TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bicknell,Jane
AU  - Dodman,David
AU  - Satterthwaite,David
TI  - Adapting cities to climate change: understanding and addressing the development challenges 
SN  - 9781844077458 (hardback)
U1  - 363.70091732 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - London, Sterling, VA
PB  - Earthscan
KW  - Urban ecology (Sociology)
KW  - City planning
KW  - Environmental aspects
KW  - Climatic changes
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Adapting to climate change in urban areas : the possibilities and constraints in low- and middle-income nations; David Satterthwaite ... [et  al.] --; The rising tide : assessing the risks of climate change and human settlements in low-elevation coastal zones; Gordon McGranahan, Deborah Balk, and Bridget Anderson --; Climate change and coastal cities : the case of Mombasa, Kenya; Cynthia Brenda Awuor, Victor Ayo Orinidi, and Andrew Ochieng Adwera --; Vulnerabilities and responses to climate change for Dhaka; Mozaharul Alam and Golem Rabbani --; The vulnerability to climate change of Cotonou (Benin) : the rise in sea level; Krystel M.R. Dossou and Bernadette Gléhouenou-Dossou --; The vulnerability of global cities to climate hazards; Alex de Sherbinin, Andrew Schiller, and Alex Pulsipher --; Climate, climate change, and human health in Asian cities; Sari Kovats and Rais Akhtar --; Climate change and urban children : impacts and implications for adaptation in low- and middle-income countries; Sheridan Bartlett --; Unjust waters : climate change, flooding, and the urban poor in Africa; Ian Douglas ... [et al.] --; Urban poverty and vulnerability to climate change in Latin America; Jorgelina Hardoy and Gustavo Pandiella --; Thinking globally, acting locally : institutionalizing climate change at the local government level in Durban, South Africa; Debra Roberts --; Developing a Municipal Adaptation Plan (MAP) for climate change : the city of Cape Town; Pierre Mukheibir and Gina Ziervogel --; Adapting to climate change : water management for urban resilience; Mike Muller --; Climate change risk : an adaptation and mitigation agenda for Indian cities; Aromar Revi --; International funding to support urban adaptation to climate change; Jessica Ayers --; Conclusions : local development and adaptation; David Satterthwaite, David Dodman, and Jane Bicknell; ph
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