation of urban
development programmes helps ensure both sustainable
poverty reduction and urban resilience. (Less)
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- Wamsler, Christine LU
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- 2008
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- keywords
- disaster, coping strategy
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- Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Urban Design and Planning
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- 161
- issue
- 4
- pages
- 163 - 171
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- ICE Publishing Ltd.
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- 1755-0793
- DOI
- 10.1680/udap.2008.161.4.163
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- English
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abstract = {{The damage caused by a dramatic worldwide increase in<br/><br>
so-called natural disasters is staggering, with the poor in<br/><br>
developing countries being most at risk. This paper analyses:<br/><br>
(a) the key variables and their causal relations that<br/><br>
underlie the complex system of risk and disaster occurrence<br/><br>
in slums; (b) the impacts of disasters on slums; (c)<br/><br>
the strategies used by local people to cope with risk and<br/><br>
disasters; and (d) the reasons for weak coping. The views<br/><br>
and knowledge of slum dwellers in El Salvador are the<br/><br>
focus of this analysis. On this basis, fi ve complementary<br/><br>
ex ante risk-reduction measures have been identifi ed<br/><br>
and developed to match local needs, capacities and<br/><br>
dimensions of risk—hazard reduction (or prevention),<br/><br>
mitigation, preparedness, risk ‘fi nancing’ and stand-by for<br/><br>
recovery. The complementary measures provide a frame<br/><br>
of reference that allows urban development actors to<br/><br>
systematically search for and design potential risk<br/><br>
reduction measures. It is concluded that keeping these<br/><br>
measures compartmentalised and separate from each<br/><br>
other during planning and implementation of urban<br/><br>
development programmes helps ensure both sustainable<br/><br>
poverty reduction and urban resilience.}},
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number = {{4}},
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publisher = {{ICE Publishing Ltd.}},
series = {{Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Urban Design and Planning}},
title = {{Achieving Urban Resilience: Understanding and Tackling Disasters from a Local Perspective}},
url = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/5128820/3559255.pdf}},
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