Call number:
PIK N 531-09-0176
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents: Part I: Introduction ; Adapting to Climate Change in Urban Areas: The Possibilities and Constraints in Low-and Middle-income Nations ; Part II: Risk and Vulnerability for Cities ; The Rising Tide: Assessing the Risks of Climate Change and Human Settlements in Low Elevation Coastal Zones ; Climate Change and Coastal Cities: The Case of Mombasa, Kenya ; Vulnerabilities and Responses to Climate Change for Dhaka ; The Vulnerability to Climate Change of Cotonou (Benin): The Rise in Sea Level ; The Vulnerability of Global Cities to Climate Hazards ; Climate, Climate Change and Human Health in Asian cities ; Climate Change and Urban Children: Impacts and Implications for Adaptation in Low- and Middle-income Countries ; Unjust Waters: Climate Change, Flooding and the Urban Poor in Africa ; Urban Poverty and Vulnerability to Climate Change in Latin America ; Part III: Case Studies on Adaptation ; Adaptation to Climate Change in Durban ; Developing a Municipal Adaptation Plan (MAP) for Climate Change: The City of Cape Town ; Adapting to Climate Change: Water Management for Urban Resilience ; Part IV: Moving Forward ; Climate Change Risk: An Adaptation and Mitigation Agenda for Indian Cities ; International Funding to Support Urban Adaptation to Climate Change ; Conclusions; Adaptation and Local Development
Type of Medium:
Monograph available for loan
Pages:
XXVI, 397 S. : Ill., graph. Darst.
ISBN:
9781844077465
Location:
A 18 - must be ordered
Branch Library:
PIK Library
