This presentation was given by Bina Desai, Head of Policy and Research, Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), as part of a webinar hosted by the International Science Council and UNRISD on 'Moving beyond exposure: Addressing climate-related risks in informal coastal settlements'. Find out more: http://www.unrisd.org/coastal-cities-webinar

1. Urban disaster risk and displacement
Bina Desai, Head of Policy & Research, IDMC
bina.desai@idmc.ch / @bdidmc
UNRISD webinar MOVING BEYOND EXPOSURE
26 Feb 2019

2. Monitoring disaster displacement since 2008

3. A global phenomenon

4. Majority is weather related

5. Understanding risk

6. Global disaster displacement risk

7. Absolute and relative risk

8. Hotspots of urban displacement risk

9. Dhaka, Bangladesh

10. Development of
Flood Resistant
Housing in
Floodplain
Development of
Normal Housing
in Floodplain
Development of
Normal Housing Out of
Floodplain
Population
Time to Rebuild
Housing
Exposure
Vulnerability
Hazard
Returning after
Displacement
Displacement
Displaced
Population
-
Effectiveness of
Flood Resistant
Housing
Uncontrolled Water
Release from Dams
Rainfall Events
+
+
-
+
+
+++
+
-
Population
Growth
Urbanization
+
+
Zoning
Restrictions
-
Extreme Rainfall
Events because of
Climate Change
+
Incentives for
Housing Out of
Floodplain
Construction of
Flood-Resistant
Housing
Improved Dam
Management
Policies
+
+ +
-
Gap: slow-onset and multi-causality

11. Urban displacement dynamics

12. Urban
displacement
impacts

13. www.internal-displacement.org