Publication
Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction:
A Road Towards Sustainable Urban Development and
Creating Safer Urban Communities
- Published date: 07/30/2010
- Language: English
The growth of cities experienced during the last two decades continue with specific urbanization characteristics unique to each geographical area. In Africa, urbanization is largely characterized by a high concentration of people in the capital cities, while metropolitan expansion in Asia is taking place with populations shifting to satellite cities or sub-urban areas. In addition to the rapid growth of small cities, migration from one city to another, and the continuing trend of rural-urban migration urge development decision makers and practitioners to acknowledge the fact that the 21st century is the “Century of the City”.
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