Responding to Climate Change in Asian Cities (eBook, PDF)

Governance for a more resilient urban future
Redaktion: Archer, Diane; Dodman, David; Colenbrander, Sarah

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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. Drawing together a range of expert contributors, Responding to climate change in Asian cities will be of great interest to scholars of urban studies, sustainability and environmental studies, Asian studies and development studies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. November 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317217756
• Artikelnr.: 47134753

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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