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Reducing disaster risk for the poor in tomorrow’s cities

Tomorrow’s Cities is an interdisciplinary research hub.

We work globally to bring multi-hazard disaster risk management to the centre of urban policy and practice.
Reducing disaster risk for the poor in tomorrow’s cities

Tomorrow’s Cities is an interdisciplinary research hub.

We work globally to bring multi-hazard disaster risk management to the centre of urban policy and practice.
Reducing disaster risk for the poor in tomorrow’s cities

Tomorrow’s Cities is an interdisciplinary research hub.

We work globally to bring multi-hazard disaster risk management to the centre of urban policy and practice.

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16 July 2020

New Webinars - Key dates and themes for July-October

Urban transformation in Fikirtepe, Istanbul

16 July 2020

Current risk management approaches in Istanbul

Eser Cakti

10 July 2020

Current risk management approaches in Kathmandu

Sangeeta Singh

10 July 2020

Current risk management approaches in Quito

Jonathan Menoscal and Marco Córdova

Focus cities

Our research is led by collaborations of local experts and practitioners based in four rapidly developing and multi-hazard exposed cities, and is supported by an international network of specialists.

Tomorrow's Istanbul

Population 15 million. The city is growing at a rate of 1.5% per year – both upwards and outwards. Key hazards: earthquakes, flooding and landslides.

Tomorrow's Quito

Population 2.7 million. Rapid urban expansion coincides with hazard hot-spots, creating new risk and amplifying existing inequalities. Key hazards: landslides, earthquakes, volcanoes and flooding.

Tomorrow's Nairobi

Population 5 million, 50% of which live in congested informal settlements. Population growth 4-5% per year. Key hazards: flooding, building collapse, fire, earthquakes.

Tomorrow's Kathmandu

Population 2.5 million. One of the fastest growing cities in the Global South. Key hazards: earthquakes, landslides and flooding.

Global context

Word cloud

Globally, more than 2 billion people living in cities are exposed to disasters from multiple hazards, which threaten the cyclical destruction of their lives and livelihoods. Rapid urbanisation can exacerbate these vulnerabilities, presenting a major challenge to sustainable and inclusive development. But it also presents a major opportunity: globally, more than 60% of the area expected to be urban by 2030 remains to be built, meaning we can reduce disaster risk in tomorrow’s cities by design.

Resources

Academic publication

Disasters, Humanitarianism and Emergencies: A politics of uncertainty

Mark Pelling, Detlef Müller-Mahn and John McCloskey

Routledge

Article

The COVID-19 pandemic and its challenges for Ecuador

Giuseppe Forino

Tomorrow's Cities

Article

Leaving no one behind in Tomorrow’s Cities: Strengthening gender, intersectionality and social inclusion in the COVID-19 crisis and beyond

Shahid, S & Pelling, M

Tomorrow's Cities

Photo credit: MEEACT Photo/Stuart Price, Flickr

Article

Adapting research projects to the COVID-19 pandemic: Experiences from the Nairobi Risk Hub

Chengo, V & Atela, J

Tomorrow's Cities

Reducing disaster risk for the poor in tomorrow’s cities

Reducing disaster risk for the poor in tomorrow’s cities

Reducing disaster risk for the poor in tomorrow’s cities

New Webinars - Key dates and themes for July-October

Current risk management approaches in Istanbul

Current risk management approaches in Kathmandu

Current risk management approaches in Quito

Tomorrow's Istanbul

Tomorrow's Quito

Tomorrow's Nairobi

Tomorrow's Kathmandu

Disasters, Humanitarianism and Emergencies: A politics of uncertainty

The COVID-19 pandemic and its challenges for Ecuador

Leaving no one behind in Tomorrow’s Cities: Strengthening gender, intersectionality and social inclusion in the COVID-19 crisis and beyond

Adapting research projects to the COVID-19 pandemic: Experiences from the Nairobi Risk Hub