Adapting cities to climate change : understanding and addressing the development challenges /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Bicknell, Jane, Dodman, David, Satterthwaite, David
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2009.
Materias:
Ecología urbana (Sociología)
Urbanismo > Aspectos ambientales.
Cambios climáticos > Aspectos ambientales.
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Adapting to climate change in urban areas : the possibilities and constraints in low- and middle-income nations / David Satterthwaite ... [et al.]
  • The rising tide : assessing the risks of climate change and human settlements in low-elevation coastal zones / Gordon McGranahan, Deborah Balk, and Bridget Anderson
  • Climate change and coastal cities : the case of Mombasa, Kenya / Cynthia Brenda Awuor, Victor Ayo Orinidi, and Andrew Ochieng Adwera
  • Vulnerabilities and responses to climate change for Dhaka / Mozaharul Alam and Golem Rabbani
  • The vulnerability to climate change of Cotonou (Benin) : the rise in sea level / Krystel M.R. Dossou and Bernadette Gléhouenou-Dossou
  • The vulnerability of global cities to climate hazards / Alex de Sherbinin, Andrew Schiller, and Alex Pulsipher
  • Climate, climate change, and human health in Asian cities / Sari Kovats and Rais Akhtar
  • Climate change and urban children : impacts and implications for adaptation in low- and middle-income countries / Sheridan Bartlett
  • Unjust waters : climate change, flooding, and the urban poor in Africa / Ian Douglas ... [et al.]
  • Urban poverty and vulnerability to climate change in Latin America / Jorgelina Hardoy and Gustavo Pandiella
  • Thinking globally, acting locally : institutionalizing climate change at the local government level in Durban, South Africa / Debra Roberts
  • Developing a Municipal Adaptation Plan (MAP) for climate change : the city of Cape Town / Pierre Mukheibir and Gina Ziervogel
  • Adapting to climate change : water management for urban resilience / Mike Muller
  • Climate change risk : an adaptation and mitigation agenda for Indian cities / Aromar Revi
  • International funding to support urban adaptation to climate change / Jessica Ayers
  • Conclusions : local development and adaptation / David Satterthwaite, David Dodman, and Jane Bicknell.

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