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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
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