Climate Resilient Cities : A Primer on Reducing Vulnerabilities to Disasters

Climate Resilient Cities is the first tool of its kind for city governments to better understand how to plan for climate change impacts and impending natural disasters through sound urban planning. It equips local governments with information to actively engage in training, capacity building, and capital investment programs that are identified as priorities for building sustainable, resilient communities. A step-by-step self-assessment challenges policymakers to think about the resources needed to combat natural disasters through an innovative "hot spot" risk and vulnerability identification tool. The Primer is unique from other resources in its treatment of climate change under a dual-track approach that tackles both mitigation (lowering contributions to greenhouse gases) and adaptation (preparing for impacts of climate change), integrating it with disaster risk management as part of overall good urban management practices. It caters to a variety of city "types" and is equally relevant to cities that are just beginning to think about climate change as well as those that already have well established policies, institutions, and strategies in place. By providing a range of city-level examples of sound practices around the world, it demonstrates that there are many practical actions that cities can take to build resilience.

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Year of publication:	2008
Authors:	Prasad, Neeraj
Other Persons:	Shah, Fatima (contributor) ; Shah, Fatima (contributor) ; Trohanis, Zoe (contributor) ; Kessler, Earl (contributor) ; Sinha, Ravi (contributor)
Publisher:	Herndon : World Bank Publications

Extent:	1 online resource (243 pages)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Executive Summary; About the Primer; Acronyms and Abbreviations; SECTION 01; Figure 1.1. Integrating climate change and disaster risk management into development policies; Figure 1.2. Largest global CO2 emitters; Figure 1.3. Emissions across the world; Figure 1.4. Mega cities in East Asia; Figure 1.5. Natural hazards: Seismic and climatic; Figure 1.6. Built-up area projections by region; Table 1.1 Possible impacts of extreme climate change relevant to urban areas (mostly adverse in East Asia); SECTION 02 Figure 2.1. Linking consequences and sectors with potential impacts and climate change mitigation and adaptation optionsFigure 2.2. Mitigation effect in reducing the increase in global mean temperature and climate change cost; Box 2.1. General findings about the performance of climate change policies; Table 2.1 Selected examples of key sectoral mitigation technologies, policies and measures, constraints, and opportunities pertaining to urban areas; Table 2.2 Indicators of the Hyogo Framework for Action and strategic goals; Table 2.3 Indicators for Hyogo Priorities for Action Figure 2.3. Relationship between the cost of adaptation and climate changeTable 2.4 Selected examples of key sectoral adaptation opportunities pertaining to urban areas; Figure 2.4. Examples of impacts associated with global average temperature change; Figure 2.5. Coastal population of select countries that are highly vulnerable to sea-level rise; Table 2.5 Examples of possible impacts of climate change; Table 2.6 Examples of specific impacts of climate change to functional units in urban areas; SECTION 03 Table 3.1(a) Typology and Risk Characterization Matrix-City description and size characteristicsTable 3.1(b) Typology and Risk Characterization Matrix-Governance structure, city management, and financial resources; Table 3.1(c) Typology and Risk Characterization Matrix-Built environment; Table 3.1(d) Typology and Risk Characterization Matrix-Political and economic impacts; Table 3.1(e) Typology and Risk Characterization Matrix-Hazards and a disaster response system; Table 3.2(f) Typology and Risk Characterization Matrix-Climate change impacts Table 3.2 Vulnerability assessment for different consequences of climate change in urban areasTable 3.3 Preparedness and response to different natural hazards in urban sectors; Figure 3.1. The climate change "Hot Spot" spectrum; Table 3.4 Recommended indicators for preparedness; SECTION 04; Box 4.1. Recommended steps toward developing a planning framework; Box 4.2. Recommended priority plan development questions; SECTION 05; Table 5.1 Illustrative list of sound practices; SECTION 06; Conclusions; Figure 6.1. Urban population (% of total) growing fast in East Asia Figure 6.2. Urban footprints - the choice facing cities
ISBN:	978-0-8213-7775-8 ; 978-0-8213-7766-6
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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