The geography of climate change adaptation in urban Africa / Patrick Brandful Cobbinah, Michael Addaney, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cobbinah, Patrick Brandful, editor.

Addaney, Michael, editor.

ProQuest ebook central.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes--Social aspects--Africa.

Climatic changes.

Climate change mitigation--Africa.

Climate change mitigation.

Urban climatology--Africa.

Urban climatology.

Sustainable development--Africa.

Sustainable development.

Climatic changes--Social aspects.

Africa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxvi, 548 pages) : illustrations, maps

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2019]

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2019]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Part I

Introduction

Chapter One: Climate Change, Urban Planning and Sustainable Development in Africa: The Difference worth Appreciating; Michael Addaney and Patrick Brandful Cobbinah

Part II: Climate Change Adaptation in urban Africa: land tenure, biodiversity conservation and local responses

Chapter Two: Towards Sustainable Development in Africa: The Challenge of Urbanization and Climate Change; Matthew Ogwu

Chapter Three: Community-Based Mapping Methodology for Climate Change Adaptation: A Case Study of Quarry Road West Informal Settlement, Durban, South Africa; Bahle Mazeka, Catherine Sutherland, Sibongile Buthelezi and Duduzile Khumalo

Chapter Four: Urban Residents and Communities Responses to Climate Change Impacts in Tamale, Ghana; Patrick Brandful Cobbinah and Enoch Akwasi Kosoe

Chapter Five: Urban Farmers' Perceptions of and Responses to Climate Variability in Ibadan, Nigeria; Bolanle Wahab and Ayobami Popoola

Chapter Six: Placing Climate Change in Wetland Conservation and Urban Agriculture Contestations in Harare, Zimbabwe; Luckymore Matenga

Chapter Seven: Heritage Preservation in a Changing Climate: The Potential of Green Infrastructure on the Île de Saint-Louis, Senegal; Samantha McLean

Chapter Eight: Competing Interests in Urban Biodiversity Management in the Context of a Changing Climate: A Case Study of the Giba Gorge Environmental Precinct, South Africa; Chuma Banji Chinzila, Andrew Emmanuel Okem, Fathima Ahmed and Urmila Bob

Chapter Nine: Exploring the Future of Nairobi National Park in a Changing Climate and Urban Growth; Obed Matundura Ogega, Hellen Njoki Wanjohi and James Mbugua

Part III: Urban Climate Change Adaptation in Africa: Towards Policy and Practice

Chapter Ten: Connecting climate change to poverty reduction: Poverty Reduction Co-Benefits of Climate Change-Related Projects in eThekwini Municipality, South Africa; Andrew Emmanuel Okem

Chapter Eleven: Beyond climate change adaptation in urban Africa: A synthesis of urban food (in)security; Bright Nkrumah

Chapter Twelve: Thinking into the future: Constructing social security law as climate change adaptation strategy in urban South Africa; Ademola Oluborode Jegede and Crystal Mokoena

Chapter Thirteen: Governing river rehabilitation for climate adaptation and water security in Durban, South Africa; Partick Martel, Catherine Sutherland, Sibongile Buthelezi and Duduzile Khumalo

Part IV: Climate Change Adaptation Planning and Institutional Responses in Urban Africa

Chapter Fourteen: Towards Citizen-led Planning for Climate Change Adaptation in Urban Ghana: Hints from Japanese "Machizukuri" Activities; Seth Asare Okyere, Stephen Kofi Diko, Matthew Abunyewah, Michihiro Kita

Chapter Fifteen: Climate Change Adaptation in Ghana: The Future of Spatial Planning; Patrick Brandful Cobbinah and Nelson Nyabanyi N-yanbini

Chapter Sixteen: Institutional Responses to Climate Change Adaptation: Flood Management at the Metropolitan Level in Accra, Ghana; Prosper Issahaku Korah and Patrick Brandful Cobbinah

Chapter Seventeen: Adaptation Governance and Building Resilience in the face of Climate Change in African Cities: Policy Responses and Emerging Practices from Accra; Michael Addaney

Chapter Eighteen: Missed Opportunities: Financing Climate Change Adaptation in Urban Ghana and Uganda; Stephen Diko.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 31, 2019).

Other Format:

Print version: Geography of climate change adaptation in urban Africa.

ISBN:

9783030048730

303004873X

Publisher Number:

99987166260

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.