Climate resilient cities: a primer on reducing vulnerabilities to disasters/ Neeraj Prasad.
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TextPublication details: Washington: The World Bank, 2009Description: xxiii, 157 p. : ill., col. mapas ; 28 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (12 cm)ISBN: 9780821377666Subject(s): Emergency management | Climate changeDDC classification: 307.76 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section | 307.76 PRA/C (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | P06056 |
Foreword --
Acknowledgments --
Executive Summary --
About the Primer --
The Primer Approach --
The Primer User --
The Primer Organization --
Acronyms and Abbreviations --
SECTION 1 Understanding the Impacts of Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management --
Introduction --
A/ Primer Objectives --
B/ The Imperatives of Action --
C/ Developing a Resilient City of the Future --
D/ Mainstreaming Policy and Practice for Local Impact --
E/ The Risks of Doing Nothing --
Notes --
SECTION 2 Explaining Climate Change Impacts and Disaster Risk Management --
Introduction. A/ What is Mitigation (Climate Change Management)? --
B/ What is Mitigation (Disaster Risk Management)? --
C/ What is Adaptation? --
D/ What About Sea-Level Rise? --
1. What Are the Effects and Impacts? --
2. What Are Some Mitigation and Adaptation Sound Practices? --
E/ What About Temperature? --
1. What Are the Effects and Impacts? --
2. What Are Some Mitigation and Adaptation Sound Practices? --
F/ What About Precipitation? --
1. What Are the Effects and Impacts? --
2. What Are Some Mitigation and Adaptation Sound Practices? --
G/ What about Resilience? --
1. How Is Resilience Enhanced? 2. Are There Sound Practices? --
H/ What about Extreme Events? --
1. What Are the Effects and Impacts? --
2. What Are Some Sound Practices? --
Notes --
SECTION 3 Assessment Exercise: Discovery of a "Hot Spot" --
Introduction --
A/ Completing The City Typology and Risk Characterization Matrix --
1. Select Climate Change Team --
2. Hold Series of Workshops --
3. Complete the Matrix --
City Description --
Governance and Management --
Built Environment --
Political and Economic Impacts --
Natural Hazards --
Climate Change Impacts --
B/ Additional Testing for a Hot Spot --
C/ is Your City a Hot Spot? Notes --
SECTION 4 Information Exercise: Creating a City Information Base --
Introduction --
A/ The Workbook --
B/ The Participatory Process --
C/ The Annotated Maps --
1. City/Community Base Map --
2. City/Community Socio-Economic Profile Map --
3. City Hazard Profile Map --
4. The Future Growth Map --
5. City Institutional Map --
D/ The Framework --
SECTION 5 Sound Practice Examples of Adaptation and Mitigation --
Introduction --
Sound Practice 1/ Organizational Structure and Information Base --
Seattle/King County, Washington, USA --
New York City, New York, USA. Sound Practice 2/ Institutional Mechanism --
Singapore --
New York City, New York, USA --
Makati City, Philippines --
Dagupan City, Philippines --
Albay Province, Philippines --
Sound Practice 3/ Ownership by Line Departments --
Sound Practice 4/ Preparing a Climate Change Strategy --
Tokyo, Japan --
Milan, Italy --
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA --
Seattle/King County, Washington, USA --
Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam --
Sound Practice 5/ Generating Public Awareness --
Rockville, Maryland, USA --
Singapore --
Makati City, Philippines --
Dagupan City, Philippines --
Albay Province, Philippines.
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