Adapting Cities to Climate Change

✍ Scribed by Jane Bicknell, David Dodman, David Satterthwaite

• Tongue: English
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• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
List of Figures, Tables and Boxes
About the Contributors
Preface
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
PART 1 INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1 Adapting to Climate Change in Urban Areas: The Possibilities and Constraints in Low- and Middle-Income Nations
Introduction
The potential for adaptation
The constraints on implementation
The urban context
Vulnerability
Climate change and disasters
The continuum of risk from everyday hazards to catastrophic disasters
Building on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Fourth Assessment Report
Government roles and responsibilities
Notes
PART 2 RISK AND VULNERABILITY FOR CITIES
Chapter 2 The Rising Tide: Assessing the Risks of Climate Change and Human Settlements in Low-Elevation Coastal Zones
Introduction
Climate change, coastal settlement and urban vulnerabilities
Estimating population and human settlement patterns in low-elevation coastal zones (LECZs)
The international distribution of low-elevation coastal settlement
Changes in low-elevation coastal settlement between 1990 and 2000: The examples of China and Bangladesh
Conclusions
Notes
Chapter 3 Climate Change and Coastal Cities: The Case of Mombasa, Kenya
Introduction
Vulnerability of Mombasa to climate change
Climate change impacts in Mombasa
Adaptation to climate change in Mombasa
Conclusions
Notes
Chapter 4 Vulnerabilities and Responses to Climate Change for Dhaka
Introduction
Dhaka’s contribution to global climate change
The effects of climate change in Dhaka
Affected sectors and vulnerabilities
Response measures
Conclusions
Notes
Chapter 5 The Vulnerability to Climate Change of Cotonou (Benin): The Rise in Sea Level
Introduction
Cotonou
Cotonou’s vulnerability to sea-level rise
Impact of rising sea level
Coastal erosion in Cotonou and the surrounding area
Adapting to the rise in sea level and its consequences
Conclusions
Notes
Chapter 6 The Vulnerability of Global Cities to Climate Hazards
Introduction
Framing vulnerability
The case studies
Conclusions
Notes
Chapter 7 Climate, Climate Change and Human Health in Asian Cities
Introduction
Climate change and health
Climate, water supplies and sanitation and health
High temperatures and heat wave events
Longer-term changes and the future health of populations in cities
Responding to climate change: Adaptation and health at the city level
Conclusions
Notes
Chapter 8 Climate Change and Urban Children: Impacts and Implications for Adaptation in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Introduction
Understanding the impacts upon children of climate change
The implications for adaptation
Conclusions
Notes
Chapter 9 Unjust Waters: Climate Change, Flooding and the Urban Poor in Africa
Introduction
The changing climate in Africa
Trends in urban flooding in Africa
Local case studies of urban flooding
General guidelines on adaptations to climate change
Responsibilities and actions
Notes
Chapter 10 Urban Poverty and Vulnerability to Climate Change in Latin America
Introduction
Vulnerability and adaptation in urban areas
Possible ways forward
The need for adaptation and development
Notes
PART 3 CASE STUDIES ON ADAPTATION
Chapter 11 Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: Institutionalizing Climate Change at the Local Government Level in Durban, South Africa
Introduction
Climate change and the environmental management function
Mainstreaming the climate change debate in Durban
Conclusions
Notes
Chapter 12 Developing a Municipal Adaptation Plan (MAP) for Climate Change: The City of Cape Town
Introduction
Background to climate change
Towards a framework for adapting to climate change at the municipal level
Examples of potential current and future municipal climate-induced impacts for the city of Cape Town
Conclusions
Notes
Chapter 13 Adapting to Climate Change: Water Management for Urban Resilience
Introduction
Instruments to manage variability, reduce vulnerability and build resilience
The development context and constraints before climate change
The challenges of climate change for water resources management
Water resources costs: The added burden of adaptation
Some practical challenges and responses
Conclusions: Water resources management could be a lead sector in building urban resilience to climate change
Notes
PART 4 MOVING FORWARD
Chapter 14 Climate Change Risk: An Adaptation and Mitigation Agenda for Indian Cities
Introduction
India’s RUrban transformation (2000–2050)
Urban renewal, disaster management and climate change mitigation
India’s climate change risk exposure
Composite multi-hazard risk adaptation
Urban populations and elements at risk
Urban vulnerability to climate change
A possible urban climate change adaptation framework
Institutional capacity for urban climate risk adaptation
Building a mitigation agenda for Indian cities
Conclusions
Notes
Chapter 15 International Funding to Support Urban Adaptation to Climate Change
Introduction
Funding for adaptation under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
The role of official development assistance (ODA) in funding adaptation
Access to adaptation finance by urban stakeholders
Conclusions
Notes
Chapter 16 Conclusions: Local Development and Adaptation
Introduction
Key themes
Conclusions
Notes
Index
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