ABSTRACT
This Global Report has shown that there is no shortage of evidence for the negative impacts of natural and human-made disasters on human life, property and the environment in urban areas. Rapid urbanization is, in turn, fast becoming a force shaping who, where and when disaster strikes. Economic development planning and urban management systems that lead to inequality, poverty and poor governance also accumulate disaster risk in urban areas. Changing hazard landscapes, partly caused by urban growth, but also linked to environmental change, further contribute to the need for a dynamic set of tools and approaches with which to reduce risk and enhance resilience in urban areas.
Rapid urbanization is … fast becoming a force shaping who, where and when disaster strikes
