TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brown, Donald 
AU  - Dodman, David 
ED  - International Institute for Environment and Development
ED  - Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN)
TI  - Understanding children’s risk and agency in urban areas and their implications for child-centred urban disaster risk reduction in Asia: insights from Dhaka, kathmandu, Manila and Jakarta
SN  - 9781843699941 (pbk.)
U1  - 363.3487083 BRO 23
PY  - 2014///.
CY  - London, 
PB  - IIED, 
KW  - Risk management
KW  - Asia
KW  - Case studies.
KW  - Disaster victims
KW  - Services for
KW  - Children
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Asia.
KW  - Children and the environment
KW  - Emergency management
KW  - Disaster planning
KW  - Organization & administration
KW  - Asian Metropolitan Areas
KW  - Urban climate resilience.
N1  - Includes bibliographical references.
N2  - This paper presents the findings of a study that IIED undertook in partnership with Plan International on urban children’s risk and agency in four large Asian cities: Dhaka (Bangladesh), Kathmandu (Nepal), Manila (the Philippines) and Jakarta (Indonesia). The study involved focus group discussions with street children, working children and squatter and slum children; and key informant interviews with relevant local, national and international agencies involved in child rights and/or disaster risk reduction in each city. 
The findings show that girls and boys who live and work on the streets or in low-income informal settlements are among the most vulnerable and susceptible to environmental hazards, disasters and the impacts of climate change, primarily because of their poor-quality living and working and environments. Yet, the majority of disaster risk reduction programmes in urban areas of Asia are dominated by preparedness, early warning and response – and fail to address the particular risks facing boys and girls. 
This paper therefore argues for a much greater focus on linking disaster risk reduction with long-term action that can address the provision of protective infrastructure and basic services as key determinants of child-health and disaster and climate resilience. It concludes by outlining a set of priority action areas for Plan International and other child-centred organisations that seek to reduce children’s long-term risks in Asian cities

UR  - http://pubs.iied.org/10652IIED.html
ER  -