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Background
The urban needs assessment approach has been developed by the NAWG with the support of ACAPS as an addition to the JNA tools recognizing that urban disasters require a way of understanding needs that is different from the way the JNA is used in rural areas. The focus is on congested informal and formal urban settlements. Informal settlements are prioritized in the Urban Assessment Approach as the characteristics of these areas make them the most prone to disasters and because the people residing in them, being poor and owning few assets, are vulnerable and will find it difficult to recover from a disaster without assistance. The suggested approach however can be applied to any urban areas of Bangladesh.