:cities and adaptation to climate change - proceedings of the Global Forum 2010
First Statement of Responsibility
/ Konrad Otto-Zimmermann (ed.)
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Dordrecht
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: Springer,
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, 2011.
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xliv, 573 p. , ill. , 24 cm.
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(Local sustainability,2211-2782
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; v. 1)
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Electronic
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Part I.Introduction.Building the global adaptation community /Konrad Otto-Zimmerman --Part II.Describing impacts at the local level.Introduction: describing impacts at the local level /Lucinda Fairhurst --Understanding potential climate change impacts and adaptation options in India megacities /Diana Reckien,Martin Wildenberg, andKaushik Deb --Assessment of climate change-induced vulnerability to floods in Hyderabad, India, using remote sensing data /Oleksandr Kit,Matthias Leudeke, andDiana Reckien --The role of community resilience in adaptation to climate change: the urban poor in Jakarta, Indonesia /Mario Wilhelm --Ecohealth and climate change: adaptation to flooding events in riverside secondary cities, West Africa /Guaeladio Cissae,Brama Konae, Hampatae B?a,Ibrahima Mbaye,Koffi Koba,Jeurg Utzinger, andMarcel Tanner --Climate change and adaptive capacity of women to water stress in urban centers of Nigeria: emerging concerns and reactions /Isaac B. Oluwatayo --Urban climate strategies against future heat stress conditions /Lutz Katzschner --Climate-proof urban transport planning: opportunities and challenges in developing cities /Urda Eichhorst,Daniel Bongardt, andMontserrat Miramontes --Part III.Frameworks for local action, challenges and proactive recommendations.Introduction: frameworks for local action, challenges and proactive recommendations /Olivia Tusinski andAlice Balbo --Inclusive adaptation: linking participatory learning and knowledge management to urban resilience /Michaela Hordijk andIsa Baud --Urban adaptation planning and governance: challenges to emerging wisdom /JoAnn Carmin,David Dodman,Linda Harvey,Shaib Lwasa, andPatricia Romero-Lankao --Urban climate change adaptation in the context of transformation: lessons from Vietnam /Matthias Garschagen andFrauke Krass --Getting ready for a changing climate: supporting councillor's leadership role in adaptation /Joyce Wei Ka Lee --Environmental learning from the ivory tower to the town square: the case of Trondheim, Norway /Annemie Wyckmans --Plan B:altic: a social-ecological approach to climate change adaptation /Sonja Deppisch,Sanin Hasiboviac, andMeike Albers --Governance recommendations for adaptation in European urban regions: results from five case studies and a European expert survey /Torsten Grothmann --Creating resilient cities through empowered, deliberative participation /Janette Hartz-Karp andHans-Peter Meister --Part IV.Local strategies and actions in response to climate change.Introduction: Local strategies and actions in response to climate change /Monika Zimmermann andnathan Brettschneider --Comparative research on the adaptation strategies of ten urban climate plans /Luc Vrolijks,Ashley Spatafore, andAnisha S. Mittal --Managing regional climate mitigation and adaptation co-benefits and co-costs /Matthias Ruth --Interdisciplinary and multi-institutional approaches to climate change adaptation /Virginie Moffet,Matthieu Alibert, andCaroline Larrivaee --Climate adaptation strategies: evidence from Latin American city-regions /Dirk Heinrichs andKerstin Krellenberg --Adaptation in UK cities: heading in the right direction? /Magnus Benzie,Alex Harvey, andKaren Miller --Finding the balance: challenges and opportunities for climate change adaptation at different levels of English local government /Nadia Manasfi andElizabeth Greenhalgh --Local strategies for climate change adaptation: urban planning criteria for municipalities of the Basque country, Spain /Marta Olazabal,Efren Feliau,Borja Izaola,David Pon,Maria Pooley,Marimar Alonso-Martin, andCarlos Castillo --Climate change adaptation in Dutch municipalities: risk perception and institutional capacity /Maya M. van den Berg --Toward a more flood resilient urban environment: the Dutch multi-level safety approach to flood risk management /Berry Gersonius,William Veerbeek,Abdus Subhan,Karin Stone, andChris Zevenbergen --Climate change and city development: resilience strategies in Bonn /Reudiger Wagner --Integrated climate adaptation in Dresden: insights from flood prevention /Christian Korndeorfer,Peter Teichmann, andFrank Frenzel --Integrated climate protection program for the city of Chemnitz: climate diagnosis, climate change prognosis, and adaptation measures in the urban area/Petra Schneider,Nicole Gottschalk,Ralf Leoser, andThomas Scharbrodt --Adaptation strategies for the city of Cape Town: finding the balance within social-ecological complexity /Darryl Colenbrander,Gregg oelofse,Anton Cartwright,Howard Gold, andSakhile Tsotsobe --Sharing the Lagos megacity experience in the integrated management of sea level rise and flooding /Nicholas Ozor,Oguguah M. Ngozi, andMaximus Ugwuoke --Community-based vulnerability assessment: Semarang, Indonesia /John Taylor --Research news for climate compliant cities: the case of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam /Frank Schwarze,Andreas Gravert,Ronald Eckert,Ulrike Schinkel, andRalf Kersten --Building resilience to climate change through adaptive land use planning in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam /Harry Storch,Nigel Downes,Lutz Katzschner, andNguyen Xuan Thinh --Climate change risk management for a suburban local government: the case of Kogarah, Australia /Elisa Idris andHartmut Feunfgeld --Climate change as a survival strategy: soft infrastructure for urban resilience and adaptive capacity in Australia's coastal zones /Nan Chen andPeter Graham --Curitiba, Brazil: a model for resilience in Latin America? /Peter Spathelf --Part V.Approaches to climate change adaptation in cities.Introduction: Approaches to climate change adaptation in cities /Hartmut Feunfgeld --Building resilience to climate change in Asian cities /Sarah Opitz-Stapleton,Laura Seraydarian,Karen MacClune,Greg Guibert,Sarah Reed,Fern Uennatornwaranggoon andCristina Rumbaitis del Rio --Local vulnerability assessment of climate change and its implications: the case of Gyeonggi-Do, Korea /Jaekyung Koh --Ecosystem-based adaptation in the urban environment /Gabriel Grimsditch --Urban agriculture and climate change adaptation: ensuring food security through adaptation /Marielle Dubbeling andHenk de Zeeuw --Cooling the public realm: climate-resilient urban design /jeffrey Raven --The role of transport in mitigation and adaptation to climate change impacts in urban areas /Giuseppe Inturri and Matteo Ignaccolo --Urban green spaces: potentials and constraints for urban adaptation to climate change /Juliane Mathey,Stefanie Reossler,Iris Lehmann, andAnne Breauer --Urban climate framework: a system approach towards climate proof cities /Sonja Deopp,Fransje Hooimeijer, andNienke Maas --Part VI.Reality check: adaptation on the ground.Introduction: Reality check: adaptation on the ground /Olivia Tusinski --Preparing for climate change while advancing local sustainability: a closer look at Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA /Natacha Seijas,Susanne M. Torriente,Nichole L. Hefty, andMelissa Stults --Quito's climate change strategy: a response to climate change in the metropolitan district of Quito, Ecuador /Carolina Zambrano-Barragaan,Othon Zevallos,Marcos Villacais, andDiego Enraiquez --Climate change implications for Dhaka City: a need for immediate measures to reduce vulnerability /Golam Rabbani,A. Atiq Rahman, andNazria Islam --Adaptation in practise: Durban, South Africa /Andrew Mather,Debra Roberts, andGeoffrey Tooley.