David Dodman is an expert on climate change vulnerability and resilience in urban centres. His current work focusses on understanding the nature of urban risks, and the way in which daily hazards, major disasters and climate change can affect low-income urban residents.  He is working with local organisations, international agencies and universities to build the resilience in urban communities and cities. He has expertise in urban governance for adaptation, urban livelihoods in the context of climate change and community-based environmental management. His work has a particular focus on eastern and southern Africa and Southeast Asia