Resilient Cities 2 : Cities and Adaptation to Climate Change - Proceedings of the Global Forum 2011 - Otto-Zimmermann, Konrad; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012)
Foreword -- Part I: Introduction -- 1. The Global Adaptation Community Expands Its Scope -- Part II: Urban Risk and Assessing Vulnerability at the Local Level -- 2. Introduction: Urban Risk and Assessing Vulnerability at the Local Level -- 3. A Region at Risk: Policy Determination Through Vulnerability Hotspot Assessment -- 4. Developing a Framework For Assessing Coastal Vulnerability To Sea Level Rise in Southern New England -- 5. Quantifying Impacts of Potential Sea-Level Rise Scenarios on Irish Coastal Cities -- 6. Mapping Risk and Vulnerability in São Paulo Metropolitan Region -- 7. Water Crisis: Public Management of a Critical Situation -- 8. Environmental Assessment and Restoration of Typhoon Morakot Disaster: A Case Study of Kaohsiung -- 9. Flood Risk Protection Concept For The Urban Region Geising/Altenberg in the Flood Formation Area.-of the Eastern Ore Mountains, Germany -- Part III: Toward The Resilient City -- 10. Introduction: Toward the Resilient City -- 11. Water, Food and Energy Security -- 12. Nature at the Heart of Urban Design For Resilience -- 13. Smart City: Energy Efficiency in a New Scope -- 14. Resilient Food Systems For Resilient Cities -- 15. Urban Agriculture Casablanca -- 16. Adapting Cities To Climate Change: Scenarios For Urban Neighborhoods in the City Of Essen -- 17. Combining Urban Development With Climate Change Adaptation Using A Systems Approach -- 18. Towards A Resilient Architecture: The Case of Brøset, Trondheim, Norway -- 19. Towards More Resilient Water Infrastructures -- 20. Building 'Equitable' Urban Resilience: The Challenge For Cities -- 21. Climate Change and the Urban Poor: Support of the German Development Cooperation To a City in Bangladesh -- 22. The Green Infrastructure Transect: An Organisational Framework For Mainstreaming Adaptation Planning Policies -- Part IV: Frameworks For Local Response To Climate Change - Challenges and Recommendations -- 23. Introduction: Frameworks For Local Response To Climate Change - Challenges and Recommendations -- 24. Building Resilience in Asian Cities -- 25. A Science-Policy Approach Towards Local Adaptation Planning: The Case of Santiago De Chile -- 26. Participatory Action Adaptation: Tools For Increasing Climate Change Capacity and Preparedness at the Local Government Level -- 27. Knowledge and Information For Resilient Cities -- 28. Climate Change Guidelines For Urban Planning in the Basque Country -- 29. Integrated Roadmapping To Shape Adaptation Processes in Metropolitan Areas -- 30. The Significance Of Adaptation Framing In Local and Regional Climate Change Adaptation Planning Initiatives in Australia -- 31. Decision Making Frameworks For Adaptation To Extremes in Two Local Government Areas: Comparing and Contrasting India and Australia -- 32. Urban Climate Governance in The Philippines, Mexico and South Africa: National- and State-Level Legislation and Modes of Multi-Level Governance -- 33. Space For Adapting: Reconciling Adaptation and Mitigation in Local Climate Change Plans -- 34. The Early Experiences of Local Climate Change Adaptation in Norway Compared With That of Local Agenda 21 -- 35. Climate Change Adaptation Plan of Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain -- 36. Integrated Climate Action: Linking Mitigation and Adaptation To Make Indonesian Cities Resilient -- 37. Enhancing The Climate Change Adaptation Capabilities of Local Governments in Korea: Supporting Programs For Local Adaptation Plan -- 38. Reality Check: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam -- Part V: Financing The Resilient City -- 39. Introduction -- 40. A Demand Driven Approach To Development, Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Adaptation -- 41. Smarter Interventions in an Age of Uncertainty -- 42. Linking Resilience and Green Growth: How Green Business Can Contribute To More Resilient Cities in India -- 43. Green Areas Inner-City Agreement (GAIA): How Local Enterprises Can Contribute To Local Adaptation To Climate Change -- 44. Financing Climate Change Adaptation: The Copenhagen Example -- 45. Challenges on the Way To Financing Urban Climate Change Adaptation -- Glossary -- Index.
Keywords: Climate change; Urban planning; City planning; Sustainable development; Human geography; Regional planning; Climate Change; Urbanism; Sustainable Development; Human Geography; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning