Planning to Cope with Tropical and Subtropical Climate Change.
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Place / Publishing House: | Warschau/Berlin : : Walter de Gruyter GmbH,, 2016. ©2016. |
Year of Publication: | 2016 |
Edition: | 1st ed. |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (394 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Planning the Adaptation to Climate Change in Cities: an Introduction
- 2 Climate Change Characterisation and Planning in Large Tropical and Subtropical Cities
- 3 Extreme Events Assessment Methodology as a Tool for Engineering Adaptation Measures - Case Study of North Coast of São Paulo State (SP), Brazil
- 4 Vulnerability and Resilience to Drought in the Chaco, Paraguay
- 5 Characterization of Flood Hazard at a Municipal Level. A Case Study in Tillabéri Region, Niger
- 6 Sensitivity of Dar Es Salaam Coastal Aquifer to Climate Change with Regard to Seawater Intrusion and Groundwater Availability
- 7 Impact of the Construction of an Offshore Highway on the Sea-Spray Dynamics in La Reunion Island
- 8 Early Warning Systems &
- Geomatics: Value-added Information in the Absence of High Resolution Data
- 9 Planning the Adaptation of Coastal Cities to Climate Change: a Review of 14 Pilot Projects
- 10 National and Local Contingency Planning: a Comparative Analysis of Plans in Africa and Latin America
- 11 Measures of Adaptation and Community-based Water Management in Mékhé, Senegal
- 12 Flood Risk Preliminary Mapping in Niamey, Niger
- 13 Flood Risk Assessment at Municipal Level in the Tillabéri Region, Niger
- 14 Drought Risk in the Tillabery Region, Niger
- 15 Climate Change Adaptation Through Urban Planning: a Proposed Approach for Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
- 16 Climate Change Adaptation in Dar es Salaam: Local Government Opinions and Proposed Interventions
- 17 Household Level Vulnerability to Climate Change in Nepal - A Comparison of a Semi-urban and a Rural Village Development Committee
- 18 Weather Observation Network and Climate Change Monitoring in Catalonia, Spain
- 19 Assessing flood risk in Zurich, Switzerland: the KR-RRA approach.
- 20 Flood Risk Assessment and Quantification in the Piedmont Region, Italy
- 21 Conclusion.