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ENVIRONMENT AND URBANIZATION
Volume 19, Issue 1, Pages 39-64Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/0956247807076725
Keywords
climate change; climate change vulnerability; climate variability; natural disasters; megacities; urban poverty; urban planning
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This paper examines the vulnerabilities of three global coastal cities - Mumbai, Rio de Janeiro and Shanghai - to climate hazards. The paper highlights system characteristics that, in unique combinations, create place-based vulnerabilities to climate hazards. It describes these vulnerabilities then discusses the implications of the results for city planners and managers. A concluding section assesses some of the political obstacles to better disaster preparedness.
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