Cities At Risk - Making Cities Safer ... Before Disaster Strikes (IDNDR-DIRDN, 1996): Part One: Why Focus on Disasters in Cities?

Cities At Risk - Making Cities Safer ... Before Disaster Strikes (IDNDR-DIRDN, 1996)

Part One: Why Focus on Disasters in Cities?

		(introduction...)
		An Overview of Natural Hazards and Urban Concerns
		Rapid Urbanization Increases Disaster Risk
		What Makes Cities Vulnerable to Disasters?
		Special Focus: The Urban Poor are Most Vulnerable
		Special Focus: Natural Technological Disasters: Few Plans to Meet a Growing Threat
		How Disasters Affect Urban Areas, Large and Small