Background Paper: City Profile and Risk Context for Niamey, Niger
Urban agglomerations are subject to multiple intensive and extensive risks related to the complexity of their physical and socio-economic systems
Abstract
Urban agglomerations are inherently subject to multiple intensive and extensive risks related to the complexity of their physical and socio-economic systems of production and decision- making process by urban actors at multiple scales. Indeed, there is uncertainty about the harmful effects of some hazards and / or loss that adversely affects the living conditions of populations. As such, some authors propose that risks are the product of the sensitivity of the subject, the risk intensity and frequency of the phenomenon in question (Seydou, 2014).
This is an output from the Urban Africa: Risk Knowledge (Urban ARK) programme
Citation
Boubacar, S., (undated) ‘Background Paper: City Profile and Risk Context for Niamey, Niger’. Urban Ark Working Paper 1.
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