Urban Disaster Risk Reduction & Management

Rapid urbanisation and climate change are amongst the most significant phenomena of the 21st century. In 2010, for the first time in human history the number of global urban inhabitants outnumbered the rural inhabitants. Urbanisation beside the social and economic opportunities which provides to the communities and states, is also a source of risk to many people. In a more accurate term, urban sprawl and unplanned urbanisation as consequences of improper development accumulate extensive risks which threaten life, property and dignity of millions of people around the world.