The 21st Century Urban Disaster

Author(s)
Courtney Brown
Publication language
English
Pages
6pp
Date published
01 Jan 2012
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Livelihoods, Urban, Shelter and housing
Countries
Haiti
Organisations
Global Communities, Global Communities

 

The Sendai tsunami, floods in Bangkok, earthquake
in Christchurch: three different disasters of 2011
– all in densely populated areas. With the rate of
massive growth now taking place in cities and urban
centers around the world, the likelihood of another
natural disaster hitting the urban poor is only rising.

Report includes a case study of Haiti.