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2011
URBANRISK
ASSESSMENTS
ANAPPROACHFORUNDERSTANDING
DISASTER&CLIMATERISKINCITIES
UrbanDevelopment&LocalGovernmentUnit
Finance,EconomicsandUrbanDepartment
0 TheWorldBank
UnderstandingUrbanRisk:AnApproachforAssessingDisaster&ClimateRiskinCities
Table of Contents
Annexes .........................................................................................................................................57
Annex A: Urban Risk Assessment - Mexico City Metropolitan Area, Mexico ..................... 58
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Annex H: Case Study - Bogota, Colombia: Using the Urban Disaster Risk Index ..............140
Annex L: Global, National and Local Responses to Disasters and Climate Change ...........158
Annex O: PAGER Construction Types Used for Building Inventory Development ..........167
List of Figures
Figure 1: Large Cities Exposed to Cyclones and Earthquakes ....................................................... 5
Figure 2: Large Cities in Relation to Current Climate Related Hazards ...................................... 10
Figure 3: Risk as a Process ........................................................................................................... 16
Figure 4: Urban Risk Assessment Approach ................................................................................ 17
Figure 5: Levels and Pillars of the Urban Risk Assessment (Source: Authors) ........................... 19
Figure 6: Urban Risk Assessment, Risk Reduction Planning and Monitoring Process................ 22
Figure 7: Built-up Areas of Dakar Threatened by Hazards (2008) .............................................. 32
Figure 8: Sample Vulnerability Curves ........................................................................................ 35
Figure 9: Probabilistic Catastrophe Risk Model ........................................................................... 36
Figure 10: Barcelona Physical Seismic Risk (District of Eixample) ............................................ 36
Figure 11: Socioeconomic Considerations for Understanding Risk ............................................. 44
Figure 12: Screenshots from iPhone® Application Prototype .................................................... 46
Figure 13: Digital Slum Mapping: ................................................................................................ 48
Figure 14: Tumaco, Colombia ...................................................................................................... 55
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