Adapting cities to climate change : understanding and addressing the development challenges
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Adapting cities to climate change : understanding and addressing the development challenges
(Earthscan climate)
Earthscan, 2009
- : hardback
- : pbk
Available at 8 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This volume brings together, for the first time, a wide-ranging and detailed body of information identifying and assessing risk, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in urban centres in low- and middle-income countries. Framed by an overview of the main possibilities and constraints for adaptation, the contributors examine the implications of climate change for cities in Africa, Asia and Latin America, and propose innovative agendas for adaptation. The book should be of interest to policy makers, practitioners and academics who face the challenge of addressing climate change vulnerability and adaptation in urban centres throughout the global South.
Published with E&U and International Institute for Environment and Development
Table of Contents
- Part I: Introduction * Adapting to Climate Change in Urban Areas: The Possibilities and Constraints in Low-and Middle-income Nations * Part II: Risk and Vulnerability for Cities * The Rising Tide: Assessing the Risks of Climate Change and Human Settlements in Low Elevation Coastal Zones * Climate Change and Coastal Cities: The Case of Mombasa, Kenya * Vulnerabilities and Responses to Climate Change for Dhaka * The Vulnerability to Climate Change of Cotonou (Benin): The Rise in Sea Level * The Vulnerability of Global Cities to Climate Hazards * Climate, Climate Change and Human Health in Asian cities * Climate Change and Urban Children: Impacts and Implications for Adaptation in Low- and Middle-income Countries * Unjust Waters: Climate Change, Flooding and the Urban Poor in Africa * Urban Poverty and Vulnerability to Climate Change in Latin America * Part III: Case Studies on Adaptation * Adaptation to Climate Change in Durban * Developing a Municipal Adaptation Plan (MAP) for Climate Change: The City of Cape Town * Adapting to Climate Change: Water Management for Urban Resilience * Part IV: Moving Forward * Climate Change Risk: An Adaptation and Mitigation Agenda for Indian Cities * International Funding to Support Urban Adaptation to Climate Change * Conclusions
- Adaptation and Local Development
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