Disaster Mitigation Strategies Through Land Use Planning and Zoning in an Urban Context

Author(s)
Prof Sengupta, B. K. and Dr. Banerji, H.
Publication language
English
Pages
4pp
Date published
01 Nov 2009
Type
Presentations
Keywords
Disaster preparedness, resilience and risk reduction, Disaster risk reduction, Disasters, Urban

 In the past two decades, on an average more than 200 million people have been affected every year by disasters
Natural disasters attack the poor at three levels: interrupt income, reduce personal assets, and destroy essential public infrastructure.