Author: Arslan Alvie
Thesis Statement
Investigating urban disaster risk management strategies in South Asian developing countries particularly in Karachi-Pakistan and how land use planning can be used as a mitigating tool.
Background
With the changes in climate, the risk of natural disasters has increased throughout the world. In 2015 only, 376 disasters were recorded by annual statistical disasters review and incurred economic damages of 70 billion dollars effecting 110.3 million people worldwide (CRED, 2016). In a period between 2005 and 2013 the world lost 1.4 trillion dollars on natural disaster damages and 0.7 million people were killed (Unisdr.org, 2018). These figures shows the seriousness of the situation, coping up with climate change require thoughtful planning and controls. With this increase in number of disasters each year, its variables i.e risk, preparedness and implementation needs to be improvised.
