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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

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Understanding flood risk in urban environments: spatial analysis of building vulnerability and hazard areas in the Lisbon metropolitan area

This paper aims to contribute to the global efforts to enhance flood resilience in urban areas by introducing a physical vulnerability index for buildings in flood-prone urban areas and exploring its connection with flood hazard.
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Summer in the city: Climate science reveals the impacts of heat

People who live in cities are particularly vulnerable to heat stress. More than half of the world’s population and 83 percent of the United States’ population lives in urban areas.
United States Department of Energy
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To live with floods or not: Intersectionality of drivers of urban households' adaptation and relocation intentions

In this study, the Probit estimation technique is employed to understand the intersectionality of social, economic, demographic, and physical considerations influencing households' decision-making regarding relocation amidst flood risks.
Digital thermometer showing a high temperature in a town
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New fabric makes urban heat islands more bearable

With applications in clothing, construction and food storage, the new textile reduces heat from both the sun and thermal radiation from nearby buildings.
University of Chicago
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A spatial evaluation framework of urban physical resilience considering different phases of disaster risk management

This research seeks to develop a conceptual spatial framework considering different phases of disaster risk management to evaluate urban physical resilience.
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An integrated approach to UNDRR's Making Cities Resilient (MCR) strategy and critical infrastructure system in the era of climate crisis: the case of Cheongju city

This study comprehensively analyzed the integration of disaster management strategies and urban master planning in Cheongju, employing the 10 core essential elements of the Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR 2030) framework as a benchmark.
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Tucson adopts worker heat protection ordinance, heat action roadmap

The Tucson City Council has adopted a Heat Action Roadmap and Heat Protection Ordinance for City Contractors-two actions that are increasing the City's ability to mitigate and manage extreme heat and build resilience for the future.
City of Tucson
Antigua and Barbuda Hurricane Damage
Research briefs

Researchers use 3D visualization to predict, prevent hurricane damage

Galveston Island was used as an example to predict damage that would occur as a result of hurricanes of varying intensities.
Texas A&M University System

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