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Professor Thomas Monnier (Hitotsubashi University): Can the Urban Poor Avoid Flood Risks? The Case of Cape Town, South Africa
In low- and middle-income country cities, poor households often reside in unattractive locations, including flood-prone areas. This can be due to poor information about flood risks or acceptance of these risks in the face of lower housing prices. Poor households are also more vulnerable to floods than richer households given the low-quality housing they occupy. Does information on flood risks help households make better location and housing choices? To what extent will these choices be revised with increased flood risks from climate change? To answer these questions, we develop a polycentric u...
APL
Event Date：2026.03.12
[Accepting] Professor Thomas Monnier (Hitotsubashi University): Can the Urban Poor Avoid Flood Risks? The Case of Cape Town, South Africa In low- and middle-income country cities, poor households often reside in unattractive locations, including flood-prone areas. This can be due to poor information about flood risks or acceptance of these risks in the face of lower housing prices. Poor households are also more vulnerable to floods than richer households given the low-quality housing they occupy. Does information on flood risks help households make better location and housing choices? To what extent will these choices be revised with increased flood risks from climate change? To answer these questions, we develop a polycentric u... APL Event Date：2026.03.12