Urbanisation at Risk in the Pacific and Asia

Disasters, Climate Change and Resilience in the Built Environment
Herausgeber: Sanderson, David; Bruce, Laura

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Produktbeschreibung

This book presents practical approaches for tackling the threats from climate change and disasters to urban growth in Pacific island countries and Asian nations.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Mai 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 531g
• ISBN-13: 9780367258450
• ISBN-10: 0367258455
• Artikelnr.: 69986370

Autorenporträt

David Sanderson is Professor and Inaugural Judith Neilson Chair in Architecture at UNSW, Sydney. David has worked across the world in development and emergencies, both in practice, with NGOs and, latterly, in academia. In recent years, David is Editor of the 2016 IFRC World Disasters Report and the author of the ODI/ALNAP 2019 Good Practice Review in Urban Humanitarian Response. Laura Bruce is Research Associate for the Judith Neilson Chair in Architecture at UNSW, Sydney, where she is supporting research in urban resilience both internationally and in Australia. Laura has over 12 years' experience working for international NGOs in project management, advocacy and research for development and humanitarian programmes.

Inhaltsangabe

Section 1: Pacific Island Countries
Chapter 1: Urbanisation at risk: urban resilience in Pacific Island
Countries
Chapter 2: Climate and disaster risks, challenges and opportunities for
resilient Pacific towns and cities
Chapter 3: The humanitarian-development nexus in Pacific urban contexts:
lessons from tropical cyclone Winston in Fiji
Chapter 4: Reflecting on a journey from climate change vulnerability
assessments to the implementation of climate resilience actions: Honiara,
Solomon Islands
Chapter 5: What does neighbourhood level urban resilience look like in
Honiara?
Chapter 6: Using a systems approach to better understand urban resilience
in Port Vila, Vanuatu
Chapter 7: 'This is our garden now': disasters and belonging in an urban
Pacific
Chapter 8: Resilience in Pacific towns and cities: the social dimensions of
change
Section 2: Asia (and beyond)
Chapter 9: Planning for climate change: adapting to a more sustainable
urban future
Chapter 10: Community resilience through self-help housing adaptations:
examples from Nepal and the Philippines
Chapter 11: The discourse and practice of resilience policy in Phnom Penh
Chapter 12: Are children the key to designing resilient cities after a
disaster?
Chapter 13: Identifying resilience in recovery - complexity, collaboration
and communication