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dc.titleGeneral Guidelines for the Development of Studies to Reduce Hydroclimatic Risks in Cities: Lessons Learned from the Emerging and Sustainable Cities Initiative in Face of the Climate Change Challenge in Latin America and the Caribbean
dc.contributor.authorGarcía, Eduardo
dc.contributor.authorSuarez, Ginés
dc.contributor.authorEsquivel, Maricarmen
dc.contributor.authorRuiz, Avelina
dc.contributor.authorZuloaga, Daniela
dc.contributor.authorChevalier, Ophélie
dc.contributor.orgunitClimate Change Solutions Division
dc.contributor.orgunitHousing and Urban Development Division
dc.contributor.orgunitAgriculture and Rural Development Division
dc.coverageLatin America and the Caribbean
dc.date.available2020-01-09T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2019-12-31T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractUrban conglomerates concentrate risks and opportunities for more than 80% of the population in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), and they constitute appropriate analysis units to conduct studies on natural disaster risks. This document provides guidelines to conduct quantitative and probability analyses of risks associated with hydroclimatic phenomena and climate change in cities: coastal, riverine and extreme pluvial flooding, hurricanes, winds, beach erosion, and urban drought. A large part of the methodology presented has been applied in the Emerging and Sustainable Cities Initiative (ESCI) of the Inter-American Development Bank - a pioneering program developed from 2011 to 2018. This document provides multiple practical examples taken from the work done as part of the above-mentioned initiative. Building on the experience gathered over several years conducting disaster risk and climate change vulnerability analyses in emerging cities of the region, this document systematizes the lessons learned from these studies in a set of methodological guidelines that may help guide future studies, including a number of best practices for incorporating information from climate change scenarios.
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dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0002128
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/General-Guidelines-for-the-Development-of-Studies-to-Reduce-Hydroclimatic-Risks-in-Cities-Lessons-Learned-from-the-Emerging-and-Sustainable-Cities-Initiative-in-Face-of-the-Climate-Change-Challenge-in-Latin-America-and-the-Caribbean.pdf
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/spanish/document/Bases_generales_para_el_desarrollo_de_estudios_de_reducción_de_riesgos_hidroclimáticos_en_ciudades_Lecciones_aprendidas_de_la_iniciativa_Ciudades_Emergentes_y_Sostenibles_ante_el_reto_del_cambio_climático_en_Latinoamérica_y_el_Caribe.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectUrban Infrastructure
dc.subjectClimate Change Adaptation
dc.subjectUrban Planning
dc.subjectClimate Change Mitigation
dc.subjectDrought
dc.subjectFlood Damage Prevention
dc.subjectRainfall
dc.subjectHurricane
dc.subjectNatural Disaster
dc.subject.jelcodeQ54 - Climate • Natural Disasters and Their Management • Global Warming
dc.subject.jelcodeQ56 - Environment and Development • Environment and Trade • Sustainability • Environmental Accounts and Accounting • Environmental Equity • Population Growth
dc.subject.jelcodeO18 - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis • Housing • Infrastructure
dc.subject.jelcodeR11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
dc.subject.jelcodeR14 - Land Use Patterns
dc.subject.jelcodeR58 - Regional Development Planning and Policy
dc.subject.jelcodeD81 - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
dc.subject.keywordsclimate change;cities;disaster risk;natural hazards;models
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-MG-00771
idb.operationRG-T3328
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