Brings together a body of information identifying and assessing risk, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in urban centres in low- and middle-income countries. This book is suitable for policy makers and academics who face the challenge of addressing climate change vulnerability and adaptation in urban centres throughout global South. First Published in 2009. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Brings together a body of information identifying and assessing risk, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in urban centres in low- and middle-income countries. This book is suitable for policy makers and academics who face the challenge of addressing climate change vulnerability and adaptation in urban centres throughout global South.First Published in 2009. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Jane Bicknell works with the Human Settlements Group at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and is Managing Editor of the international journal Environment and Urbanization. David Dodman is a Researcher in the Human Settlements and Climate Change Groups at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED). He is co-editor (with Duncan McGregor and David Barker) of Global Change and Caribbean Vulnerability: Environment, Economy and Society at Risk (UWI Press, forthcoming). David Satterthwaite is a Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and is Editor of the journal Environment and Urbanization. He has written or edited various books published by Earthscan, including Squatter Citizen (1989, with Jorge E Hardoy), The Earthscan Reader on Sustainable Cities (1999) and Environmental Problems in an Urbanizing World (2001, with Jorge E Hardoy and Diana Mitlin). He contributed to the Third and Fourth Assessments of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; in 2004, he was awarded the Volvo Environment Prize.
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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
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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