Urban Risk Assessments : Understanding Disaster and Climate Risk in Cities

The rapid and oft en unplanned expansion of cities is exposing more people and economic assets to the risk of disasters and the effects of climate change. For city governments, increased climate variability imposes additional challenges to effective urban management and the delivery of key services,...

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Autores principales:	Dickson, Eric, Baker, Judy L., Hoornweg, Daniel, Tiwari, Asmita
Formato:	En linea
Idioma:	en_US
Publicado:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2013
Materias:	accounting advanced economies agricultural products agricultural sector balance of payments bank lending Bank Policy banking sector banking system basis points beneficiaries broad money budget deficit budgetary allocation business associations Cash Reserve commercial banks commodity commodity prices Consumer Price Consumer Price Index consumer prices consumption expenditure consumption expenditures Corruption Credit Growth Credit Source current account current account balance current account surplus dates demand for food developing countries developing economies domestic market economic crisis Economic Developments economic performance exchange rate expenditure expenditures export credits export growth exposure Fair Fair Price financial account financial institutions fiscal deficit food distribution Food for Work food grains food imports food price food prices food resources food security food subsidies food subsidy Foreign exchange foreign exchange market Foreign exchange reserves foreign investors formal banking frozen food global economy good faith Grain Production growth rate growth rates households hypothecations income Inflation inflation index inflationary pressures Infrastructure Finance infrastructure project infrastructure projects insurance interest rate interest rate cap interest rates intermediate goods international markets Investment Climate issuance liquidity loan local market macroeconomic policy merchant Microcredit microfinance microfinance institutions migrant labor migrant workers mobile phone Monetary Policy money growth money transfer mutual fund nonperforming loans oil prices open market output overdraft overdraft loans phone network pledges policy response policy responses Price Increase Price Increases price trends private investment Private Sector Credit Public Debt public investment public stock public stocks public-private partnership public-private partnerships rates of interest Refugee regulator regulators Regulatory Authority remittance remittances repayment repayment period repo repo rate repo rates reserve Reserve Requirement reserves retail retail trade sales savings sovereign debt Stock Exchange stock index stock market stock market volatility stock price stock trading stocks storage capacity sugar Tax tea telecommunications Transparency Union urban areas village Vulnerable Group wheat
Acceso en línea:	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/12356 https://doi.org/10.1596/978-0-8213-8962-1

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https://hdl.handle.net/10986/12356
https://doi.org/10.1596/978-0-8213-8962-1

Urban Risk Assessments : Understanding Disaster and Climate Risk in Cities

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