Perspectivas de investigación y acción frente al cambio climático en Latinoamérica

  Available online: http://www.preventionweb.net/files/28027_perspectivasdeinvestigacinyacc2012.pdf

This report explores practical approaches to building urban resilience, focusing on tools and methodologies that can facilitate the use of risk information in public infrastructure investment and urban management decisions as integral elements of reducing disaster and climate risks. It demonstrates that risk-based methodology focused on building urban resilience can be implemented within a range of contexts, with risk assessments as crucial tools for decision-makers. It encourages national, local and city level governments to invest in geospatial risk information, as well as making risk information available in sustainable and user friendly format so that the whole community of relevant stakeholders can actively participate in disaster risk reduction and prevention. This is study considers lessons learned from the cities of Jakarta, Indonesia and Can Tho, Viet Nam.

Language(s): Spanish

ISBN (or other code): 978-980-7519-00-7

Tags: Natural hazards ; Hazard risk assessment or analysis ; Disaster Risk Management (DRM) ; Climate policies ; Latin America ; Region IV - North America, Central America and the Caribbean ; Region III - South America Add tag