Urban Resilience to Droughts and Floods
The Role of Policies and Governance
Herausgeber: Tortajada, Cecilia; Harrington, Larry; Horne, James
Urban Resilience to Droughts and Floods
The Role of Policies and Governance
Herausgeber: Tortajada, Cecilia; Harrington, Larry; Horne, James
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This book focuses on policies and governance on how to build the resilience of cities to droughts and floods. There are discussions on how cities prepare for, cope with, learn from, manage, and recover from these extreme events. This book was originally published as a special issue of the International Journal of Water Resources Development.
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This book focuses on policies and governance on how to build the resilience of cities to droughts and floods. There are discussions on how cities prepare for, cope with, learn from, manage, and recover from these extreme events. This book was originally published as a special issue of the International Journal of Water Resources Development.
Produktdetails
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- Verlag: Taylor & Francis
- Seitenzahl: 232
- Erscheinungstermin: 20. November 2018
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 14mm
- Gewicht: 590g
- ISBN-13: 9780367002121
- ISBN-10: 0367002124
- Artikelnr.: 57004604
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis
- Seitenzahl: 232
- Erscheinungstermin: 20. November 2018
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 14mm
- Gewicht: 590g
- ISBN-13: 9780367002121
- ISBN-10: 0367002124
- Artikelnr.: 57004604
Cecilia Tortajada is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Water Policy in the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore. She is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Water Resources Development. James Horne is the former Deputy Secretary of the Australian Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities and is now a Visiting Fellow at the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. Larry Harrington is the former Research Director of the CGIAR Challenge Programme on Water and Food (CPWF) and is now an Adjunct Professor at Cornell University, Ithaca, USA.
Introduction 1. Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals: improving
water services in cities affected by extreme weather events 2. Using water
management infrastructure to address both flood risk and the urban heat
island 3. Antifragility and the development of urban water infrastructure
4. The impact of weather extremes on urban resilience to hydro-climate
hazards: a Singapore case study 5. Environmental resilience and
intergovernmental collaboration in the Pearl River Delta 6. Exposure and
resilience of China's cities to floods and droughts: a double-edged sword
7. The political economy of flood management reform in China 8. Governance
of the Sponge City Programme in China with Wuhan as a case study 9. Towards
adaptive governance for urban drought resilience: the case of Da Nang,
Vietnam 10. Policy narratives help maintain institutional traps in the
governance of floods in Thailand 11. Resilience in major Australian cities:
assessing capacity and preparedness to respond to extreme weather events
12. Rainproof cities in the Netherlands: approaches in Dutch water
governance to climate-adaptive urban planning 13. Devolving water
governance in the Kenyan Arid Lands: from top-down drought and flood
emergency response to locally driven water resource development planning
water services in cities affected by extreme weather events 2. Using water
management infrastructure to address both flood risk and the urban heat
island 3. Antifragility and the development of urban water infrastructure
4. The impact of weather extremes on urban resilience to hydro-climate
hazards: a Singapore case study 5. Environmental resilience and
intergovernmental collaboration in the Pearl River Delta 6. Exposure and
resilience of China's cities to floods and droughts: a double-edged sword
7. The political economy of flood management reform in China 8. Governance
of the Sponge City Programme in China with Wuhan as a case study 9. Towards
adaptive governance for urban drought resilience: the case of Da Nang,
Vietnam 10. Policy narratives help maintain institutional traps in the
governance of floods in Thailand 11. Resilience in major Australian cities:
assessing capacity and preparedness to respond to extreme weather events
12. Rainproof cities in the Netherlands: approaches in Dutch water
governance to climate-adaptive urban planning 13. Devolving water
governance in the Kenyan Arid Lands: from top-down drought and flood
emergency response to locally driven water resource development planning
Introduction 1. Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals: improving
water services in cities affected by extreme weather events 2. Using water
management infrastructure to address both flood risk and the urban heat
island 3. Antifragility and the development of urban water infrastructure
4. The impact of weather extremes on urban resilience to hydro-climate
hazards: a Singapore case study 5. Environmental resilience and
intergovernmental collaboration in the Pearl River Delta 6. Exposure and
resilience of China's cities to floods and droughts: a double-edged sword
7. The political economy of flood management reform in China 8. Governance
of the Sponge City Programme in China with Wuhan as a case study 9. Towards
adaptive governance for urban drought resilience: the case of Da Nang,
Vietnam 10. Policy narratives help maintain institutional traps in the
governance of floods in Thailand 11. Resilience in major Australian cities:
assessing capacity and preparedness to respond to extreme weather events
12. Rainproof cities in the Netherlands: approaches in Dutch water
governance to climate-adaptive urban planning 13. Devolving water
governance in the Kenyan Arid Lands: from top-down drought and flood
emergency response to locally driven water resource development planning
water services in cities affected by extreme weather events 2. Using water
management infrastructure to address both flood risk and the urban heat
island 3. Antifragility and the development of urban water infrastructure
4. The impact of weather extremes on urban resilience to hydro-climate
hazards: a Singapore case study 5. Environmental resilience and
intergovernmental collaboration in the Pearl River Delta 6. Exposure and
resilience of China's cities to floods and droughts: a double-edged sword
7. The political economy of flood management reform in China 8. Governance
of the Sponge City Programme in China with Wuhan as a case study 9. Towards
adaptive governance for urban drought resilience: the case of Da Nang,
Vietnam 10. Policy narratives help maintain institutional traps in the
governance of floods in Thailand 11. Resilience in major Australian cities:
assessing capacity and preparedness to respond to extreme weather events
12. Rainproof cities in the Netherlands: approaches in Dutch water
governance to climate-adaptive urban planning 13. Devolving water
governance in the Kenyan Arid Lands: from top-down drought and flood
emergency response to locally driven water resource development planning