Adapting Cities to Climate Change: Understanding and Addressing the Development Challenges

Adapting Cities to Climate Change: Understanding and Addressing the Development Challenges
ISBN-10
1849770360
ISBN-13
9781849770361
Category
Architecture
Pages
424
Language
English
Published
2012
Publisher
Earthscan
Authors
David Satterthwaite, Jane Bicknell, David Dodman

Description

This volume brings together, for the first time, a wide-ranging and detailed body of information identifying and assessing risk, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in urban centres in low- and middle-income countries. Framed by an overview of the main possibilities and constraints for adaptation, the contributors examine the implications of climate change for cities in Africa, Asia and Latin America, and propose innovative agendas for adaptation. The book should be of interest to policy makers, practitioners and academics who face the challenge of addressing climate change vulnerability and adaptation in urban centres throughout the global South.Published with E&U and International Institute for Environment and Development

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