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xxiiEnhancing Urban Safety and Security6.13 Are evictions ever legal? 1466.14 Procedural protections when forced evictions are unavoidable 1476.15 Constitutional recognition of housing rights 1486.16 The Republic of the Philippines’ Urban Development and Housing Act 1496.17 Violations of economic, social and cultural rights through ‘acts of commission’ 1496.18 Violations of economic, social and cultural rights through ‘acts of omission’ 1506.19 United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) statements on statecompliance with the right to security of tenure 1506.20 Security of tenure case law: European Court of Human Rights 1516.21 Resisting forced evictions: The Ijora-Badia community in Lagos, Nigeria 1526.22 The Advisory Group on Forced Evictions (AGFE) 1536.23 The Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor 1536.24 Land-sector harmonization, alignment and coordination for poverty reduction in Kenya 1546.25 Key legislation on security of tenure adopted in South Africa since 1996 1546.26 Security of tenure case law in South Africa 1556.27 Participatory housing policies and legislation in Brazil 1576.28 Security of tenure case law: India’s Supreme Court 158IV.1 Living through disaster in New Orleans, US 1647.1 Key terminology 1687.2 The urban impacts of Mozambique’s great flood 1707.3 Bhopal: A deadly human-made disaster 1747.4 The Great Tangshan earthquake, China 1777.5 Urban land markets and flooding in Argentina 1807.6 More women than men lost in the Indian Ocean Tsunami 1817.7 Flood hazard threat to cultural heritage in Genoa, Italy 1837.8 Rapid urbanization and environmental hazard in Dhaka, Bangladesh 1847.9 Disaster risk in a small city: Shimla, India 1857.10 Living with risk in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1877.11 Poverty and flooding in Mumbai, India 1888.1 India’s national hazard map: A foundation for coordinated disaster risk reduction 1968.2 Estimating urban loss of life to earthquakes 1978.3 Multidisciplinary assessment of urban seismic risk, Bogotá City, Colombia 1988.4 How participatory is urban risk assessment? 1998.5 Risk assessment strengthens local capacity and resilience in Lima, Peru 2008.6 Community action builds leadership and resilience in Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic 2028.7 Women lead contributions to local disaster risk reduction in Latin America 2038.8 Using the law to fight technological risk in Durban, South Africa 2048.9 Microfinance for disaster risk reduction 2048.10 Managing socio-ecological systems to protect human settlements in The Netherlands 2068.11 Relocation planning in Sacadura Cabral, São Paulo, Brazil 2078.12 Improving low-income housing construction in Saint Lucia 2088.13 Risk communication for critical infrastructure and services 2098.14 People-centred early warning: La Masica, Honduras 2118.15 Lessons in risk reduction from Cuba 2128.16 World Bank funding for disaster risk reduction and reconstruction 2139.1 The impact of traffic accidents on the urban poor in Bangladesh and India 2219.2 Risk factors determining incidence and severity of traffic accidents 2229.3 Factors threatening road safety in India’s cities 2239.4 Increasing use of the automobile: The case of São Paulo, Brazil 2239.5 Reducing road traffic injuries: The experience of high-income countries (HICs) 2249.6 The struggle for road transport safety in Nairobi, Kenya 2259.7 Challenges and opportunities for a sustainable transport system in Delhi, India 2269.8 Reducing traffic congestion by integrating land-use and transport planning, Singapore 2279.9 Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) Regional Road Safety Strategy and Action Plan, 2005–2010 2299.10 The first United Nations Global Road Safety Week, 23–29 April 2007 2319.11 The Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP) 23110.1 Design strategies to tackle residential burglary and related crimes 24010.2 Urban planning and design and municipal service delivery initiatives in Safer Cities programmes in African cities 24110.3 Actions to strengthen formal criminal justice and policing in Safer Cities projects in African cities 245