Disaster management and climate adaptation roadmap for coastal cities based on the ten essentials of UNDRR

Resumen

Disasters and natural hazards increasingly affect people in both developing and developed countries. In particular, the most vulnerable communities in coastal cities and low-lying areas are especially negatively affected. Expressly in the context of increased urbanization, the urban risk continues to rise. This paper is endeavored at establishing a Roadmap for Disaster Risk Management Planning for coastal cities, according to the UNDRR Ten Essentials (2012). It reports on local Disaster Risk Management (DRM) practices in a mid-Atlantic capital –the city of Praia, in Cabo Verde. DRM in coastal cities in island states turns out to be an intricate process due to the incorporation of socio-environmental anthropogenic exposure to physical, economic, population, political, and climate vulnerabilities. This paper distinguished arising opportunities for planned Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) in Small Island Development States (SIDS), describing a roadmap intended at further advances the discussions for the progress of risk-informed sustainable development pathways in the context of coastal cities.