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  • Urban Vulnerability and Climate Change in Africa

    A Multidisciplinary Approach

    Series series Engineering (R0)
    Urbanisation and climate change are among the major challenges for sustainable development in Africa. The overall aim of this book is to present innovative approaches to vulnerability analysis and for enhancing the resilience of African cities against climate change-induced risks. Locally adapted IPCC climate change scenarios, which also consider possible changes in urban population, have been ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

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  • More Urban Less Poor

    An Introduction to Urban Development and Management

    A world more urban...The world is undergoing massive urbanization, and is projected to increase from three to over four billion city dwellers, mostly in the developing world, within 15 years. This historic shift is producing dramatic effects on human well-being and the environment....but less poorUnplanned shanty-towns without basic services are not an inevitable consequence of urbanization and ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • Governance of Urban Sustainability Transitions

    European and Asian Experiences

    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Reading this book will lead to new insights compelling to an international audience into how cities address the sustainability challenges they face. They do this by not repeating old patterns but by searching for new and innovative methods and instruments based on shared principles of a transitions approach. The book describes the quest of cities on two continents to accelerate and stimulate such ... Read more

    $116.09 USD

  • Swarm Planning

    The Development of a Planning Methodology to Deal with Climate Adaptation

    by Rob Roggema ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book shows that the problem of climate adaptation, which is described in social planning terms as ‘wicked,’ is at odds with the contemporary practice of spatial planning. The author proposes a new adjusted framework which is more adaptable to unpredictable, wicked, dynamic and non-linear processes. The inspiration for this new method is the behaviour of swarms: bees, ants, birds and fish are ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Resilience and Sustainability in Relation to Natural Disasters: A Challenge for Future Cities

    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    The number of megacities worldwide is rapidly increasing and contemporary cities are also expanding fast. As a result, cities and their inhabitants are becoming increasingly vulnerable to the effects of catastrophic natural events such as extreme weather events (recently more frequent and intense as a result of the ongoing climate changes), earthquakes, tsunamis or man-induced events such as ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Climate Change and Sustainable Urban Development in Africa and Asia

    Edited by Belinda Yuen, Asfaw Kumssa ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book is about African and Asian cities. Illustrated through selected case cities, the book brings together a rich collection of papers by leading scholars and practitioners in Africa and Asia to offer empirical analysis and up-to-date discussions and assessments of the urban challenges and solutions for their cities. A number of key topics concerning housing, sustainable urban development and ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Disaster Risk Reduction in Indonesia

    Progress, Challenges, and Issues

    Series series Disaster Risk Reduction
    This book is a unique, transdisciplinary summary of the state of the art of disaster risk reduction (DRR) in Indonesia. It provides a comprehensive overview of disaster risk governance across all levels and multiple actors including diverse perspectives from practitioners and researchers on the challenges and progress of DRR in Indonesia. The book includes novel and emerging topics such as the ... Read more

    $170.09 USD

  • Resilient Cities

    Cities and Adaptation to Climate Change - Proceedings of the Global Forum 2010

    Edited by Konrad Otto-Zimmermann ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    Even with significant reductions of greenhouse gas emissions, a certain degree of climate change will inevitably occur. Adapting to climate change, then, will become a necessary step in reducing the vulnerability of many regions across the globe. This is especially true for urban areas where climate change has been shown to have particularly destabilizing effects. Through the identification and ... Read more

    $215.09 USD

  • Communities and Livelihood Strategies in Developing Countries

    Edited by Keshav Lall Maharjan ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Sustainability of rural communities is threatened by a plethora of factors including climate change and disasters which interact in an intricate manner in making rural people vulnerable and poor. This book is the output of empirical research on communities and livelihood strategies in developing countries. It reveals how rural communities are functioning and earning their livelihoods by making the ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Ecosystem Services of Headwater Catchments

    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book addresses the evaluation of environmental impacts and services identified in headwaters of different eco-zones around the world. It presents 24 papers selected from contributions to recent meetings of the European Forestry Commission Working Party on the Management of Mountain Watersheds, which is coordinated by the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations). Through ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Sustainable Rural and Urban Ecosystems: Design, Implementation and Operation

    Manual for Practice and Study

    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    These days human beings have a profound influence on aspects of the planetary ecosystem, e.g. on climate change and biodiversity, to name only two. This manual is intended to help practitioners, who are dealing with human-based rural and urban settlement-ecosystems, in the key steps towards their realization (design, implementation, and operation) and helpful for all, who are concerned about ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Governing Sustainable Cities

    Urban governance and sustainability are rapidly becoming key issues around the world. Currently three billion people - half the population of the planet - live in cities, and by 2050 a full two-thirds of the world's population will be housed in ever larger and increasingly densely populated urban areas. The economic, social and environmental challenges posed by urbanization on such a large scale ... Read more

    $65.99 USD