Disaster Risk Reduction

Taylor & Francis

Disaster Risk ReductionCases from Urban Africa\nAuthor(s): Mark Pelling, Ben Wisner\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Earthscan Ltd\nISBN-13: 9781844075560, 978-1844075560\nSynopsis\nPublished with ProVention Consortium, UNDP and UN-Habitat \n\n 'This excellent book is essential reading for those concerned with urban risk and its reduction in Africa, the most rapidly urbanizing region of the world.' \nProfessor Jo Beall, Development Studies Institute, London School of Economics \n\n 'At last a book that recognizes the impacts of disasters on Africa's 350 million urban dwellers, including the many disasters that get overlooked and go unrecorded. But also a book that, through careful case studies, shows what creates disaster risk and what local measures can be taken to address it.' \nDavid Satterthwaite, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED).\n\n 'This innovative volume combines the latest conceptualisations of urbT