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Lessons from urban risk assessments in Latin American and Caribbean cities

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  • Robin Bloch
  • Nikolaos Papachristodoulou
  • Rawlings Miller
  • Jose Monroy
  • Tiguist Fisseha
  • Lorena Trejos
  • Melanie S. Kappes
  • Beatriz Pozueta

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This paper draws on the results from a recent World Bank-funded project designed to inform policy-making and climate change adaptation planning in small and medium-sized cities in Latin America and the Caribbean. The focus was on floods and landslides, which are the two most common climate-related risks in cities across the region. The project allowed the application of the Urban Risk Assessment (URA) tool developed by the World Bank and the drawing of valuable lessons which may also be applicable to the many methods and tools available for climate change adaptation planning in the rapidly urbanising cities of developing countries.

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  • Robin Bloch & Nikolaos Papachristodoulou & Rawlings Miller & Jose Monroy & Tiguist Fisseha & Lorena Trejos & Melanie S. Kappes & Beatriz Pozueta, 2014. "Lessons from urban risk assessments in Latin American and Caribbean cities," Development in Practice, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 24(4), pages 502-513, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:cdipxx:v:24:y:2014:i:4:p:502-513
    DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2014.907773
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