Part one reviews development urbanization and disaster risk in africa as a whole identifies state of the art practices and policies for building urban resilience and provides a tool kit for urban risk reduction it also presents a powerful conceptual framework to analyse and compare disaster risk and resilience in different cities and communities part two presents detailed case studies from . Part one reviews development urbanization and disaster risk in africa as a whole identifies state of the art practices and policies for building urban resilience and provides a tool kit for urban risk reduction it also presents a powerful conceptual framework to analyse and compare disaster risk and resilience in different cities and communities part two presents detailed case studies from . While aeuroedrr cases from urban africaaeur is an excellent example of the application of drr theory to real life situations its most profound impact is its emphasis on a much neglected region aeur africa it serves both scholars of drr and policymakers as it uses the most rapidly urbanizing continent as a case study of the risks associated with unplanned urbanization highlighting the . Disaster risk reduction cases from urban africa is an appropriate title for this book the book is structured around three main focus areas part i considers urbanisation and disaster risk reduction in general in africa part ii presents six case studies on a range of urban disasters in africa and part iii proposes a vision for a safer urban africa in part i pelling and wisner review . Disaster risk reduction cases from urban africa sources earthscan provention consortium united nations development programme headquarters undp united nations human settlements programme headquarters un habitat this book brings together the expertise of african scholars and practitioners in urban disaster risk reduction including djillali benouar university of science and