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Responding to Climate Change in Asian Cities -

Responding to Climate Change in Asian Cities

Governance for a more resilient urban future
Buch | Softcover
222 Seiten
2018
Routledge (Verlag)
9781138393448 (ISBN)
CHF 79,95 inkl. MwSt
By bringing together a range of Asian city experiences in addressing the challenges posed by climate change, this book provides valuable insights into how cities can overcome some of the barriers to building climate resilience, including addressing the needs of vulnerable populations and building up their governance capacities.
The role of cities in addressing climate change is increasingly recognised in international arenas, including the Sustainable Development Goals, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, and the New Urban Agenda. Asia is home to many of the countries that are most vulnerable to climate change impacts and, along with Africa, will be the site of most urban population growth over the coming decades.

Bringing together a range of city experiences, Responding to Climate Change in Asian Cities provides valuable insights into how cities can overcome some of the barriers to building climate resilience, including addressing the needs of vulnerable populations. The chapters are centred on an overarching understanding that adaptive urban governance is necessary for climate resilience. This requires engaging with different actors to take into account their experiences, vulnerabilities and priorities; building knowledge, including collecting and using appropriate evidence; and understanding the institutions shaping interactions between actors, from the national to the local level.

The chapters draw on a mix of research methodologies, demonstrating the variety of approaches to understanding and building urban resilience that can be applied in urban settings. Bringing together a range of expert contributors, this book will be of great interest to scholars of urban studies, sustainability and environmental studies, development studies and Asian studies.

Diane Archer is a Senior Researcher in the Human Settlements Group at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), UK. Sarah Colenbrander is a Researcher in the Human Settlements Group at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), UK. David Dodman is Director of the Human Settlements Group at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), UK.

Introduction

I. Actors

1. Climate justice, social protection and just adaptation: The vulnerability contexts of migrant workers in Indian cities

2. Rights, risks and resilience: The 3Rs approach to child-centred climate change adaptation in Asian cities

3. Improving multi-stakeholder collaboration for a resilient water and sanitation sector in Dhaka, Bangladesh

II. Knowledge

4. Coastal urban development in Quy Nhon, Vietnam, in the context of climate change

5. Approaches to resilience planning in Indian cities: The ACCCRN experience

6. How can climate change vulnerability assessments best impact policy and planning? Lessons from Indonesia

III. Institutions

7. Institutional challenges and solutions for improving coordination mechanisms for the water supply sector in peri-urban Can Tho, Vietnam

8. Water security and urban resilience: The case of Baguio City, Philippines

9. Modelling demand for catastrophic flood index-based insurance in Da Nang City, Vietnam: Using choice experiments

10. Local government planners’ perspectives: Challenges and opportunities for climate change adaptation in Indonesia

Conclusion

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Routledge Advances in Climate Change Research
Zusatzinfo 17 Tables, black and white; 8 Line drawings, black and white; 3 Halftones, black and white; 28 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 440 g
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Biologie Ökologie / Naturschutz
Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Geografie / Kartografie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-13 9781138393448 / 9781138393448
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