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Global Report on Human Settlements 2007 - PoA-ISS

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C<strong>on</strong>tents<br />

xv<br />

The global incidence of disaster risk and loss 172<br />

Natural disasters 172<br />

<strong>Human</strong>-made disasters 174<br />

Nati<strong>on</strong>al development and disaster loss 174<br />

City-level comparis<strong>on</strong>s of disaster risk 175<br />

Disaster Impacts 177<br />

Direct and systemic impacts of disaster 177<br />

Ecological damage and the impacts of recovery 178<br />

Ec<strong>on</strong>omic effects of disasters 178<br />

Ec<strong>on</strong>omic producti<strong>on</strong> and infrastructure 178<br />

Urban land markets 179<br />

Social and political impacts of disaster 180<br />

Gender and disaster 180<br />

Age, disability and disaster 181<br />

The political c<strong>on</strong>sequences of disaster 181<br />

Cultural impacts of disaster 182<br />

Urban Processes Generating Disaster Risk 183<br />

Growth and diversity of urban areas 183<br />

Envir<strong>on</strong>mental change and poverty in cities 185<br />

Modifying the hazard envir<strong>on</strong>ment 185<br />

The Impact of Climate Change 186<br />

The vulnerability of urban slums 186<br />

Building c<strong>on</strong>trol and land-use planning 187<br />

Safe building c<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong> 187<br />

Land-use planning 188<br />

Internati<strong>on</strong>al development policy and urban disaster risk 189<br />

Comparative Analysis of <str<strong>on</strong>g>Global</str<strong>on</strong>g> Trends 189<br />

Africa 189<br />

Americas 190<br />

Asia 191<br />

Europe 192<br />

Oceania 192<br />

C<strong>on</strong>cluding Remarks 192<br />

Notes 193<br />

8 Policy Resp<strong>on</strong>ses to Disaster Risk 195<br />

Disaster Risk Assessment 195<br />

Hazard mapping 196<br />

Mapping natural hazard 196<br />

Mapping human-made hazard 197<br />

Risk assessments for individual cities 197<br />

Assessing human-made hazard risk 198<br />

Participatory risk assessments 198<br />

Challenges of urban risk assessments 200<br />

Percepti<strong>on</strong>s of risk 201<br />

Strengthening Local Disaster Resilience 201<br />

Social pathways 201<br />

Legal approaches 203<br />

Ec<strong>on</strong>omic approaches 203<br />

Challenges of building local capacity for risk reducti<strong>on</strong> 204<br />

Land-Use Planning 205<br />

Extending land-use planning to informal settlements and slums 205<br />

Building Codes, Regulati<strong>on</strong> and Disaster-Resistant C<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong> 207<br />

Planning to Protect Critical Infrastructure and Services 208<br />

Early Warning 210<br />

Risk knowledge and warning 210<br />

Risk communicati<strong>on</strong> 210<br />

Resp<strong>on</strong>se capacity 211<br />

Financing Urban Risk Management 211

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