D3 – Advancing resilient housing through holistic urban planning

By 2030, 60% of the population will live in cities and three billion people—about 40% of the world’s population—will be living without adequate housing. Inadequate housing is disproportionately inhabited by the poor, putting those who are already vulnerable most at risk when earthquakes, windstorms, floods, and pandemics strike. There is an urgent need for more resilient (safe, healthy and affordable) housing, especially in a scenario of increasing frequency and magnitude of climate-related hazards. These climate-induced risks present increasingly serious dangers to lives and livelihoods around the world, especially in urban areas of low –and middle- income countries, where uncontrolled urbanization is a driver of urban vulnerability to extreme weather events.