Climate and disaster resilience in cities / edited by Rajib Shaw, Anshu Sharma.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shaw, Rajib.

Sharma, Anshu.

Series:

Community, environment and disaster risk management ; v. 6.

Community, environment and disaster risk management, 2040-7262 ; v. 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emergency management.

Natural disasters.

City planning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

One of the emerging reasons for the current trend of increasing impacts of disasters is the unpredictability of natural hazard events coupled with the tendency of human settlements to move to vulnerable locations including coastal areas in search of economic gains. Urban areas are most affected due to concentration of habitat and resources. Whilst it is impossible to make resistant urban growth, resilience is becoming more widely accepted and urban systems must be resilient enough to cope with the climate related hazards. This book highlights the issues of resilience through regional, national, city and community-based studies. Contributions come from academia, city government networks, city managers, non-government organizations and international agencies like the World Bank and United Nations. Thus, the book reflects a unique aspect of multi-stakeholder perspective. It also highlights how to enhance actions at local levels, and how the plans can be implemented through multi-stakeholder collaboration. This is the first book to combine academic research and field practice on the urban risk reduction, especially focusing on the climate-related disasters in the Asian region.

Contents:

ch. 1. Overview of urban development and associated risks / Anshu Sharma, Akhilesh Surjan, Rajib Shaw

ch. 2. Understanding urban resilience / Akhilesh Surjan, Anshu Sharma, Rajib Shaw

ch. 3. Mapping climate and disaster resilience in cities / Jonas Joerin, Rajib Shaw

ch. 4. Climate and disaster resilience mapping at national level / Jonas Joerin, Anshu Sharma, Prabodh Dhar Chakrabarti, Rajib Shaw

ch. 5. Climate and disaster resilience mapping in city clusters / Glenn Fernandez, Yukiko Takeuchi, Rajib Shaw

ch. 6. Climate and disaster resilience mapping at microlevel of cities / Gulshan Ara Parvin, Jonas Joerin, Sunil Parashar, Rajib Shaw

ch. 7. Linking resilience planning to Hyogo framework for action in cities / Yuki Matsuoka, Rajib Shaw

ch. 8. From resilience mapping to action planning / Glenn Fernandez, Yukiko Takeuchi, Rajib Shaw

ch. 9. From action planning to community-based adaptation / Sunil Parashar, Anshu Sharma, Rajib Shaw

ch. 10. Capacity development and training : blended learning program / Eiko Wataya

ch. 11. Building local government resilience through city-to-city cooperation / Bernadia Irawati Tjandradewi, Kristoffer Berse

ch. 12. Urban flood risk communication for cities / Farah Mulyasari, Rajib Shaw, Yukiko Takeuchi

ch. 13. Roles of civil society in climate and disaster resilience of cities and local governments / Takako Izumi, Rajib Shaw

ch. 14. Beyond resilience mapping / Rajib Shaw, Anshu Sharma.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record

ISBN:

9786613055231

9781283055239

1283055236

9780857243201

0857243209

OCLC:

712015708