Renewing Local Planning to Face Climate Change in the Tropics.

• Superior document: Green Energy and Technology Series
• Author: Tiepolo, Maurizio.
• TeilnehmendeR: Pezzoli, Alessandro.; Tarchiani, Vieri.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2017.; ©2017.
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Green Energy and Technology Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (375 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- 1 Renewing Climate Planning Locally to Attend the 11th Sustainable Development Goal in the Tropics -- Abstract -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Materials and Methods -- 1.3 Results -- 1.3.1 Future Climate Planning According to the UN Vision -- 1.3.2 Importance of the Tropical Human Settlements -- 1.3.3 Relevance of the Effort Required -- 1.3.4 Basic Information for Analysis -- 1.3.5 Planning -- 1.4 Discussion -- 1.5 Conclusions -- References -- Analysis for Planning -- 2 Setting up and Managing Automatic Weather Stations for Remote Sites Monitoring: From Niger to Nepal -- Abstract -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Why RAWS? -- 2.3 Transition from Manual to AWS -- 2.4 RAWS Configuration and Requirements (Technical Specifications) -- 2.5 Data Transmission -- 2.6 RAWS Management -- 2.7 Low-Cost RAWS: A Suitable Choice? -- 2.8 Conclusions -- References -- 3 Hazard Events Characterization in Tillaberi Region, Niger: Present and Future Projections -- Abstract -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Materials and Methods -- 3.2.1 Current Conditions -- 3.2.2 Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) -- 3.2.3 Future Climate Scenarios -- 3.3 Results -- 3.3.1 Standardized Precipitation Index -- 3.3.2 Future Scenarios -- 3.4 Conclusions -- References -- 4 Characterization of Climate Risks for Rice Crop in Casamance, Senegal -- Abstract -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Materials and Methods -- 4.2.1 Climate Extremes -- 4.2.2 Growing Season -- 4.3 Results -- 4.3.1 Rice Crop Germination -- 4.3.2 Rice Crop Flowering -- 4.3.3 Growing Season -- 4.4 Discussion -- 4.5 Conclusions -- References -- 5 A Methodology for the Vulnerability Analysis of the Climate Change in the Oromia Region, Ethiopia -- Abstract -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.1.1 Climate Change, Vulnerability and Resilience -- 5.2 Area of Study.

5.3 Geographic Description and Social Conditions of the Oromia Region -- 5.4 The Analysed Woredas: Siraro, Shalla and Shashamene -- 5.5 Method and Materials -- 5.5.1 Interviews -- 5.6 Analysed Indicators -- 5.6.1 Vulnerability -- 5.6.2 Vulnerability and Resilience Macro-Indicators -- 5.6.3 Demographic Exposure -- 5.6.4 Resilience -- 5.6.5 Capacity to React to Vulnerability -- 5.7 Results and Discussion -- 5.8 Vulnerability Classes and Maps -- 5.9 Resilience Classes and Maps -- 5.10 Capacity to React to the Adversities Classes and Maps -- 5.11 Conclusions -- Annex Food Security Questionnaire -- References -- 6 Tracking Climate Change Vulnerability at Municipal Level in Rural Haiti Using Open Data -- Abstract -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Metodology -- 6.2.1 Identification of the Open Data -- 6.2.2 Indicator Performance -- 6.2.3 Selection Criteria for the Set of Potential Indicators -- 6.2.4 Identification of the Indicators -- 6.2.5 Robustness and Applicability of the Index -- 6.3 Results and Discussion -- 6.4 Conclusions -- Annexe -- References -- 7 Visualize and Communicate Extreme Weather Risk to Improve Urban Resilience in Malawi -- Abstract -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Data and Method -- 7.2.1 Hazard Assessment -- 7.2.2 Integration of Exposure Information -- 7.2.3 Generation of Risk Warnings -- 7.3 Case Study -- 7.4 Results -- 7.5 Conclusions -- References -- 8 Building Resilience to Drought in the Sahel by Early Risk Identification and Advices -- Abstract -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 The Area of Interest -- 8.3 Evolution of Early Warning Systems for Food Security in the Sahel -- 8.4 An Open Source Geoprocessing Tool for Drought Monitoring -- 8.5 Results and Discussion -- 8.6 Conclusions -- References -- 9 Rethinking Water Resources Management Under a Climate Change Perspective: From National to Local Level. The Case of Thailand -- Abstract.

9.1 Introduction -- 9.1.1 The Socio-economical Analysis -- 9.1.2 Thailand and Increasing Threat of Drought -- 9.2 Method and Materials -- 9.3 Water Resources and Disaster Management Institutions and Mechanisms in Thailand -- 9.4 Drought Management in Thailand: Laws, Policies, Strategies, Plans -- 9.5 An Institutional/Organizational Framework to Include Water-Related Disaster in Ordinary Water Resources Management -- 9.5.1 Establish a Drought Committee and Related Organizational Arrangements -- 9.5.2 Ingredients to Develop a National Drought Risk-Based Management Policy -- 9.5.3 Drought-Related Data Inventory and Gaps Identification -- 9.5.4 Developement and Update a Drought Management Plan -- 9.6 Challenges and Opportunities for Thailand -- 9.7 Conclusion -- References -- Decision Making Tools for Climate Planning -- 10 Relevance and Quality of Climate Planning for Large and Medium-Sized Cities of the Tropics -- Abstract -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Materials and Methods -- 10.3 Results -- 10.3.1 Relevance of Climate Planning in the Tropics -- 10.3.2 Plan Categories -- 10.3.3 Quality of Climate Planning -- 10.3.4 Climate Measures -- 10.4 Discussion -- 10.5 Conclusion -- References -- 11 Local and Scientific Knowledge Integration for Multi-risk Assessment in Rural Niger -- Abstract -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Methodology -- 11.3 Results -- 11.3.1 Study Area -- 11.3.2 Risk Identification -- 11.3.3 Risk Analysis -- 11.3.4 Risk Evaluation -- 11.4 Discussion -- 11.5 Conclusions -- References -- 12 A Simplified Hydrological Method for Flood Risk Assessment at Sub-basin Level in Niger -- Abstract -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Materials -- 12.2.1 Study Area -- 12.2.2 Satellite Images -- 12.2.3 Aster Dem Dataset -- 12.2.4 Soter Soil Niger DB -- 12.2.5 Rainfall Data and Critical Rain -- 12.3 Method -- 12.3.1 Theoretical Basis -- 12.3.2 CN Runoff Estimation.

12.3.3 Runoff Reduction Coefficients -- 12.3.4 GIS Software -- 12.3.5 Interviews and Participatory Mapping -- 12.4 Results -- 12.5 Discussion -- 12.6 Conclusions -- References -- 13 Knowledge for Transformational Adaptation Planning: Comparing the Potential of Forecasting and Backcasting Methods for Assessing People's Vulnerability -- Abstract -- 13.1 Toward Transformational Adaptation: The Need to Innovate Vulnerability Assessment Methods -- 13.2 Scenario Analysis for Vulnerability Assessment -- 13.3 Levels of Knowledge for Planning Adaptation Locally: Understanding the Access to Water in Coastal Dar es Salaam -- 13.3.1 Study Area and Methods -- 13.4 Results of the Forecasting and Participatory Backcasting Studies -- 13.5 Conclusions -- References -- 14 An Effective Approach to Mainstreaming DRR and Resilience in La Paz, Mexico -- Abstract -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.1.1 Mainstreaming: A State of the Art Approach -- 14.2 Methodology -- 14.3 La Paz, Case Study -- 14.3.1 Project Need -- 14.3.2 Resilience Analysis -- 14.3.3 Mainstreaming Analysis -- 14.3.4 Results -- 14.4 Conclusions -- References -- 15 Possible Impact of Pelletised Crop Residues Use as a Fuel for Cooking in Niger -- Abstract -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.1.1 Present Use of Agricultural Residues in Niger -- 15.2 Methodology -- 15.3 Results and Discussion -- 15.4 Conclusions -- References -- 16 Review of Pilot Projects on Index-Based Insurance in Africa: Insights and Lessons Learned -- Abstract -- 16.1 Introduction -- 16.2 Agricultural Risk Management and Strategies -- 16.3 Agricultural Insurance -- 16.4 Penetration of Agricultural Insurance in Africa -- 16.5 Index-Based Insurance Products -- 16.5.1 Pilot Projects in Africa -- 16.6 Conclusion -- References -- 17 Addressing Climate Change Impacts in the Sahel Using Vulnerability Reduction Credits -- Abstract -- 17.1 Introduction.

17.2 The Need for New Instruments to Address Local Vulnerabilities -- 17.3 Vulnerability Reduction Credits (VRC™) -- 17.3.1 How Do VRCs Work? -- 17.4 How Do VRC Projects Work? -- 17.4.1 Climate Modelling -- 17.4.2 Impacts Estimation -- 17.4.3 Modelling the Intervention -- 17.4.4 Income Equalisation -- 17.5 Applying VRCs to Local Climate Vulnerabilities -- 17.6 Climate Change in the Sahel and Impacts on Communities -- 17.7 A Case Study: Tillaberi -- 17.7.1 Approaches to Mitigating Climate Damage -- 17.7.2 Converting Vulnerability into Adaptation: Producing VRCs in Tillaberi -- 17.7.3 VRC Registration, Certification, Issuance, and Monitoring -- 17.8 Direct Benefits to Vulnerable Communities -- 17.9 Conclusion -- References -- 18 Renewing Climate Planning Locally in the Tropics: Conclusions -- Abstract -- 18.1 From the State of Climate Planning to the Book Approach -- 18.1.1 New Tools and Measures -- 18.1.2 Increasing the Production of Plans -- 18.1.3 Increasing the Quality of the Plans -- 18.2 Lessons Learned from the Book -- 18.2.1 Analysis for Local Planning -- 18.2.2 Decision Making Tools for Climate Planning -- 18.2.3 Innovation in Climate Measures -- 18.3 Areas for Future Research -- 18.4 Recommendations.