Climate Change, Disaster Risk, and the Urban Poor

ANNEX 5: JAKARTA CASE STUDY

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strong system already in place, it is relatively simple to scale up or replicate good community-level programs across the city. GHG Emissions Inventory

A GHG emissions inventory for Jakarta is currently under development in partnership with BPLHD, DNPI, and the NGO group Swisscontact.

Notes 1. For more information, see www.pnpm-mandiri.org. 2. Why Are There Floods In Jakarta? Flood Control by the Government of the Province of Jakarta, PT Mirah Sakethi, 2010. 3. http://www.beritajakarta.com/2008/en/newsview.aspx?idwil=0&id=17983. 4. http://web.worldbank.org/external/projects/main?pagePK=64283627&piPK=73230& theSitePK=40941&menuPK=228424&Projectid=P111034. 5. http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/opinion/editorial-mapping-out-path-to-a-quakeready-jakarta/432586.

Reference World Bank. 2011. Jakarta: Urban Challenges in a Changing Climate. Jakarta: World Bank.

Climate Change, Disaster Risk, and the Urban Poor

Published on Apr 26, 2012

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Poor people living in slums are at particularly high risk from the impacts of climate change and natural hazards. They live on the most vulnerable lands within cities, typically areas that are deemed undesirable by others and are thus affordable. Residents are exposed to the impacts of landslides, sea-level rise, flooding, and other hazards. Exposure to risk is exacerbated by overcrowded living conditions, lack of adequate infrastructure and services, unsafe housing, inadequate nutrition, and poor health. These conditions can turn a natural hazard or change in climate into a disaster, and result in the loss of basic services, damage or destruction to homes, loss of livelihoods, malnutrition, disease, disability, and loss of life.

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