Climate Change, Disaster Risk, and the Urban Poor: Cities Building Resilience for a Changing World

Recommended Actions to Build Resilience of the Urban Poor p.2, Chapter 1: Vulnerable Cities: Assessing Climate Change and Disaster Risk in Urban Centers of the Developing World p.7, Introduction and Objective of the Study p.7, Background, Analytical Framework, and Approach p.9, Climate Change, Disaster Risk, and Urban Areas: Assessing Hazard Risk p.12, Efforts to Estimate Exposure in Cities p.22, Notes p.23, References p.23, Chapter 2: Vulnerability of the Urban Poor p.27, Exposure: Location and Settlement Patterns of the Urban Poor p.28, Climate Change, Disaster Risk, and the Delivery of Basic Services for the Urban Poor p.38, Other Key Issues Affecting the Vulnerability of the Urban Poor p.51, Chapter 3: Building Resilience for the Urban Poor p.63, Assessing Risk at the City and Community Levels to Inform Decision Making and Action Planning p.64, Integrating Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction Policies for the Poor into Urban Planning and Management Balancing Policy Tradeoffs among Risk Reduction, Urban Development, and Poverty Reduction in Decision Making Strengthening Institutional Capacity to Deliver Basic Services and Reduce Vulnerability to Climate and Disaster Risk Bridging Communities and Local Governments to Work Together on Local Solutions p.89, Chapter 4: Opening New Finance Opportunities for Cities to Address Pro-poor Adaptation and Risk Reduction p.94, Costing Adaptation and Risk Reduction p.94, Sources of Financing for Adaptation and Risk Reduction p.103, Bringing It All Together