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Breaking cycles of risk accumulation in sub-Saharan Africa

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Breaking Cycles of Risk Accumulation in African Cities

This publication covers a range of disaster risk management (DRM) themes, from community participation in DRM data collection to risk mapping and from urban waste management to hazard accumulation in urban risk traps.

Research publicationAuthor(s): Mark Pelling
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Urban ARK is a global research programme that aims to reduce disaster risk in urban sub-Saharan Africa by breaking cycles of risk accumulation.

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