The Exposure, Vulnerability, and Ability to Respond of Poor Households to Recurrent Floods in Mumbai

Archana Patankar

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Abstract: This paper examines poor households in the city of Mumbai and their exposure, vulnerability, and ability to respond to recurrent floods. The paper discusses policy implications for future adaptive capacity, resilience, and poverty alleviation. The study focuses particularly on the poor households, which tend to have greater exposure and vulnerability to floods and limited ability to respond given the constraints on physical and financial resources. The study seeks to understand the implications of the fact that poor households are more likely than non-poor households to be located in flood-prone areas.

Keywords: vulnerability; Poor Households; Recurrent Floods; Mumbai; floods; household survey; urban poverty; disaster risk management; impacts of floods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-12
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