Investigating urban risk accumulation in six countries in Africa

Content:

This publication introduces the topic of urban risk in Africa and highlights six projects on urban risk accumulation under the umbrella of the African Urban Risk Analysis Network (AURAN) in Accra, Algiers, Cape Town, Dar es Salaam, Nairobi and Saint Louis (Senegal). AURAN’s overall goal is to ensure that international agencies, governments and civil society develop a better understanding of disaster risks in urban areas, and the actions that are required to reduce them. The aim is both to encourage the integration of disaster risk reduction into conventional urban development planning and urban governance, and to support organisations that normally respond to disasters in expanding their role, especially in reducing the vulnerability of those people and settlements most at risk from disasters. This initiative is supported by the United Nations Development Programme and the ProVention Consortium, in collaboration with the International Institute for Environmental Development and the University of Cape Town Disaster Mitigation for Sustainable Livelihoods Programme.
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Author:

Compiled by Mark Pelling with contribution by David Satterthwaite

Organisation:

ProVention Consortium

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Language:

English