The need for an integrated disaster risk reduction management strategy in North African cities: a case study of urban vulnerability in Algiers (Algeria)
Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies
| Field | Value | |
| Title | The need for an integrated disaster risk reduction management strategy in North African cities: a case study of urban vulnerability in Algiers (Algeria) | |
| Creator | Benouar, Djillali | |
| Description | For the North African countries, geological, environmental and technological hazards constitute a constant threat to human life and property, sometimes causing major economic losses and disruption. The rapid urbanization, development of critical engineering works such as dams, decaying building stock, implementation of various industries within and around the main cities, industrialization of cities with modern types of buildings and the large concentration of populations, with a heavy dependency on infrastructure and services, living in large cities and/or settling in hazardous areas, are matters of growing concern, as they contribute to heavier loss of life and seriously increasing the economic losses in future disaster damage. The environmental concerns and an increased official and public awareness of various hazards have, in the last decade, led to a rapid rise of interest in hazard and risk evaluations and thus in disaster risk management. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2006-04-25 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/jamba.v1i1.3 | |
| Source | Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies; Vol 1, No 1 (2006); 1-12 2072-845X 1996-1421 | |
| Language | eng | |
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