Adapting cities to climate change : understanding and addressing the development challenges /
Adapting cities to climate change : understanding and addressing the development challenges /
edited by Jane Bicknell, David Dodman and David Satterthwaite.
- xxvi, 397 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Adapting to climate change in urban areas : the possibilities and constraints in low- and middle-income nations / 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 / Thinking globally, acting locally : institutionalizing climate change at the local government level in Durban, South Africa / Developing a Municipal Adaptation Plan (MAP) for climate change : the city of Cape Town / Adapting to climate change : water management for urban resilience / Climate change risk : an adaptation and mitigation agenda for Indian cities / International funding to support urban adaptation to climate change / Conclusions : local development and adaptation / David Satterthwaite ... [et al.] -- Gordon McGranahan, Deborah Balk, and Bridget Anderson -- Cynthia Brenda Awuor, Victor Ayo Orinidi, and Andrew Ochieng Adwera -- Mozaharul Alam and Golem Rabbani -- Krystel M.R. Dossou and Bernadette Gléhouenou-Dossou -- Alex de Sherbinin, Andrew Schiller, and Alex Pulsipher -- Sari Kovats and Rais Akhtar -- Sheridan Bartlett -- Ian Douglas ... [et al.] -- Jorgelina Hardoy and Gustavo Pandiella -- Debra Roberts -- Pierre Mukheibir and Gina Ziervogel -- Mike Muller -- Aromar Revi -- Jessica Ayers -- David Satterthwaite, David Dodman, and Jane Bicknell.
9781844077465 (pbk.) 1844077462 (pbk.)
2008051082
GBA920466 bnb
Urban ecology (Sociology)
City planning--Environmental aspects.
Climatic changes.
363.70091732 ADA / DS0103
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Adapting to climate change in urban areas : the possibilities and constraints in low- and middle-income nations / 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 / Thinking globally, acting locally : institutionalizing climate change at the local government level in Durban, South Africa / Developing a Municipal Adaptation Plan (MAP) for climate change : the city of Cape Town / Adapting to climate change : water management for urban resilience / Climate change risk : an adaptation and mitigation agenda for Indian cities / International funding to support urban adaptation to climate change / Conclusions : local development and adaptation / David Satterthwaite ... [et al.] -- Gordon McGranahan, Deborah Balk, and Bridget Anderson -- Cynthia Brenda Awuor, Victor Ayo Orinidi, and Andrew Ochieng Adwera -- Mozaharul Alam and Golem Rabbani -- Krystel M.R. Dossou and Bernadette Gléhouenou-Dossou -- Alex de Sherbinin, Andrew Schiller, and Alex Pulsipher -- Sari Kovats and Rais Akhtar -- Sheridan Bartlett -- Ian Douglas ... [et al.] -- Jorgelina Hardoy and Gustavo Pandiella -- Debra Roberts -- Pierre Mukheibir and Gina Ziervogel -- Mike Muller -- Aromar Revi -- Jessica Ayers -- David Satterthwaite, David Dodman, and Jane Bicknell.
9781844077465 (pbk.) 1844077462 (pbk.)
2008051082
GBA920466 bnb
Urban ecology (Sociology)
City planning--Environmental aspects.
Climatic changes.
363.70091732 ADA / DS0103