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Urban risk & planning

This theme contributes to the understanding of urban risk, which includes urban hazards, exposure and vulnerability. It also covers aspects related to improving awareness, as well as local governance and local capacity to effectively reduce disaster risk.

Latest Urban risk & planning additions in the Knowledge Base

Tourists traverse the side of a road eroded by floods in Doubtful Sound, New Zealand
Research briefs

Slow-moving landslides a growing, but ignored, threat to mountain communities

Urban growth, climate change, and flood risk at lower elevations can push people to live on steeper, more dangerous terrain.
American Geophysical Union
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Documents and publications

Factsheet on success factors for urban disaster risk reduction strategies – The case of Beau Bassin-Rose Hill

The factsheet shares insights on factors that are important for disaster risk reduction strategies in urban areas based on the example of Beau Bassin-Rose Hill in Mauritius.
Cover and source: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH
Documents and publications

Enhancing disaster risk management through a multi-sectoral approach: Recommendations for local governments by local governments

This factsheet shares insights on factors that are important for DRR strategies in urban areas and formulates eight recommendations for the involvement of different sectors in the disaster risk management of African cities.
Update

Coastal cities’ growing hurricane vulnerability is fed by both climate change and unbridled population growth

Warm water in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico can fuel powerful hurricanes, but how destructive a storm becomes isn’t just about the climate and weather – it also depends on the people and property in harm’s way.
Conversation Media Group, the
Research briefs

Rolling in the deep: Norfolk street flooding predicted in seconds with machine learning models

Getting around on a rainy day often involves dodging puddles – or sloshing through them. But during downpours, shallow pools can quickly become roadway ponds that cripple transportation, threaten safety and undermine emergency response.
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (JLAB)
Research briefs

Summer storms are stronger and more frequent over urban areas

Summer storms are generally more frequent, intense and concentrated over cities than over rural areas, according to new, detailed observations of eight cities and their surroundings.
American Geophysical Union
Areal view on Johannesburg, South Africa.
Update

Greening the Jukskei river: Scaling nature-based solutions for climate resilience in Johannesburg, South Africa

Alexandra Township is a 20-square-block enclave in the heart of Johannesburg, South Africa's northern suburbs. Today, it is home to more than 1.2 million. This surge in population growth has left the neighborhood facing high levels of pollution.
World Resources Institute
Chittagong, Bangladesh, 05 August, 2023 Due to continuous heavy rain, roads in different areas of Chittagong were flooded on Saturday.
Research briefs

Most cities receive more rainfall than surrounding rural areas, global study shows

In a new study, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin looked for evidence of precipitation anomalies in 1,056 cities across the globe and found that more than 60% of those cities receive more precipitation than their surrounding rural areas.
The University of Texas at Austin
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