Disaster risk and its reduction
An agenda for urban Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12714045 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ibidun Adelekan (0000-0002-3407-8549, University of Ibadan, corresponding author), Cassidy Johnson (0000-0002-6080-6458, Developmental Planning Unit, University College London), Mtafu Manda (Mzuzu University), David Matyas (Save the Children), Blessing Mberu (0000-0002-6188-196X, African Population and Health Research Centre), Susan Parnell (0000-0002-5702-1684, University of Cape Town), Margaret Pelling (0000-0002-6472-9875, King's College London, [email protected]), David Satterthwaite (0000-0002-0077-1353, International Institute for Environment and Development), Janani Vivekananda (International Alert) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 33-43 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Development Planning Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1474-6743 • E-ISSN: 1478-3401 |
| Publisher | Liverpool University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3828/idpr.2015.4 |
| OpenAlex | W2049928778 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 36 |
| References cited | 20 |
Populations and assets, in African cities, small and large, are among the most vulnerable to disaster risk globally. Climate change and demographic shifts add urgency and uncertainty. This paper outlines priorities for research responding to this challenge. We argue for integrative approaches that can capture multi-hazard risk and include hazards from across the spectrum of everyday to catastrophic, and their interactions. For such approaches to shape policy, new efforts are needed to develop political support, technical capacity and methodologies to enable systematic data collection and analysis, including socially and spatially disaggregated data. We also argue for the interdependence of risk and urban development policy, and a focus on institutions as objects and partners for co-produced research, including local government as the focal point for risk reduction and new roles for civil society and the private sector. This emerging research agenda also needs to ask what it is that makes African cities distinctive globally, and yet diverse across the continent, in their experiences of risk production
Business · Civil society · Disaster risk reduction · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Government (linguistics · Hazard · License · Political science · Politics · Regional science · Climate change impacts on agriculture · Disaster Management and Resilience · Flood Risk Assessment and Management
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Citizen and Subject
| Unique citing works | 36 |
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| Citations per year | 3,27 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2026 (12) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 35 |