Cities and crises: urban fragility, humanitarian action and the challenges of reconstruction in cities

Publication language
English
Date published
26 Apr 2011
Type
Presentations
Keywords
Disasters, Urban
Countries
Haiti
Organisations
Groupe URD
Link
http://www.urd.org/Cities-and-crises-urban-fragility

 

One day conference hosted by Groupe URD on 26 April 2011. The conference focuses on fragility in built and urban environments in the context of the 2010 Haiti earthquake and on the challenges of humanitarian and reconstruction operations in these environments.

These issues has been explored via the following topics:

Urban fragility and vulnerability
The challenges and specific characteristics of humanitarian aid in cities
The reconstruction process in urban environments